Although he rested goalkeeper Keylor Navas in order to hand a debut to his son Luca, Zidane fielded an otherwise first- choice side against Villarreal, starting Bale alongside Cristiano Ronaldo at the expense of Karim Benzema. I'm very happy with his role in the team at the moment and what he has been doing for us," Zidane told reporters. "Nothing his changed in him, if there's one difference it's the goals that he has been scoring recently." Bale suffered a series of muscle injuries in the first half of the campaign and played only five times in La Liga until January. We're ready to play our final and that's all, I'm not going to talk about formations or the team I will pick," the Frenchman said.

Source: The Star May 19, 2018 22:30 UTC