MADRID: Real Madrid will be without both Gareth Bale and Luka Modric for this weekend’s Liga match against Real Mallorca, Zinedine Zidane confirmed on Friday. Modric and Bale both picked up injuries during the Euro 2020 qualifier between Croatia and Wales on Sunday, which finished 1-1. Madrid meanwhile confirmed on Wednesday that Modric is recovering from heavy bruising in his right thigh. Real Madrid will face RCD Mallorca in a LaLiga soccer match on the upcoming 19 October. - EPA/Emilio Naranjo“Modric is not fit for tomorrow,” said Zidane in a press conference ahead of Saturday’s game against Mallorca.

Source: New Strait Times October 18, 2019 13:30 UTC