>Gareth Bale: I had to take a lot of painkillers to play and yes, now I think I should have taken more time to recover so I could have played much better and be able to do all those things that I was unable to because of the ankle pain."
>Official: Barça will play Real Madrid in La Liga on December 23rd at the Santiago Bernabéu. Match will start at 13:00 (C.E.T)
>Chelsea Transfer News: Atletico Madrid Send Officials to Secure Diego Costa Move
>Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane faces further fall-out from Saturday's 1-1 La Liga draw at home to Levante, with Karim Benzema set to be sidelined for around a month with a thigh muscle injury and Marcelo facing a suspension of at least two games after being shown a straight red card.
>I rate Zidane
Last week games
>Real Madrid 18 x 0 Levante
>Barcelona 16 x 1 Hércules
>we don't know the other games results because the scouts didn't come back yet, and since no one watches them, we don't know the results yet