Gareth Bale set to face red hot reception from Real Madrid fans
Daily MailAll ears will be on the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night when Gareth Bale appears for Real Madrid against Barcelona after a week of intensive criticism surrounding his relationship with his team-mates and his attitude at the Spanish club. One Madrid sports paper dedicated most of its first six pages on Tuesday to criticising Bale and one columnist wrote of his failure to celebrate with Lucas Vazquez: 'Bale used his Vazquez snub to send a message to Solari that was so visible that it deserves more than a reproach from the team, the supporters and the president.' Gareth Bale will be named on the bench for Real Madrid's cup clash with rivals Barcelona The Welshman has been criticised by his team-mates for his failure to attend team events Bale refused to celebrate with Lucas Vazquez after scoring against Levante on Sunday BALE STATS 2018-19 La Liga Games: 20 Goals: 7 Assists: 2 Champions League Games: 6 Goals: 3: Assists: 2 Club WC Games: 2 Goals: 3: Assists: 0 Spanish Cup Games: 2 Goals: 0: Assists 0 Super Cup Games: 1 Goals 0: Assists: 1 Total Games: 31: Goals 13 Assists: 5 Bale is not expecting to start Real's game with the front three of Vinicius, Lucas and Karim Benzema — who combined for Real Madrid's first-leg goal — likely to be named in the XI. In recent weeks, Bale has been accused of being responsible for Carlo Ancelotti and Zinedine Zidane leaving the club and even for Real Madrid not buying Kylian Mbappe.