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Real Madrid coach Lopetegui gives update on Bale

1 month ago  Raphael   Sport News

Los Blancos boss Julen Lopetegui in a post-match conference ahead of Real Madrid's La Liga Santander clash with Deportivo Alaves on Saturday and didn't appear too concerned with the state of his team.
Lopetegui also clarified why he replaced Gareth Bale at the midway point in the Madrid derby and dismissed speculation about his future.
"Gareth [Bale] is an important player, he's fine," he continued. "He felt a slight niggle which would have got worse if he had continued and so I took him off at half time against Atletico [Madrid].
"We are not analysing what people think, we are focused on tomorrow's game. "It's clear that the club's objectives are still intact as we are still fighting for all competitions."
Despite the recent bad run of results, he believes it is important to recognise the positive aspects of Madrid's performances and is only worried about this weekend's match.
"This is Real Madrid; the most important thing is how we feel. We know that problems will come, and we have to be able to overcome them," he said.
"We have to focus on the positives.  "Everyone always demands the most from us, you have to take that on with normality.
"The focus is right, we have the same points as the league leaders [Barcelona], and in the Champions League we know we'll continue the same path as we saw against Roma, sometimes you can have 25 shots and not score.
"When this happens, you have to look at how the team is, now we focus on Alaves, a team that haven't lost in six matches and will be in front of their own fans."

                                                                    

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