article_snippet.sent: Gareth Bale pulled up with a calf strain after just two minutes of Real Madrid’s league game on Saturday and will almost certainly miss the second leg of the Champions League against Atletico Madrid on Wednesday.
article_snippet.sent: , Gareth Bale broke down with a muscle pull against Malaga.
article_snippet.sent: Gareth Bale will have further tests on the left calf muscle in the next 24 hours but the concern shown when Gareth Bale went down at the start of Real’s crucial league game suggested Gareth Bale chances of recovering inside three days are non-existent and that Gareth Bale could also face a race to be fit for the Champions League semi-final on May 5-6.
article_snippet.sent: Gareth Bale went down injured after less than five minutes at the Bernabeu on Saturday evening .
article_snippet.sent: Gareth Bale has not been injured since October of last year when a hip problem kept Cristiano Ronaldo out for three weeks.
article_snippet.sent: Bale’s absence will be a massive blow for Karim Benzema however.
highlights_snippet.sent: Gareth Bale suffered a calf strain on Saturday evening at the Bernabeu .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Gareth Bale will almost certainly miss the clash with Atletico on Wednesday .