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 . One year and two days , after one of his greatest moments at Real Madrid when he ran half the length of the pitch to score the winner in the Copa del Rey final , Bale broke down with a muscle pull against Malaga . He will have further tests on the left calf muscle in the next 24 hours but the concern shown when he went down at the start of Real ’ s crucial league game suggested his chances of recovering inside three days are non-existent and that he could also face a race to be fit for the Champions League semi-final on May 5-6 . Gareth Bale went down injured after less than five minutes at the Bernabeu on Saturday evening . The Welsh forward was forced off and faces a race to be fit for Real 's Champions League quarter-final . Cristiano Ronaldo was the first player to go across to Bale as he sat waiting for treatment and the Welshman ’ s expression spoke volumes – he knew he would not be able to carry on and could now miss out on Real ’ s most important game of the season . Bale has not been injured since October of last year when a hip problem kept him out for three weeks . The team won all their games without him with a four-man midfield of Luka Modric , James Rodriguez , Toni Kroos and Isco with Ronaldo and Karim Benzema up front . That will be Carlo Ancelotti ’ s selection for the game on Wednesday if Benzema recovers from the knee knock that kept him out of Saturday ’ s meeting with Malaga . Bale ’ s absence will be a massive blow for Ancelotti however . He said in midweek : ‘ Bale was fantastic last season and has been very good this year . He scored goals in the finals last season and he will be important for us as this season reaches its climax. ’ Cristiano Ronaldo was the first Madrid player to go over to Bale , and they eventually beat Malaga 3-1 .
Gareth Bale suffered a calf strain on Saturday evening at the Bernabeu . The Welshman was forced off in the early moments against Malaga . Bale will almost certainly miss the clash with Atletico on Wednesday .