he may not be in action for real madrid on wednesday night against bitter city rivals atletico, but that has not stopped gareth bale getting behind his team the 25 year old is out of their pivotal champions league quarter final second leg at the santiago bernabeu after suffering a calf injury early on in their 3 1 win against malaga at the weekend and despite being downbeat on missing the midweek european encounter against atletico, the wales forward was all smiles as he continued his recovery to full fitness gareth bale took to facebook on wednesday to wish real madrid good luck against city rivals atletico  bale is out of real's champions league quarter final second leg against atletico on wednesday night  the wales international injured his calf during saturday's 3 1 win against malaga in the opening stages  accompanied with the caption: 'gutted not to be playing tonight, but working hard to get back to fitness good luck lads!! real madrid cf' bale took to facebook to upload a picture of himself on an exercise bike at the club on wednesday afternoon along with bale, real boss carlo ancelotti will also be without first team regulars karim benzema and luka modric for the tie the 55 year old could start isco, jese and javier hernandez in the absence of his key triumvirate   something that doesn't faze the italian 'we are missing some important players but it's impossible for us to be more motivated than we are we have to live with injuries we did it in the past and it will not hurt our confidence,' ancelotti said at a press conference 'isco has played in modric's position before and he did very well there we have plenty of options even without bale and benzema there's james, jese and chicharito james has been doing great, both on the right and in midfield chicharito is in fine shape as well, both physically and mentally 'i will choose the best possible line up i will select players that will help the team to play like we did in the first leg i have the best squad in the world in my opinion' jese (left) is expected to replace bale in attack for real against their bitter rivals at the santiago bernabeu 
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real madrid face atletico madrid in the champions league on wednesday . quarter final second leg at the santiago bernabeu is tightly poised at 0 0 . real forward gareth bale will miss the clash due to calf injury . read: ancelotti has a poor record against  simeone but he must advance 