Bale, Hazard out of Real squad for Sheriff match

By : Reuters

Date: 23 November 2021 1:12pm WAT

Soccer Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Group E - Wales v Belgium - Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff, Wales, Britain - November 16, 2021. Wales' Gareth Bale walks on the pitch before the match. Action Images via REUTERS/Matthew Childs

Real Madrid forwards Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale have been left out of the squad for Wednesday’s Champions League group match at Sheriff Tiraspol, the LaLiga club said.
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Manager Carlo Ancelotti said on Saturday Hazard was suffering from gastroenteritis, while Bale picked up a knock
last week while on international duty with Wales.

Both players missed Sunday’s 4-1 league win at Granada, which moved them a point clear at the top.
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Real named forwards Karim Benzema, Luka Jovic, Vinicius Jr, Rodrygo and Mariano Diaz in their 23-man travelling squad __for the match anainst Moldovans Sheriff, who stunned Real 2-1 at Santiago Bernabeu in September.

Real top Group D on nine points after four matches, two points above Inter Milan with Sheriff a point further back.

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