Ancelotti: Casillas in the Champions League and Bale against Villarreal



Italian Carlo Ancelotti , coach of  the Spanish club Real Madrid,  Said that the  captain Iker Casillas will be a team goalkeeper in the Champions League, only to return to the basic configuration goalkeeper at Galatasaray Turkish Stadium next Tuesday, for the first time in nine months.
Ancelotti said “Casillas will play on Tuesday in the Champions League. So, things will be quieter," in reference to calm the public and media that may be satisfied with the participation of the commander in the continental tournament, and  the continuation of Diego Lopez in the defense of starring Royal in the Spanish league.
Casillas did not participate in an official match with Real Madrid since the Jan. 23 second / last January, when he broke his left hand in Mestalla Stadium Valencia stronghold, after unintentional interference of his teammate Alvaro Arbeloa.
Since that time no longer Casillas plays a key role, having preferred to Jose Mourinho, former coach of the Spanish capital team - which was at odds with the goalkeeper – pushing by Diego Lopez who had contracted with him after injured Casillas directly.
Since the Ancelotti succession to Mourinho, Casillas exchanges playing with Lopez in the prep games for the new season, before returning captain to the bench in the league matches, convincing with participation in the Casey Santiago Bernabeu and Teresa Herrera friendlies, although he remained goalkeeper of Spain last Friday in front of Finland European qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
On the other hand, Coach Carlo Ancelotti said on Friday that the most expensive player in the world Gareth Bale will take part for the first time with Real Madrid in the away match against Villarreal in the Primera Liga on Saturday.
Wales’s winger played in the last half an hour through the loss of his 3 - zero at home to Serbia on Tuesday, the first official match since July. Bale trains with teammates at Real for the first time on Wednesday.
Ancelotti said at a news conference, "I think that everyone knows that the preparation for the new season was not normal but his physical condition is not bad."
The Italian coach added, "I do not know if he will start the game, but will play in part of the meeting. He was very excited."

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