The leaders continue preparations for the match against Athletic
Real Madrid underwent their second training session ahead of Saturday's trip to San Mamés. Real Madrid continue to ready themselves for the clash with Athletic. The La Liga leaders, who visit San Mamés on Sunday (12am PST), completed the second training session of the week at Ciudad Real Madrid. Benzema and Marcelo, who did work inside the club's facilities on Tuesday, rejoined the group.
Ancelotti also included Martin Odegaard in the session. Meanwhile, Ramos and James continued their recovery processes on an adjacent training pitch. Cristiano Ronaldo, Carvajal and Pepe trained indoors
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Gareth Bale: "The one thing you don't want [in training] is to be on the end of a nutmeg."
"Especially with rows of cameras. We're always getting killed out there – I just try not to let it be me."
"Whenever someone gets nutmegged, we're all jumping and joking around."
"If you get ‘megged, or you go 20 passes without touching the ball, you stay in for an extra go."
"They'll do anything to keep you in the middle."