Soccer - Madrid Derby : Bale out for redemption

Gareth Bale has two mammoth tasks on his hands this evening. The first, which he shares with his teammates, is the obligatory comeback. The other, perhaps just as difficult to pull off, is to win back the hearts of the Real Madrid fans, who have begun to boo and whistle him as of late. An example is the last league game against Espanyol. Despite a sublime goal scored from a free kick and a lovely 50-metre pass to Ronaldo in the first half, the Santiago Bernabéu was unforgiving with the Welshman. The player has disappointed too many times. His decision to go it alone instead of assisting Ronaldo was cause for much booing. Ronaldo was visibly infuriated with his teammate, and the crowds clearly shared the same feeling.