Real Madrid beat Arsenal in a penalty shoot-out after Gareth Bale had made a goalscoring return to the Spanish side in a thrilling 2-2 draw at the International Champions Cup yesterday morning (Singapore time). Arsenal named a strong side captained by Mesut Oezil, while...
Bale, who is expected to leave Real before the start of next season, and Marco Asensio scored inside three second-half minutes to level up the scores and take the game to penalties.Arsenal edged in front in the shoot-out when Reiss Nelson scored his spot-kick and Bale missed his, but misses from Granit Xhaka, Nacho Monreal and Robbie Burton proved costly as Real ran out 3-2 winners.
Real coach Zinedine Zidane said it was his decision to give Bale his first minutes of the pre-season, despite revealing this week that the club planned to sell the Welsh forward."He played well."Nothing has changed.His opposite number Unai Emery, meanwhile, said:"The result isn't important, but we showed a good level and when we needed young players, their performance was perfect.
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