Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti hailed world record signing Gareth Bale’s attitude after the Welshman scored on his debut in the Spanish giants’ 2-2 draw with Villarreal.
“I think they did well. I didn’t want to run the risk of playing them for 90 minutes because it is not good for them in their first game for a while,” he said.
“I think Bale is happy because he has scored for the first time with Real Madrid which is very important for him. It was a difficult game for all of us but he played well and showed a good attitude.”
As Ancelotti had indicated in his pre-match press conference, Bale lined up on the right side of the attack with Ronaldo featuring mainly down the left.
However, the two did exchange positions at time and Ancelotti expects that is something they will be able to do to even greater effect with more playing time together. “It was the first time that they have played together. Now and again they are going to change positions because the movement that they have, but it wasn’t a specific point we had instructed them to do.”