Pepe and Gareth Bale worked separately from the rest of the group in the latest training session organised by Zinedine Zidane. According to the Real Madrid website, Pepe trained in the gym, whilst the Welsh forward pressed ahead in a bid to recover from his calf injury, once again training in the sand pit and also doing some ball work.
The absence of the Portuguese centre-back means that Sergio Ramos will return to the line-up to accompany Raphaël Varane in the centre of defence. Zidane had the rest of the squad available to him to continue preparations for Espanyol's visit to the Santiago Bernabéu on Sunday (20:30) - a game in which it is imperative that his men avoid dropping any more points and drifting further behind the leaders. The players focused on ball work after the customary warm-up and physical exercises.
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