Soccer Football - La Liga Santander - Las Palmas vs Real Madrid - Gran Canaria Stadium, Las Palmas, Spain - March 31, 2018 Real Madrid's Gareth Bale during the warm up before the match REUTERS/Santiago Ferrero/File Photo
MADRID (Reuters) - Gareth Bale appears more isolated than ever at Real Madrid after not playing in his side's 3-0 win over Juventus in the Champions League and barely celebrating his side's goals, but coach Zinedine Zidane said he understood the player's frustration.
The Wales forward is Madrid's second-top scorer behind Cristiano Ronaldo this season but has become dispensable in the biggest games, with Zidane starting without him in both of their Champions League last-16 games with Paris St Germain before leaving him on the bench in the quarter-final first leg at Juve.
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