FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Euro 2020 Qualifier - Wales Training - The Vale Resort, Hensol, Britain - November 11, 2019 Wales' Gareth Bale during training Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Couldridge
(Reuters) - Gareth Bale has risked deepening the rift between himself and his club by declaring he prefers playing for Wales than for Real Madrid ahead of his country's crucial Euro 2020 qualifier away to Azerbaijan on Saturday.
Bale has not featured for Real since a 4-2 win over Granada on Oct. 5 after injuring himself in Wales' last game against Croatia, with coach Zinedine Zidane declaring last Friday that the forward was not fit enough to play for his club.
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