All eyes on Bale, Ronaldo

MADRID: Real Madrid head into Saturday’s (Sunday in Manila) blockbuster clash with Barcelona on the verge of crisis and in need of the world’s two most expensive players, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, to prove their worth.

Madrid trail Barcelona by three points at the top of La Liga as their “Galacticos” have failed to fire, while Barca have hardly skipped a beat despite losing four-time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi to injury for the past two months.