KICK-OFFpublished at 16:19 Greenwich Mean Time 16 March 2019
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Ref Martinez Munuera gets us back under way.
Zidane wins first game of second spell as Real Madrid manager
Bale starts and scores for Real, Courtois left out
Victory moves Real to within two points of Atletico
Saj Chowdhury
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Ref Martinez Munuera gets us back under way.
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
The two teams are starting to emerge inside the Bernabeu tunnel.
What did Zidane tell his men?
Real Betis v Barcelona (Sun, 19:45 GMT)
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Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
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Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Zinedine Zidane is set to give his first HT team-talk since his return.
He might say that Real need to turn it up a little.
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Gareth Bale surges into the area - is he going to shoot?
No, the whistle is blown.
It's a ... free-kick to Celta after Bale is deemed to have fouled Kevin Vazquez.
But should it have been a red with the TV replay showing that the Welshman elbowed his opponent?
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
But... but... because the incident happened outside the area VAR cannot do anything about it.
Your powers are weak VAR.
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
....
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Gareth Bale, who is in his favourite position on the left, whacks another ball from thw wing that again just misses the touch of Karim Benzema.
Moments later Marco Asensio goes down in the area!
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Marcelo comes inside and fires a great effort that is pushed away Ruben Blanco.
From the resulting corner, Toni Kroos' delivery finds the head of Sergio Ramos who thunders a header wide.
Just a matter of time?
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Sofiane Boufal - the other player from Southampton in the Celta XI - smacks a low shot from the edge of the area which is well saved by Keylor Navas.
Despite Real posing the greater threat, Navas has had to make the better saves in this half.
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Marco Asensio's ball from the right, is missed by Karim Benzema's overhead but lands in the path of Bale.
The Wales international produces the 'crane move' from The Karate Kid but his effort comes off the underside of the bar.
Great strike.
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Toni Kroos, who we all know likes a shot from 20 yards, fires one which lanmds on the top of Ruben Blanco's top netting.
The Germany midfielder was a little bit disappointed with that. I expected a low drilled effort.
C'mon Toni, you can do a lot better.
At the other end, Brais Mendez smacks a shot right in the Gran Via of Raphael Varane.
Painful - just breathe pal.
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Not on this occasion as Real clear.
At the other end, Gaz Bale motors down the left and fizzes in a cross but it fails to find a team-mate.
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Real are letting Celta have a lot of the ball - obviously hoping to catch them on the counter.
Celta have a free-kick right of the area - might Zidane pay for his tactics?
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Celta really could have done with that early goal.
They are level on 26 points with 18th place Valladolid and Villarreal who are one place above them.
It's tight down at the bottom of La Liga.
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Actually it was a phenomenal save.
Wesley Hoedt whips the ball in from the right and finds the head of Maxi Gomez who forces an incredible one-handed save from Navas.
The Costa Rican keeper produces a smile after that.
And so he should.
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Really, really sloppy play from young Kevin Vazquez on the left - not his usual position - who twice allows the ball to go out for a throw-in.
Moments later Isco's shot clears the bar.
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
Marcelo produces a cracking ball from the left which just misses the head of Karim Benzema in the area.
Is he the best 'deliverer' of the ball in world football?
Real Madrid 0-0 Celta Vigo
It's a Real corner with Toni Kroos over it...
But wait Toni, Celta need to make a substitution.
On comes Wesley Hoedt - a Southampton fans favourite ;) - for Junca.
The corner is then taken but Ramos blasts the ball over the bar.