100 million reasons the pressure is on at Real Madrid for Gareth Bale

Not for the first time in his almost two seasons at Real Madrid, Gareth Bale goes into tonight’s Champions League semi-final second leg with debate raging over his talents.

Bale’s performance in Real Madrid’s 2-1 defeat in last week’s first leg at Juventus did not impress many pundits.

Media around the world ran the statistic that the €100m attacker had actually touched the ball less times (27) than his goalkeeper Iker Casillas (44) over the 90 minutes in Turin.