Zinedine Zidane glad to have Gareth Bale, Keylor Navas and Mateo Kovacic back

Gareth Bale (groin injury), Keylor Navas (hamstring) and Mateo Kovacic (thigh) returned in Real Madrid C.F.’s shock 2-2 draw at home to third-tier side Fuenlabrada in the Spanish Copa del Rey

Real Madrid C.F. coach Zinedine Zidane is happy to have Gareth Bale, Keylor Navas and Mateo Kovacic back and available after the trio made their returns.

Real Madrid C.F.'s Gareth Bale in action during the Spanish Copa del Rey round-of-32 second leg football match between against Fuenlabrada at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid on Tuesday. (AP)

Bale (groin), Navas (hamstring) and Kovacic (thigh) returned in Real Madrid’s shock 2-2 draw at home to third-tier side Fuenlabrada in the Copa del Rey on Tuesday.

Wales international Bale came off the bench to set up Madrid’s equaliser for 1-1 as the LaLiga giants reached the last 16.

Zidane is glad the trio are back and available for selection as his side look to try to catch league leaders and rivals Barcelona, who they trail by eight points.

“I’m so happy for Gareth, Keylor and Mateo because they’ve been out for a while,” the Frenchman said.

“They’re key players and seeing that they’re ready for these next games makes me happy.

“I thought that Keylor did well and he’s pleased with things. I don’t think that he could have done any better on the first goal.”

Madrid visit Athletic Bilbao on Saturday before a Champions League meeting with Borussia Dortmund.