Real Madrid can still cope without Bale. So I disagree with the comments that they will be having a hard time at the El Clasico.
It might surprise you someday to see that without bale it is actually affecting the team. In el clasico it will be much easier to see that bale is actually an important player for them however you might not be able to see that in some other match because the team could even dominate even withot ronaldo
I agree with you, apart from Ronaldo Bale is very influential in the game Real Madrid. he deserves to align with Ronaldo because he is a star player who can always score goals in important matches.