Gareth Bale filmed laughing at Eden Hazard on Real Madrid bench

Gareth Bale was seen laughing at Eden Hazard after his Real Madrid teammate was instructed to sit back down on the bench after warming up during Thursday’s Copa del Rey quarter-final against Athletic Bilbao.

Bale and Hazard were both left on the bench for the full 90 minutes by Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti.

Los Blancos were dumped out of the competition when Alex Berenguer popped up with the winning goal for Athletic in the 89th minute.

Ancelotti made two substitutions during the game: Isco for Vinicius Jr, who’d just returned from international duty with Brazil, in the 60th minute and Eduardo Camavinga for Toni Kroos in the 76th minute.

Hazard, who has scored one goal and provided two assists in 18 appearances for Madrid this season, was told to take his place back on the bench after warming up.

For whatever reason, this appeared to amuse Bale, who was seen laughing at the Belgium international.

“Whether it was sarcasm, disbelief or something completely unrelated, who knows, but at least the Welshman is smiling in spite of his situation,” Football Espana’s Jamie Kemble writes.

The incident was captured on camera and broadcast by Spanish TV show El Chiringuito.

Watch the footage here:

Gareth Bale laughing at Eden Hazard after Hazard was sent back to the bench in the 2nd half even though he's been warming up for 30 minutes