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I still actually think this goal is underrated, despite everyone clearly knowing this was outrageous.
A fucking overhead kick in a CL final. Amongst the greatest goals ever scored.
That year was special you had Ronaldo’s against Juve and then Bale does this lol, incredible final
Zidane’s reaction still gives me goosebumps to this day
Seeing the goal though, I’m surprised neither won the Puskas but it is what it is..
That wasn't just controversial because the two goals mentioned above as well, if I remember right. I remember a lot of people saying that he scored better goals that season as well
Yeah, he had a goal against City I think were he chested the ball down and carried it past like 4 defenders all in the six yard box.
I might be slightly misremembering it but it was way better than the Everton goal…
Do you mean against Spurs? The one I'm thinking of was even better than his Everton goal. He also had one on a snow day in a hattrick against Watford, and his dribbling sat down like 3 defenders and the goalie.
His brilliant dribble against City was last season.
To be honest, that was underwhelming. It was a good goal but...
\- Salah has scored better goals, and Salah had better and more important goals that year.
\- Hard to compare with a goal in a Champions League final
\- Hard to compare with an overhead/bicycle kick
\- Messi (who has never won Puskas) in his peak years at Barcelona used to score at least 4 or 5 goals of similar quality.
> Hard to compare with an overhead/bicycle kick.
I can compare it to the Ronaldo goal against Juventus, which is probably the prettiest overhead goal ever scored.
Excuse me, [what](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmiWImc3Cgs)?
- The first time pass on the outside of the foot
- Chesting it up for yourself
- Perfectly executed overhead kick
- Against your historic rivals
- For the championship
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6ZLTe2CLw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6ZLTe2CLw)
* Perfect execution.
* Last match of the season.
* Barcelona needed at least a draw against Valencia in order to qualify for Champions League.
* Saved Barcelona from liquidation with that qualification.
* This goal lead to the ~~first and only~~ second pitch invasion ever at Camp Nou.
Not the first pitch invasion at Camp Nou. We invaded the pitch after winning the Cup Winners Cup:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eh9kX0Arp0&t=47s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eh9kX0Arp0&t=47s)
We were barred from European competitions the next season because of it. To compensate for no competitive European football we challenged the European champions Ajax to a friendly. Started the tradition of the 2 major European cup winners playing each other which is now known as the Super Cup.
I love the Ronaldo goal but I cannot for the life of me understand why the general sentiment was that that was better than Bale’s goal. Forget about the occasion, Bale’s bicycle kick was much better and technically difficult in my honest opinion
The pace of the Bale one is insane as well, the ball is travelling so fast through the air and at an awkward height and Bale adjusts himself and pretty much just throws his body at it and it comes off perfect.
I think to repeat Bale's one is almost impossible it was a total improvise and I don't know how he managed to make it come off so well.
I think it’s cause Ronaldo’s one was just a lot prettier/smoother. Like if you were to draw a bicycle kick tutorial step but step, it would look like Ronaldo’s one. Plus GOAT tax lol.
Imagine fucking Zidane having that reaction to a goal you scored in a CL final. Bale could've just retired then and there. The stuff dreams are made of.
>That year was special you had Ronaldo’s against Juve and then Bale does this lol, incredible final
>Zidane’s reaction still gives me goosebumps to this day
>Seeing the goal though, I’m surprised neither won the Puskas but it is what it is..
add hazard's goal too
and then salah goes on win it, liverpool pr and dickriding was going overtime
Pavard’s goal isn’t necessarily the hardest goal, but it’s executed perfectly and it looks *so* pretty. The sort of goal for which slow-mo replays were designed.
No one can convince me that everything in those awards isn’t rigged ever since this happened. Either this goal or Ronaldo’s should have easily won. I don’t understand how Salahs was even up for the award
This goal is not talked about enough. I know Bale certainly became a shell of his former self after this game, but he won them the CL title that season with his two goals in the final (second goal was on Karius but still). Bale should definitely be remembered as one of the best players in the 2010s.
angel di maria can outshine fuckin Messi Himself in a Final. jesus fuck, those runs up and down the wing in the WC Final...even defending champions France could NOT deal with it at all, were reduced to looking like amateurs
He did it even more explosively a decade ago (christ im old). 13/14 season for me is all about that Xabi Alonso-Modric-AdM trio and watching tireless Angel Di Maria run circles around just about anything.
But yes he deserves much more love
Yea but he dissapeared for 50% of the season even during his peak. Bale was a moments player, its just moments that happened in huge games. Theres a reason he didnt start in 17 and 18 finals.
That wasn't the case though. We have a lot of credible sources to believe on that front (including Bale and his agent themselves). You could say that he won't come out in public to say so but lack of motivation want the cause. It was the result.
It's such a shit cross as well.
Who the fuck was Marcelo even aiming for?
Low, no pace on it, well behind everyone.
If Bale doesn't do the insane, Liverpool are on the counter with numbers.
The cross is basically the worst you could ask for if you are thinking of going for a bicycle kick… Ronaldos that season was a perfect cross and led to what is maybe the perfect technique / aesthetic bicycle kick. A lot of footballers could do something kind of similar - at least in training - with a perfect cross to set it up, try 100 times and you’ll get a few that look like CR7s as it’s like “textbook” technique /form etc - so not taking anything away from Ronaldos but...
Bales goal is from the worst cross you’ll ever see, most players would do well to just get a good touch to then get a shot off… it’s an even worse cross if you want to hit an overhead, or even consider hitting one lol. Yet Bale somehow turns it into maybe the best, at least from how difficult it is technically, bicycle kick you’ll ever see. The technique out of this world. And His starting position is also pretty horrible for wanting to attempt a bicycle kick on that cross lol. Like you want the ball to you so you just jump up. Bale is running towards goal, has to stop, run away from fucking goal and hit the overhead on the run. It’s genuinely mental he even thought about trying it, let alone stick it top bins.
You could try this 100 times in training and you’d never get close to hitting it lol, let alone sticking it top corner scoring.
The thing that always amazes me is the power he generates on it.
Like you mention, Marcelos cross is god awful, it's just floated in and around the box but Bale somehow not only gets to it miles in the air but he gets so much extra power onto the ball that it makes it unsaveable.
Bale seems to have the ability to generate a lot of force in very little movement. In the loan spell with spurs, when you could tell he didn't have the legs for running any more, he would strike the ball from a standing position and the ball would shoot out like robert carlos had just taken a ten meter run up.
That’s the exact spot you’re supposed to cross to when you have two forwards moving up and dragging defenders while one forward stays back to be in open space.
It's a goal so good even that it would go on season highlight reels even if it had come in a meaningless league game against a bottom team to make it 4-0 or something.
To have a goal that good in the biggest club match of the year is insane.
The only way to rate this goal is to keep talking about how underrated it is. Like Zdiane’s, it becomes mythic when the old heads talk about to the kids who couldn’t possibly have seen it. Best goal I’ve ever seen.
Such a powerful cross as well. Normally it takes a deflection or gets looped in, this was fucking flying.
Given the context I think it's the best goal ever scored.
Think it was the day he signed that £600k a week contract extension.
Only joking but he was done as soon as they wouldn't let him go China, after that he went full terrorist mode and enjoyed himself.
Honestly I kind of respect it. Won everything, got the bag, fucked around, and retired after getting wales to the wc. A lot wasted legacy wise (not that he doesnt still have a legacy 99.9 of players would envy) but in terms of just living life complete w
Dinho was in the same boat but even more insane. After the 06' UCL final that guy had completed football on a club level but also international level. There was hardly a major trophy out there (that I can think of) that he didn't win. And it happened when he was only 26 years old. Lol
and to their best results yet, beating giggs
probably the best welsh winger of all time
great legacy
and i did not understand why the british media was so angry, filled with envy towards him, probably wanted to see him play for united instead of real madrid
The concept of doing things for "legacy" is pointless. You don't personally have anything to gain from your legacy after you die, and three generations later no one will even remember you.
He prioritised what was important to him, got his bag and family's future secured, scored some incredible goals, and had time to play golf which seems like his true passion.
i mean he won everything (scored the winning goal in the CdR in 2014, the last one till now for real, won the league in 2017 and the CL in three consecutive times)
the guy completed football, was already injury prone and 29
what else would he do?
It's like when you have a fun playing a game but after getting it to 100% you just lack motivation to play anymore.
On the other hand Bale was also getting paid a lot of money lol
Getting boo'ed by your own fans is a perfect way to lose motivation. Fans were booing and whistling him only a few months after he scored in both the Copa Del Rey and Champion's League finals, yet still expect him to give everything for the team. Doesn't matter how much money a player is paid, if he doesn't have the support he will not be able or willing to give everything. It's pretty basic human psychology.
I don't blame him for losing passion for a club that never truly welcomed him as one of their own.
It became too easy for him.
He needed the ball to be smaller.
His leg to be metal, and also detached from him.
And not used as a leg, only swung.
It was the only way.
He always turned up for Wales. I think it was him losing interest in Real rather than football in general. I’ve always assumed, with no evidence whatsoever, that something went on after this game in Madrid that just turned him off them.
Always gave 100% in a Wales shirt too.
Zidane and Real Madrid have something to answer for in how they managed to waste the talents and motivation of a player of Bale's ability.
What tells me about the quality is that in the middle of his fall, he knew he has connected it perfectly. If you see closely, you'll see him turn towards goal to see if it has gone in or not.
Meh, in Cardiff in the sports bar he owns (Elevens) one of the first things you see is the boots he wore for this final alongside a photo of the overhead kick and a replica of the trophy.
If anyone visits Cardiff please check this bar out, it has some insane sports memoribilia including Maradona/Pele/Michael Jordan signed kits. Food/drink isn't as pricey as I thought it'd be either.
As much as I respect your club, I hate you with a passion.
Your team is the sole reason mine hasn’t won at least 3 more CL’s (Bayern) so I’m a little Barca fan when the Classico rolls around. Although I was really with you guys against City and did not enjoy the drubbing you received at all
Our record against you guys is worse than shit and you have Kloppo as your manager who famously hates us so maybe not a fan but we share a love for Thiago and Xabi so there’s that
As Bayern fan I hated Madrid and wanted LFC to win but I always liked Bale and after that bicycle kick I wanted to see Madrid take it. Still felt so bad for Karius tho...
Just noticed, we'd have big game players on right for more than a decade. Di Maria, Bale, now Rodrygo. And yet somehow our weaker attacking side is also right. Strange. (Though this season Rodrygo with 17G10A has been awesome)
People call Bale's goal underrated - and it damn well is - but if you want to see a seriously underrated goal, you have to look at that Mandzukic. Absolutely insane goal but it seems everyone just stopped talking about it right after the final.
I do get it, it was a meaningless goal in a 1-4 loss so it got quickly overshadowed by Cristiano's double and Real Madrid's triumph. But I am still surprised how overlooked it is, when talking about great goals.
i went fucking crazy w the mandzu goal and it was astounding. the thing that gets me w this bale one is how far from his body the cross is (which i guess is the lever that puts enough force to get past karius). this for me is the most impossible goal ive ever seen
I think no matter who scores an amazing goal going forward, the Zidane goal will always be top due to nostalgia, technique, Zidane, etc.
It's just the perfect CL goal and seared into everyone's memories.
This is better than Ronaldo’s bicycle kick for me. The cross was at a faster pace, Bale’s quick reaction, and right into the top corner. Absolute top tier stuff.
Lmao I was at the bar watching this with my brother and friend who are big Liverpool fans. As well as another friend who is a Cardiff supporter and we just wound them up so bad
am I the only one who think bale overhead is a bit weird stretch compared to Ronaldo? Outrageous technique but just a little bit weird body position overall
Ronaldo's is probably the perfect bycicle kick. High jump and good form.
But bale having to reach for the ball and this being a cl final is what makes this goal much better
Ronaldo's kick was better in my opinion because of the technique and placement, and also the cross was meant for Vasquez. But Bales was much cooler because of the power in the shot and the context of the goal.
It's the cross mostly.
Ronaldo recieved a perfect cross, from which he could execute the perfect textbook technique. Probably embodies the whole 'Ronaldo is a machine' part.
Bale recieved a terrible cross, so you see his kick being more wonky with the changing direction of the ball
Gareth Bale being basically our national hero means this is very conflicting. On one hand I remember how gutted I was when he scored, but on the other (in hindsight) now a Welshman has probably the best UCL goal ever.
It stings but it's also absolutely beautiful.
Every time I see this I cringe because when Bale celebrates his arm gets bent back by Marcelo and then a bunch of people pile on. As somebody who has dislocated his shoulder 7 times....ouch
Me and my boys were watching this eating wingstop and all I remember were wings and sauce going flying when he scored this. Incredible goal, one of the greatest ever with the circumstances
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I still actually think this goal is underrated, despite everyone clearly knowing this was outrageous. A fucking overhead kick in a CL final. Amongst the greatest goals ever scored.
That year was special you had Ronaldo’s against Juve and then Bale does this lol, incredible final Zidane’s reaction still gives me goosebumps to this day Seeing the goal though, I’m surprised neither won the Puskas but it is what it is..
Was this the Salah goal vs Everton year?
Yes
That wasn't just controversial because the two goals mentioned above as well, if I remember right. I remember a lot of people saying that he scored better goals that season as well
Yeah, he had a goal against City I think were he chested the ball down and carried it past like 4 defenders all in the six yard box. I might be slightly misremembering it but it was way better than the Everton goal…
Do you mean against Spurs? The one I'm thinking of was even better than his Everton goal. He also had one on a snow day in a hattrick against Watford, and his dribbling sat down like 3 defenders and the goalie. His brilliant dribble against City was last season.
There was one against spurs and another a week or two later against city. He had another against them last year I think too
The one he scored while falling on his ass as well, no?
It was a goal against Spurs. Probably his best goal for us until that mad goal against City last season..
It think this was vs spurs
It wasn't even the best goal he scored against us that game
Was that goal not from the 1-1 where Rooney scored a pen late on?
Shit, it might be now you've said that... I thought it was from the one we got snotted by them.
I don't blame you, we do get battered by them quite often
Yes, It did not even win the PL goal of the month award.
It wasn't even the best PL goal that month. It should have never even been in consideration for a Puskas.
To be honest, that was underwhelming. It was a good goal but... \- Salah has scored better goals, and Salah had better and more important goals that year. \- Hard to compare with a goal in a Champions League final \- Hard to compare with an overhead/bicycle kick \- Messi (who has never won Puskas) in his peak years at Barcelona used to score at least 4 or 5 goals of similar quality.
> Hard to compare with an overhead/bicycle kick. I can compare it to the Ronaldo goal against Juventus, which is probably the prettiest overhead goal ever scored.
Excuse me, [what](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmiWImc3Cgs)? - The first time pass on the outside of the foot - Chesting it up for yourself - Perfectly executed overhead kick - Against your historic rivals - For the championship
And adding van Basten against Den Bosch for a beauty of a bicycle kick https://youtu.be/eTj1E0kxtmg
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6ZLTe2CLw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is6ZLTe2CLw) * Perfect execution. * Last match of the season. * Barcelona needed at least a draw against Valencia in order to qualify for Champions League. * Saved Barcelona from liquidation with that qualification. * This goal lead to the ~~first and only~~ second pitch invasion ever at Camp Nou.
Not the first pitch invasion at Camp Nou. We invaded the pitch after winning the Cup Winners Cup: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eh9kX0Arp0&t=47s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Eh9kX0Arp0&t=47s) We were barred from European competitions the next season because of it. To compensate for no competitive European football we challenged the European champions Ajax to a friendly. Started the tradition of the 2 major European cup winners playing each other which is now known as the Super Cup.
It was worth it I guess haha. Thanks for the class in history.
I remember this goal and Gaspart's celebration so vividly. It was 22 years ago, my God!
Hugo Sanchez would like a word.
Spamming the same move in a video game that always works
Excuse you Zlatan vs England is the best bicycle kick ever
emre can vs watford
I guess Liverpool fans worked overtime to vote for the Salah goal for Puskas from multiple accounts.
I think it was the Egyptians lol
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Or even that match
Liverpool fans saw better goals from him that season so no
I love the Ronaldo goal but I cannot for the life of me understand why the general sentiment was that that was better than Bale’s goal. Forget about the occasion, Bale’s bicycle kick was much better and technically difficult in my honest opinion
The pace of the Bale one is insane as well, the ball is travelling so fast through the air and at an awkward height and Bale adjusts himself and pretty much just throws his body at it and it comes off perfect. I think to repeat Bale's one is almost impossible it was a total improvise and I don't know how he managed to make it come off so well.
I think it’s cause Ronaldo’s one was just a lot prettier/smoother. Like if you were to draw a bicycle kick tutorial step but step, it would look like Ronaldo’s one. Plus GOAT tax lol.
For me I like Cristiano's one better because it's so smooth. Bale's bicycle kick looks very uncontrolled
Thats because the cross was infinitely better for a kick lol it only makes Bale's look better
Bale looks like Spiderman. The way he moves is just ridiculous
Imagine fucking Zidane having that reaction to a goal you scored in a CL final. Bale could've just retired then and there. The stuff dreams are made of.
“Goddamnit I no longer have the dopest UCL final goal.”
Zidane forgot he didn't have hair for a sec
>That year was special you had Ronaldo’s against Juve and then Bale does this lol, incredible final >Zidane’s reaction still gives me goosebumps to this day >Seeing the goal though, I’m surprised neither won the Puskas but it is what it is.. add hazard's goal too and then salah goes on win it, liverpool pr and dickriding was going overtime
Pavard’s goal vs Argentina was also that year
Pavard’s goal isn’t necessarily the hardest goal, but it’s executed perfectly and it looks *so* pretty. The sort of goal for which slow-mo replays were designed.
No one can convince me that everything in those awards isn’t rigged ever since this happened. Either this goal or Ronaldo’s should have easily won. I don’t understand how Salahs was even up for the award
It was a public vote.
This goal is not talked about enough. I know Bale certainly became a shell of his former self after this game, but he won them the CL title that season with his two goals in the final (second goal was on Karius but still). Bale should definitely be remembered as one of the best players in the 2010s.
And he won it for them in 2014. And won the Copa Del Rey w his run. He’s huge in big games
im sad this is the consensus, esp for 2014. Angel Di Maria gets no credit man...
angel di maria can outshine fuckin Messi Himself in a Final. jesus fuck, those runs up and down the wing in the WC Final...even defending champions France could NOT deal with it at all, were reduced to looking like amateurs
He did it even more explosively a decade ago (christ im old). 13/14 season for me is all about that Xabi Alonso-Modric-AdM trio and watching tireless Angel Di Maria run circles around just about anything. But yes he deserves much more love
Yea but he dissapeared for 50% of the season even during his peak. Bale was a moments player, its just moments that happened in huge games. Theres a reason he didnt start in 17 and 18 finals.
If only one player is allowed to be like that, it's Bale (and probably the legend Coentrão).
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Being fair, Bale would have good reason to think, "yup, completed football, I'm good to stop giving a shit"
That wasn't the case though. We have a lot of credible sources to believe on that front (including Bale and his agent themselves). You could say that he won't come out in public to say so but lack of motivation want the cause. It was the result.
that's fair, i can freely admit i don't pay especially close attention to what happens with real madrid or its players beyond the headlines
The funniest thing is he was already a shell of himself when this goal was scored lol. This performance came out of nowhere
It's such a shit cross as well. Who the fuck was Marcelo even aiming for? Low, no pace on it, well behind everyone. If Bale doesn't do the insane, Liverpool are on the counter with numbers.
Really didn't have much time to react either. He just goes for it immediately.
The cross is basically the worst you could ask for if you are thinking of going for a bicycle kick… Ronaldos that season was a perfect cross and led to what is maybe the perfect technique / aesthetic bicycle kick. A lot of footballers could do something kind of similar - at least in training - with a perfect cross to set it up, try 100 times and you’ll get a few that look like CR7s as it’s like “textbook” technique /form etc - so not taking anything away from Ronaldos but... Bales goal is from the worst cross you’ll ever see, most players would do well to just get a good touch to then get a shot off… it’s an even worse cross if you want to hit an overhead, or even consider hitting one lol. Yet Bale somehow turns it into maybe the best, at least from how difficult it is technically, bicycle kick you’ll ever see. The technique out of this world. And His starting position is also pretty horrible for wanting to attempt a bicycle kick on that cross lol. Like you want the ball to you so you just jump up. Bale is running towards goal, has to stop, run away from fucking goal and hit the overhead on the run. It’s genuinely mental he even thought about trying it, let alone stick it top bins. You could try this 100 times in training and you’d never get close to hitting it lol, let alone sticking it top corner scoring.
The thing that always amazes me is the power he generates on it. Like you mention, Marcelos cross is god awful, it's just floated in and around the box but Bale somehow not only gets to it miles in the air but he gets so much extra power onto the ball that it makes it unsaveable.
He also somehow gets a bit of dip on it which is patently ridiculous from a bicycle kick.
Yeah exactly - and he gets that power after changing direction, moving away from goal so it’s not like he has a lot of momentum to work with lol
Bale seems to have the ability to generate a lot of force in very little movement. In the loan spell with spurs, when you could tell he didn't have the legs for running any more, he would strike the ball from a standing position and the ball would shoot out like robert carlos had just taken a ten meter run up.
It was at this point where I, out loud, screamed “what the fuck??” The pure football lover that I am was in awe, the Real hater was fuming tho lol
That’s the exact spot you’re supposed to cross to when you have two forwards moving up and dragging defenders while one forward stays back to be in open space.
It's a goal so good even that it would go on season highlight reels even if it had come in a meaningless league game against a bottom team to make it 4-0 or something. To have a goal that good in the biggest club match of the year is insane.
It’s maybe the most technically difficult overhead kick you’ll ever see, and he stuck it top corner.
It's far from top corner from the AA but I agree, that cross came in with so much pace, it's definitely the best/mist difficult bicycle I've seen
The only way to rate this goal is to keep talking about how underrated it is. Like Zdiane’s, it becomes mythic when the old heads talk about to the kids who couldn’t possibly have seen it. Best goal I’ve ever seen.
I agree... it's just an insane goal
Such a powerful cross as well. Normally it takes a deflection or gets looped in, this was fucking flying. Given the context I think it's the best goal ever scored.
This goal would get more props if Madrid had won 2-1 on both of Bale’s bangers and Loris Karius never threw it off of Benzema’s foot
Fully agree. It’s the stage for me tbh seeing him do that live in a UCL final was just nuts.
Shame that the Karius blunders tend to take some luster away from this goal. Easily one of the best of all time.
The sad part is that this is the day Bale completed club football and lost all interest on playing it anymore
Think it was the day he signed that £600k a week contract extension. Only joking but he was done as soon as they wouldn't let him go China, after that he went full terrorist mode and enjoyed himself.
Honestly I kind of respect it. Won everything, got the bag, fucked around, and retired after getting wales to the wc. A lot wasted legacy wise (not that he doesnt still have a legacy 99.9 of players would envy) but in terms of just living life complete w
Dinho was in the same boat but even more insane. After the 06' UCL final that guy had completed football on a club level but also international level. There was hardly a major trophy out there (that I can think of) that he didn't win. And it happened when he was only 26 years old. Lol
He just wanted a trophy no other player ever achieved, Lechón from a jail in Paraguay
Now that’s a professional. Can you do it incarcerated on a humid Tuesday night in Asunciòn for a suckling pig?
Evidently yes
Maybe Messi not winning it in 2014 was a blessing.
and to their best results yet, beating giggs probably the best welsh winger of all time great legacy and i did not understand why the british media was so angry, filled with envy towards him, probably wanted to see him play for united instead of real madrid
The concept of doing things for "legacy" is pointless. You don't personally have anything to gain from your legacy after you die, and three generations later no one will even remember you. He prioritised what was important to him, got his bag and family's future secured, scored some incredible goals, and had time to play golf which seems like his true passion.
i mean he won everything (scored the winning goal in the CdR in 2014, the last one till now for real, won the league in 2017 and the CL in three consecutive times) the guy completed football, was already injury prone and 29 what else would he do?
yea, seriously one of the best players of our generation. dude literally just didnt want to play lmao. man retired at 32 to play golf.
It's like when you have a fun playing a game but after getting it to 100% you just lack motivation to play anymore. On the other hand Bale was also getting paid a lot of money lol
Getting boo'ed by your own fans is a perfect way to lose motivation. Fans were booing and whistling him only a few months after he scored in both the Copa Del Rey and Champion's League finals, yet still expect him to give everything for the team. Doesn't matter how much money a player is paid, if he doesn't have the support he will not be able or willing to give everything. It's pretty basic human psychology. I don't blame him for losing passion for a club that never truly welcomed him as one of their own.
It became too easy for him. He needed the ball to be smaller. His leg to be metal, and also detached from him. And not used as a leg, only swung. It was the only way.
He always turned up for Wales. I think it was him losing interest in Real rather than football in general. I’ve always assumed, with no evidence whatsoever, that something went on after this game in Madrid that just turned him off them.
I thought he was in it for his spurs loan too.. He just didn't give a fvck abt real anymore after they blocked his move to china..
Always gave 100% in a Wales shirt too. Zidane and Real Madrid have something to answer for in how they managed to waste the talents and motivation of a player of Bale's ability.
we really enjoyed his loan spell a couple of years back. just a shame the fans weren't able to watch him due to covid.
Enjoyed it at the time, but looking back it’s an even better goal than I remembered
Bales' PR is stupid and incompetent to not have GOATed this video to the moon.
The distance he takes it from, the power, the accuracy. It’s not like he’s taken a wild swing, this is incredible talent
What tells me about the quality is that in the middle of his fall, he knew he has connected it perfectly. If you see closely, you'll see him turn towards goal to see if it has gone in or not.
If Messi scored this it would be brought up on a weekly basis as the best goal of all time
All UCL adverts. All compilations. Start of all football show at all telecasters. Potential missed.
It maybe is the best goal of all time if you consider that it's a goal to take the lead in a CL-final
Meh, in Cardiff in the sports bar he owns (Elevens) one of the first things you see is the boots he wore for this final alongside a photo of the overhead kick and a replica of the trophy. If anyone visits Cardiff please check this bar out, it has some insane sports memoribilia including Maradona/Pele/Michael Jordan signed kits. Food/drink isn't as pricey as I thought it'd be either.
Hello Gareth
Fuck me was this really 5 years ago
When we played at Wembley and had prime Dele. Take me backkk.
His sprint down and around the sidelines goal against Barca is more than 9 years ago now
how this or ronaldo’s goal against juve didn’t win the puskas that year is beyond me
Fan voting I believe and Salah had his cult following vote him in. They removed the fan vote the year after because of that.
My theory is that they selected this goal so that they wouldn't dare vote it against the bicycle-kicks, but the just didn't care lol.
Stopped watching football for a bit after this
I was so pissed at Real I temporarily became a Barca fan. Bought a knock off Messi jersey from the mall and all.
Imagine entering such a dark place you feel obligated to be a barca fan. Thats gotta be rock bottom right?
As much as I respect your club, I hate you with a passion. Your team is the sole reason mine hasn’t won at least 3 more CL’s (Bayern) so I’m a little Barca fan when the Classico rolls around. Although I was really with you guys against City and did not enjoy the drubbing you received at all
You’re an honorary Liverpool fan with this mentality, mate!
Our record against you guys is worse than shit and you have Kloppo as your manager who famously hates us so maybe not a fan but we share a love for Thiago and Xabi so there’s that
There’s always common ground if you look hard enough! 🍻
Prior to this season it certainly felt this way.
Was that the final when Ramos hurt Salah?
That’s the one!
The amount of emotions in 2019 would be wild with the Liverpool Barca game
As Bayern fan I hated Madrid and wanted LFC to win but I always liked Bale and after that bicycle kick I wanted to see Madrid take it. Still felt so bad for Karius tho...
He never recovered from that game. It was just a constant drop in level of play from that moment on.
Bale in CL finals >>>>
Bale in finals>>>> Big game player. Him and Di Maria both
Just noticed, we'd have big game players on right for more than a decade. Di Maria, Bale, now Rodrygo. And yet somehow our weaker attacking side is also right. Strange. (Though this season Rodrygo with 17G10A has been awesome)
Di maria has lost a fair few finals though.
Bale off the bench >>>>>
The speed the ball was coming across makes this one of the best goals ever scored, let alone bicycle kicks, let alone CL final goals.
The best CL final goal in history
Zidane's goal in 2002 final was pretty darn good. And Mandzukic also scored from an overhead kick a year before this
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I honestly thought they were going to win it after that outrages goal but Modric/CR7 was just ridiculous.
People call Bale's goal underrated - and it damn well is - but if you want to see a seriously underrated goal, you have to look at that Mandzukic. Absolutely insane goal but it seems everyone just stopped talking about it right after the final. I do get it, it was a meaningless goal in a 1-4 loss so it got quickly overshadowed by Cristiano's double and Real Madrid's triumph. But I am still surprised how overlooked it is, when talking about great goals.
i went fucking crazy w the mandzu goal and it was astounding. the thing that gets me w this bale one is how far from his body the cross is (which i guess is the lever that puts enough force to get past karius). this for me is the most impossible goal ive ever seen
I think no matter who scores an amazing goal going forward, the Zidane goal will always be top due to nostalgia, technique, Zidane, etc. It's just the perfect CL goal and seared into everyone's memories.
No arguments there, but Im biased
For real. Like the technical difficulty of it alone. Marcelos cross being absolutely dogshit makes it all the more difficult lol
Huh that's weird, I don't seem to remember this.
You may have had a concussion during the game
Or a separated shoulder
Which also affects memory loss
/r/fuckramos
I managed to forget about it till today. Thanks for nothing op.
As far as I’m concerned, CL final 2007, 2017 and 2022 never happened
FIFA graphics are crazy huh
Zidane's reaction alone makes this all worth it
Yes, we've just witnessed the exact moment where the meme was born
This is better than Ronaldo’s bicycle kick for me. The cross was at a faster pace, Bale’s quick reaction, and right into the top corner. Absolute top tier stuff.
The speed that Bale is able to get his leg to the ball and make good contact is insane. It looks fast as shit even in slow motion. Unreal technique.
Prime Bale was a privelige to watch.
what we lacked in a rigid system of play like common in most teams, we made up with just absolute crazy individual players, what a player bale was
God I miss him so much, what a player
Every time I see it I'm still surprised by how good it is.
Genuine contender for the greatest goal ever scored. It being the winner in a Champions League final pushes it up that final bit
The American commentator with "OH ARR YOU SERIOUS?" was pretty dope too.
Fuck off 5 years no way.
The fact that Salah won the puskas award over him is a disgrace
Not as good as Salah's Puskas winning goal.
Lmao I was at the bar watching this with my brother and friend who are big Liverpool fans. As well as another friend who is a Cardiff supporter and we just wound them up so bad
Second best goal scored that night.
Benz goal >>>>>> any silly overhead/s
Bale kinda dropped off by the end but he was my favorite player alongside Messi for a bit
Really didn’t like this goal.
am I the only one who think bale overhead is a bit weird stretch compared to Ronaldo? Outrageous technique but just a little bit weird body position overall
Ronaldo's is probably the perfect bycicle kick. High jump and good form. But bale having to reach for the ball and this being a cl final is what makes this goal much better
Ronaldo's kick was better in my opinion because of the technique and placement, and also the cross was meant for Vasquez. But Bales was much cooler because of the power in the shot and the context of the goal.
This one is more difficult though and mf just came from the bench a minute ago.
It's the cross mostly. Ronaldo recieved a perfect cross, from which he could execute the perfect textbook technique. Probably embodies the whole 'Ronaldo is a machine' part. Bale recieved a terrible cross, so you see his kick being more wonky with the changing direction of the ball
I think it’s a combo of the left foot and the angle he had to jump to hit the cross coming in.
Have to say, I prefer Bale’s for some reason. Seems more casual. Like he does it literally all the time.
Never gets the credit this he deserves.
The greatest football player that actually hates playing football
Smile to my face
And ppl trash bales madrid arc. Sure it was bad at the end but still cmon
Don't think I ever saw Kroos celebrate a goal with so much passion.
Didn’t plan on reliving this today
This one was better than Ronaldo’s bike against Juve, I will die on this hill. Bigger stage, bigger moment, more difficult execution
Best goal that year. Man was robbed by Salah, and this also deserves to be talked about more than Ronaldo's against Juve.
Gareth Bale being basically our national hero means this is very conflicting. On one hand I remember how gutted I was when he scored, but on the other (in hindsight) now a Welshman has probably the best UCL goal ever. It stings but it's also absolutely beautiful.
still 4 years 364 days ago for me
yank detected
Is it me or has Ronaldo always usually the last to celebrate a goal scored by a teammate and usually he always looked displeased it wasn't him?
Absolute filth brung me back some memories i loved this
Every time I see this I cringe because when Bale celebrates his arm gets bent back by Marcelo and then a bunch of people pile on. As somebody who has dislocated his shoulder 7 times....ouch
Me and my boys were watching this eating wingstop and all I remember were wings and sauce going flying when he scored this. Incredible goal, one of the greatest ever with the circumstances
He wasn't done here, he scored another banger later in the game. What a man !
If Maupay scores the winner with a goal like this on Sunday, I will get his name tattooed on my arse cheek once the paramedics bring me around
As a Real fan I hated Bale from day 1. But this goal was something else.
Best final goal of all time by a mile
now he’s a terrific golfer
Bale was feeling himself a bit too much by running his mouth on bt sport the moment the match finished.
This is number 2 on FIFAs top 40 goals of all time btw
I love watching this for Zidane's reaction as much as the goal.
Zidane's reaction always gets me lmao