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Welsh star Gareth Bale, born in 1989, nicknamed "The Great Saint". He played as a full-back as a young man and was later transformed into a winger. He is tall, quick-paced, and fast-flying, and whenever he breaks through, his opponents are almost unstoppable; He is nimble and agile, has unlimited physical fitness, is good at long-range shooting and crosses, especially his possession skills and free kicks; He was once the most terrifying guy on the left side of the Premier League and La Liga, with numerous club honours, and in 2022 helped Wales return to the World Cup after 64 years.
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On the evening of September 1, 2013 local time in Spain, Bale joined Real Madrid from Tottenham Hotspur as the best player of the Premier League and English footballer of the year, and for a record transfer fee. According to the transfer market network, the transfer fee of the deal is as high as 100 million euros, breaking the world football transfer record of 94 million euros set by Cristiano Ronaldo when he transferred from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009. At the unveiling ceremony, Real Madrid president Florentino handed over the number 11 shirt to Bale.
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Since then, Bale's attacking trident of Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo has been unstoppable, especially in the 2013/14 season, when the three of them scored more than 60% of Real Madrid's total goals, helping the team win the Copa del Rey and the Champions League. In fact, in its heyday, the fighting power of the Real Madrid "BBC" combination was comparable to Barca's South American trident "MSN" combination.
Bale, from joining Real Madrid in 2013 to loan Tottenham in 2020, and then returning to Real Madrid in 2021, has had a high-gloss performance, has been scarred, and has also been questioned by the outside world. In eight seasons, Bale made a total of 258 appearances for Real Madrid, scored 106 goals, provided 67 assists, and achieved team honors, 5 Champions League, 4 Club World Cups, 3 UEFA Super Cups, 3 La Liga, 1 Copa del Rey and 3 Spanish Super Cups.
Let's take a look at the classic moments that Bell created on the green field!
In the group stage of the 2010/11 Champions League, Bale became famous. In late October 2010, defending champions Inter Milan hosted Tottenham Hotspur, and Inter took a 4-0 lead in the first half, who would have thought that the 21-year-old Bale would take over in the second half, scoring three goals in a row to score a hat-trick that ended in Tottenham's 3-4 defeat.
In early November of that year, the two teams replayed each other, Tottenham successfully avenge the Nerazzurri 3-1 at home, although Bale failed to score, but he contributed two wonderful assists to completely knock Inter into the abyss! Relying on speed to eat opponents raw, especially his sharp breakthrough, he simply regarded his opponents as nothing, and burst the "world's number one right-back" McConn at that time...
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At 03:30 Beijing time on April 17, 2014, the final of the 2013/14 Copa del Rey season was played at the Mestalla Stadium, with Real Madrid vs Barcelona. Benzema assisted Di Maria to open the scoring in the first half, Xavi equalised with a corner kick in the second half, and in the 85th minute, Bale overtook from the outside to score the decisive goal, and Real Madrid eventually won the title 2-1 against Barca. Cristiano Ronaldo was sidelined due to injury, but he was still thrilled when he saw Bale score a god-level goal. Topics such as "Bell is the shortest between two points, passed to himself three seconds later, and overtaking by death on the off-field curve" have been circulating to this day.
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At 02:45 Beijing time on May 27, 2018, the 2017/18 Champions League final kicked off at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, with defending champions Real Madrid facing Liverpool. Salah and Carvajal left the game with injuries in the first half, Reds goalkeeper Karius made a serious mistake in the second half, Benzema scored easily, then Mane equalized with lightning, Bale came off the bench and scored with a barb in the box, and then a long-range shot caused Karius to break off and go to the next goal. Real Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 to achieve their third consecutive Champions League title, with Bale the first player to come off the bench in the final of the Champions League to score twice.