Gareth Bale explained why he doesn’t need free kick tips from Cristiano Ronaldo
Gareth Bale has revealed that he doesn’t need free kick tips from Cristiano Ronaldo, as he focused on his own style and technique.
“I put a lot of practice in,” Bale said of his free-kick technique.
“Even now after training I’m there for an extra 10 or 15 minutes hitting balls, and doing what I normally do when I’m at Madrid and when I was at Tottenham.
“Nothing changes — I just carry on my routine.”
“We obviously practice together in training but on different sides.
Gareth Bale explained why he doesn’t need free kick tips from Cristiano Ronaldo
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“It depends where I am on the pitch and what side.
“I hit it slightly different depending where the ball is and how close you are.
“You always stand over them and think ‘please just go in,’ but it’s not always the case.
“So it’s nice to see the hard work pay off and see two go in so far.”
“I used to curl them before but I stared a different technique because I found it more exciting,” said Bale.
“I found the curl a bit boring, I’m not going to lie.
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“This style of free kick is more exciting. It can go 50 yards over the bar, but then it can look even better when it goes in.
“The ball is definitely different from the La Liga ball or the Premier League ball and when you do hit this one nicely it does move a lot.
“So you do feel for the keepers a bit, but it’s good for us.”
Joe Hart was criticized for his mistake in Bale’s goal on free kick, and Welshman revealed that he developed plan to deceive England keeper.
“With the free kick I scored in the first game I knew the goalkeeper was going to gamble, and that’s why I went that way,” said Bale.
“But we did our research and I knew Joe’s not going to gamble if I have a free kick.
“He can’t afford to because if it goes in on the keeper’s side they really do get the blame.
“So I was always going to go over the wall because I knew he wasn’t going to gamble.”