“…it's as electrifying as a hair dryer thrown into a bathtub…look at the balance…the timing…he's like a master thief stealing the silverware in the dark night…the galácticos are gladiators tonight…and Gareth Bale is Spartacus!”

— Ray Hudson

[Mandis, Steven G., The Real Madrid Way: How Values Created the Most Successful Sports Team on the Planet, 2016, BenBella Books, https://books.google.fi/books/about/The_Real_Madrid_Way.html?id=IEbQDAAAQBAJ&redir_esc=y, 978-1-942952-54-1]
After Gareth Bale headed the game-winning goal in from two yards out to put Real ahead for the first time, in the 110th minute.
2014 UEFA Champions League Final

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'Still am. Once a thief, always a thief, only now I steal from the enemy. And some day I'll have enough to stop me from doing it and then I'll have to stop others from thieving from me.'
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