Bale the hero as Madrid grab 13th Champions League title

2018-05-27
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Karius was the villain for Liverpool, while Gareth Bale scored one of the greatest goals seen in the Champions League history as Real Madrid notched an incredible 13^th title and cementing its position of the most successful club in the history of the competition.

And while the first half was a goalless arm wrestle, the second half produced even more drama as Karius produced two mind-boggling howlers—and Bale etched his name into Champions League history as Real triumph 3-1 to claim the biggest prize in European football.

Bale, controversially benched by Zidane, was introduced into the game in the 61th minutes with scores tie at 1-1. Within 3 minutes he’d sent the crowd with a spectacular bicycle kick which give Real the lead.

Earlier, Real had taken the lead through a stunning howler from Karius, who cleaned up a simple ball—only to roll it into the path of Benzema, who stuck his foot out and poked it into the goal. Karius’s blushes were, briefly, spared when Mane tapped home 4 minutes later following a pinpoint Milner corner.

In the 83^rd minutes, Bale sealed the final with another winding long range effort, but it should’ve been saved by Karius who produced his second blunder.

Bale rocketed a shot from long distance and it appeared comfortably in Karius’ grasp, before bursting through his fingers.