One giant leap for Bale! Real Madrid star blows away Messi and Co

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Gareth Bale

Gareth Bale paid back all of his world-record transfer fee with one lung-busting, Spanish Cup-winning wonder goal. 
It was his 20th for Real Madrid, his first against Barcelona. The match had been dubbed the game of his life and he produced the goal of his career to settle it. 
There were shades of ‘Taxi for Maicon’ when he picked the ball up on the halfway line and steamed down the left. Bartra barged him off the field but he still went past the young defender, cut into the area and shot past Jose Pinto.Gareth Bale's Real Madrid winner against Barcelona

The Madrid bench erupted with substitutes and technical staff on the pitch and the white half of Valencia’s Mestalla stadium got to their feet with the game all but won. 

 Silverware: Bale (left) and Luka Modric celebrate with the Copa del Rey trophy
There was still time for Neymar’s shot to hit a post at the other end and roll back into Iker Casillas’s arms but it was Madrid and Bale’s night. He had won the battle of last summer’s big signings and his first trophy in Spain. 
At the final whistle injured  Cristiano Ronaldo and Real’s  sporting director Zinedine Zidane ran on to the pitch to embrace the Welshman. It was a goal of which they would both have been proud.

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