Bale's Free Kick

[jimtheyid]

I still can't work it out... I think looking at the way he strikes it, that he just deceived Reina.

 

[DEFchenkOE]

Looked like it went quite straight to me, no idea what Reina was doing. God help Friedel if he conceded a fk like that.

 

[EnfieldYiddo]

It hit one of their defenders I thought?

 

[hughy]

No spin on the ball after it passed the wall, it didn't take a deflection.

 

[mpickard2087]

Just Reina being Reina. Have said consistently that he is over-rated and not the level of keeper a lot of people think he is.

 

[Sanj]

Bale has started hitting freekicks Ronaldo style.....
Todays free kick went though 2 players in wall whilst swerving towards the corner and i just dont think reina saw it in time.....

 

[elDiablo]

Yeah, Reina assumed Bale was going to curl it in, but he just hit it practically straight down the middle.

 

[Spurs_Bear]

Reina just dropped a massive bollock.

 

[Flightrisker]

I assumed even after seeing replays that it hit the wall. Even looking again its what it looks like but seeing Villas Boas and Bale's comments about it I guess it went straight in.

 

[Sanj]

Reina just dropped a massive bollock.

to be fair to reina once the wall split and let the ball through he had no chance due to the pace on the ball.

 

[TheAmerican]

No spin on the ball after it passed the wall, it didn't take a deflection.

Correctamundo, dude.
Go to 27s

 

[thinktank]

Reina started going the wrong way, no recovering from that.

 

[AW?]

Blale is a fucking beast.

 

[AW?]

Bale*

 

[parklane1]

It looked like a deflection from where i was sat.

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

It obviously wasn't a deflection.

 

[Qualsonic]

It's a strange one, from one angle I'm sure it takes a deflection, from the view behind the goal, I'm not so sure.

Assist, goal, own goal - Bingo!

(And the BBC say he headed into his own goal - it was much more comedic than that! Indeed, arrived home late, and only started watching after 20 minutes, but still got to see Lennon and Bale scoring!)

 

[nightgoat]

It looked like a deflection from where i was sat.

Me too, but having seen the replay it doesn't. Reina thought he was going to curl it, even though Bale's been trying Ronaldo-style free kicks for ages now.

 

[Davo99]

Yeah, 100% not a deflection - just a terrific dead-ball.

 

[Pete Spur]

Me too, but having seen the replay it doesn't. Reina thought he was going to curl it, even though Bale's been trying Ronaldo-style free kicks for ages now.

even how he stands before he hits it in Ronaldos superman stance lol