💥 Bale takes a swipe at Zidane: He only did tactics against Bayern or Barça | OneFootball

Gareth Bale has given an interview on the podcast 'Stick to FootballMagazine' and has left several headlines.

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The Welshman began by talking about the competitiveness at Real Madrid: "Just by arriving there I realized that they prioritize the Champions League. It’s tough to be in Spain because these two teams (Barça and Madrid), maybe with Atlético, you know that they’re going to win more than half the time."

He spoke about the time he left before the end of a match: "I remember leaving a game. If we were injured, we could leave 10 minutes before the end of the match, that was the rule. I left in the 82nd minute to avoid traffic and I was photographed. I thought I was doing the same as everyone else. I know maybe I got more criticism than I should have, but I stayed true to myself."

About the Wales, Golf, Madrid banner: "That had nothing to do with me (laughs). There was a flag... The Spanish press created it. I played golf once every two or three weeks. The press created that kind of character. It never bothered me. I had a rule not to play golf 40 hours before a match. I was professional. It gets out of control because they turn the fans against you."

And then came the controversial statements about Zidane: "He also played in Italian football and understood that defensive aspect. But, he didn’t do too much... You knew that if you played against Barça or Bayern you’d do a bit of tactics, with the rest it would be minimal, it would just be a normal training session, possession games, small goals, finish with shots and that’s it. In the big games you’d do 15 minutes of defensive tactics instead of attacking and that’s all. He would join the training sessions, especially when he was Carlo’s assistant and his legs were like spaghetti or jelly, he had that touch."

He finished by talking about Ancelotti: "Carlo simply had the best people management. If you weren’t playing, he made you feel like you were his best friend. He had that incredible ability to keep everyone together and happy."

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