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08th Dec 2014

VIDEO: Gareth Bale shows us how to take the perfect Knuckleball free-kick

You should have kept this under your hat, Gareth

Darragh Murphy

There are fewer more frightful sights for goalkeepers than that of Gareth Bale standing over a free-kick.

The Real Madrid forward has an uncanny talent of hitting the ball flat, with the top of his foot, and getting it to change direction mid-air.

Here, the Welsh international reveals the secret technique to us so that we too may wrongfoot La Liga’s goalkeepers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvdoi0N7khs

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