The night Gareth Bale destroyed Inter Milan at the San Siro
Gareth Bale plays Atlético Madrid in the Champions League final on Saturday 28 May at the San Siro, the scene of one of his greatest nights in Europe.
Gareth Bale was a fresh-faced Tottenham left back with little reputation outside the Premier League until 20 October 2010, a night when he left the whole of Europe with their mouths wide open at the San Siro – the scene of this Saturday’s Champions League final.
Van der Vaart: Bale "destroyed" Maicon
It was one of the competition's most thrilling games of the last decade, and despite Spurs ending up as 4-3 losers against Inter, everybody was talking about Bale’s marvelous hat-trick and mesmerising overall performance, in which he made minced meat of right-back Maicon. Chatting to the media after the tie, Rafael Van Der Vaart said Bale had “destroyed” the Brazilian defender, who that same year was voted as the best number two on the continent by UEFA.