'I went from glory to shit in minutes': Batra and Casillas recall epic Bale's goal in Copa final

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'I went from glory to shit in minutes': Batra and Casillas recall epic Bale's goal in Copa final

As they promised earlier on Twitter, Marc Bartra and Iker Casillas met on Instagram Live to remember the 2014 Copa del Rey final, which has been haunting the Blaugrana ever since.

"For me it was hard as hell," Bartra recalled. "I was a youngster who had come from the bottom to play against Real Madrid for the first time.

"On top of that I scored a goal against Casillas, and then went from glory to sh*t in a matter of minutes. It was very hard to take.

"I don't mind talking about it as I haven't before, and one thing I remember is after that game you [Casillas] came and gave me encouragement.

"I realised that Casillas was a good person. With everything you'd won, you came and hugged a youngster and gave me strength."

Iker – being a good person as he is – has admitted that Marc had done everything he could in that moment and didn't even try to cheat or play dirty.

"You learn from mistakes, but I don't see that incident as a mistake," Casillas said. "It is more a great play on Gareth's part.

"Any other player would have given up on that ball or would have thrown himself to the ground and asked for a foul in order to stop him running."

The Welshman scored his goal after a fabulous sprint as he somehow outran Marc Bartra. This strike won Los Blancos the domestic cup.