Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale admits he is "lazy"

Gareth Bale spoke to El Pais and admitted he was lazy. These are some of the interesting parts of the Real Madrid winger's interview:

UCL final in Cardiff: "It's easy to say on one hand that I should have rested more. But when you've been injured three months and see your team-mates play, you really want to return and that's what I did. I had a lot of painkillers to be able to play, and now I think I should have given myself more time to recover. Then I could have come back playing much better and capable of all the things I could do with this pain the ankle. If I went back I would have taken more time to recover better."

Criticism: "It's all opinions. They have to sell newspapers one way or another and they have to write something. I'm used to people writing good things, bad things, I don't care too much."

Best virtue: "I don't know, I think that while I'm healthy and my family and friends are too and they are happy, I can't ask for more."

Biggest defect: "I'm quite lazy. That would probably be the best answer."