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Published 22:30 9 Oct 2016 BST

However, during the frustrating draw in Cardiff, viewers were intrigued to see that Bale's locks temporarily broke free from their usual tied-up position.
https://twitter.com/HuskerTR/status/785151572003082240
Because people are weirdly fascinated with footballers' hairdos, the sight of Bale letting his hair down caused quite the reaction on Twitter.
Many gave it the thumbs up...
https://twitter.com/Officialhbkmano/status/785177907337519104
https://twitter.com/BaleNation/status/785164168718651392
With some going as far as saying stuff like this...
https://twitter.com/bloodonthesands/status/785170833199226880
https://twitter.com/TeamKroos/status/785165916250275840
Some struggled to process the fact that Bale's hair was actually quite long when it wasn't tied up. Who'd have thought?
https://twitter.com/wejuli256/status/785215412204101632
Others struggled to get their heads around the fact an image of Bale with his hair down was finally in the public domain...
https://twitter.com/StevenWebster1/status/785195417776582656
This guy was looking back on Bale's Tottenham days with dewy eyes...
https://twitter.com/Fazzgfc/status/785176991347642368
Being the internet, there were plenty of folk who didn't like what they saw...
https://twitter.com/ShahDhwaneel/status/785152625641607168
And plenty of people wanting to talk about Bale's battle to hide a bald patch...
https://twitter.com/stradeypark/status/785152505000947712
https://twitter.com/SolariPMdS/status/785223465691406342
Robert here even went to the trouble of cropping a photo of it...
https://twitter.com/bbqbobs/status/785211462197338112
Bale scored Wales' goal, incidentally. Not that this is anything like as important as his hair.
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