Wales and Real Madrid star Gareth Bale made use of his post-game media duties to intention a less-than-subtle dig on the Spanish media on Thursday night time.
Wide-man Bale, after all, was again in motion a short while in the past.
Amid the nation’s efforts to safe a spot on the 2022 World Cup, Wales welcomed Austria to the Cardiff City Stadium, for a highly-anticipated playoff showdown.
And, when all was mentioned and carried out, preserve their Qatar-shaped goals alive is exactly what Robert Page’s hosts managed.
A tough-fought 90 minutes finally culminated within the Dragons rising on the fitting facet of a 2-1 scoreline, owing to a beautiful brace on the a part of none apart from the aforementioned Bale.
The 32-year-old’s first arrived halfway by the first-half, when Bale lashed dwelling a surprising free-kick off the underside of the crossbar:
THAT. IS. SENSATIONAL. 😍🏴
This is world-class from Gareth Bale 👏 pic.twitter.com/DXHMonDMVy
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) March 24, 2022
And Wales’ talisman went on to finish his brace, within the course of ensuring of victory, shortly after the interval:
“Everything he does is turning to gold.” 🥇
ANOTHER nice strike from Gareth Bale 👏 pic.twitter.com/NWKvAPyZO4
— Sky Sports Football (@SkyFootball) March 24, 2022
Speaking on the again of his match-winning show, it due to this fact got here as little shock when Bale was drawn on his state of affairs at membership stage.
The one-time world beater has after all endured one other season to overlook with Real Madrid, notching simply 4 La Liga begins for a grand complete of 267 minutes of motion.
Pressed particularly on the media in Spain, and their persistent digs at his character, Bale due to this fact made use of the chance to hit again:
Gareth Bale on the Spanish media: “I don’t need to send a message. I don’t need to send anything, it’s a waste of my time, it’s disgusting and they should also be ashamed of themselves. I’m not fussed.”
— Squawka News (@SquawkaNews) March 24, 2022
The highway forward
Wales’ victory on Thursday signifies that the Dragons now want navigate only one extra fixture to e book their spot on the Qatar World Cup.
Standing in the way in which of Robert Page’s troops will probably be one among Scotland or Ukraine, who noticed their scheduled assembly this week postponed to a later date amid the continuing Russian invasion of the latter.
There is hope that the conflict will finally be given the inexperienced mild for some level in June, earlier than Wales tackle the victors within the weeks to comply with.
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