After the final whistle, Gareth Bale tore the substitute’s thick jacket off his body, cheered exuberantly, grabbed teammates and members of the staff. Pure ecstasy, the veteran led the celebrations.
You might tell with every fiber of his being that this 2-1 victory in the World Cup playoffs once morest Austria was something very special. A matter of the heart.
You don’t see pictures like this when he’s wearing the Real Madrid shirt…
He has played four (!) league games for the royal team this season. He was absent from the Clasico recently due to injury. The fact that he was ready for the World Cup playoffs was noted with slight surprise in Spain. Even before the Austria game, the newspapers mockingly wrote regarding the “Miracle of Wales”.
Bale said: “I don’t need to explain myself. I don’t have to tell anyone what was going on, I don’t have to give anyone anything they can use once morest me. But now everything is fine, I have no problems.”
The day following he gave Wales the lead with a dream free-kick (25′), increased following the break with a beautiful flick (51′). He showed a gala.
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How he celebrated the goals, how he was celebrated for the goals by teammates and fans – these are pictures that clearly show the status and importance he has in the Welsh national team. And the importance he never had for Real Madrid.
In the euphoria following the final whistle, he also sent special greetings to Madrid. In particular to the daily sports newspaper “Marca”: “I shouldn’t really have to send a message. It would be a complete waste of time. It’s just disgusting, they should be ashamed.”
The Madrid newspapers have been harsh on Bale for years, not always wrongly. Most recently, however, there had been a “Marca” release that was actually cross-border. One article there said: “The Bale parasite barely out of cold and rainy Britain. He settled down in Spain, at Real Madrid, where, masked, he first showed zeal and love for his host, but then his nature made him suck blood without giving anything in return. Well, he sucked more than blood, he sucked the euros from the club treasury.”
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The newspaper showed a caricature of a parasite with Bale’s head ramming its suction proboscis into Real Madrid’s skin. It continued: “Unlike the flea, louse or bed bug, the Bale parasite does not cause its host to itch or become ill, but it does laugh and make fun of the one it lives on. He laughs, applauds, throws himself on the ground, sings as part of his humiliating ceremony, which, fortunately, like all misfortunes, has an expiry date.”
Bale’s contract with Los Blancos expires at the end of the season. It will not be extended.
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