Wales manager Robert Page said after the game he had told Bale it was the best free-kick he had ever seen. Wales v Austria – FIFA World Cup 2022 Qualifier – ...
“We know as players and as a group we’ve got the opportunity to get us there. He said: “We all have to dream. “We want to do our best to get the country to the World Cup.”
The Spanish press have hit out at Gareth Bale in another stinging attack, after he netted a brace in Wales' World Cup play-off win against Austria on.
End of”. It’s disgusting and they should also be ashamed of themselves. “It’s a waste of my time.
Gareth Bale has been targeted by Spanish press, having joined up with Wales after failing to appear for Real Madrid last weekend.
“I hope that by the time our children are of an age where they are able to ingest news, journalism ethics and standards will have been enforced more stringently. “I have witnessed the toll the media can take on peoples’ mental and physical health. “The Daily Mail shining a light on this piece of slanderous, derogatory and speculative journalism by Marca,” Bale wrote.
Despite barely featuring for his club this term, Bale produced a heroic display to score two goals against Austria in Cardiff to set up a clash with ...
His agent Jonathan Barnett told Sportsmail that Bale, who turns 33 in July, is a wanted man but his camp will sit tight until they know whether Wales have reached their first World Cup since 1958. ‘I have been saying for years he is one of Britain’s greatest, most successful sports stars. - Bale is set to make a decision on his future after Wales' play-off final in June
Wales will now play Scotland or Ukraine for a place at the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar.
Wales wanted a penalty for handball when Sabitzer stopped a Bale free-kick and Austria continued to push forward. But Wales held on and the dream to reach the World Cup for the first time since 1958 lives on. That was to change in dramatic fashion when Baumgartner blocked off Wilson to give Wales a free-kick 25 yard out. Ben Davies touched on James’ cross and Bale adjusted his feet superbly to lash the ball past Lindner. Gareth Bale fired Wales to a 2-1 World Cup play-off semi-final victory over Austria that leaves them in sight of their first appearance in the finals for 64 years. But he stood up when his country needed him, extending his own goals record for Wales to 38 in 101 games.
Bale, after his two goals sent Wales closer to the World Cup: I don't need to send a message, honestly. It's a waste of my time. Its disgusting and they ...
Real Madrid would be proud of him if it weren't for the fact that four days ago he left the team stranded, alluding to a false back injury, and miserably erased himself from the Clasico against Barca." We are one game away from the World Cup which is everything for myself, Bale, for the nation and for the group of lads. He can produce moments of magic like that in the game." We had to dig deep and look at our experience in big games and it's a perfect scenario." "Our supporters got us through it, one million per cent," he said. He explained the celebration after the game, as he was asked if he was sending a specific message and to who. "This is what we want. "It's fantastic. It's a waste of my time. Bale, after his two goals sent Wales closer to the World Cup: "I don’t need to send a message, honestly. Bale said to Sky Sports: "I don't need to send a message, honestly. It’s a waste of my time.
With 23 minutes gone there was a moment of uproar inside the Cardiff City Stadium as Harry Wilson was blocked off outside the Austria penalty area; ...
On four minutes there was a moment of jaw-drop as Christoph Baumgartner strolled in on goal and saw the ball clang back off the bar. At times here was a large green space at the heart of this Welsh team, Allen trundling gamely around trying to fill the space like a lone forklift truck in an abandoned hangar. In attack Wales had Bale and Daniel James, one to ferret and press for two men, one to provide the fantasy, the vibes. James kept passing up the chance to kill the game, but somehow this was always going one way. What was strange was the trajectory, the ball leaping, dipping, then travelling on in a flat line like a missile. Bale took a hop, four steps, then hit the ball with the top of his foot in the familiar style. The Welsh anthem – a top three world anthem, up there with France and Italy – was, as ever, a stirring thing. Of course it’s thrilling, of course the crowd rises and stiffens. What really lingered was the softness in Bale’s movements: perfect, hard-honed technique executed under pressure, but with an ease that spoke to something spreading back up the foot, the years spent slow-cooking that feeling of team culture, of shared momentum. So Page picked a team with all the players. Gareth Bale paced it out and waited, charging the moment a little more. There is a concept doing the rounds called “main character energy”. It describes those people who communicate at all times the certainty that whatever might be happening around them, they are the main character in this scene.
Wales hero Gareth Bale praised his team-mates for digging deep to overcome Austria in their World Cup play-off but hit out at “disgusting” coverage of his ...
They thoroughly deserve all the plaudits they’re going to get those players. “We had to dig deep and dig a trench at the end. One media outlet described him as a “parasite” and Bale was asked after the game whether his goal celebrations had sent a message to his critics. The game was postponed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Wales expect to play the winners later in the same month. “We knew coming into it, we spoke yesterday about how big the game is and we have to perform. Bale produced two terrific strikes – one in each half of the semi-final – as Wales won 2-1 to move within one game of ending their 64-year wait to play at a World Cup.
Gareth Bale has responded to his critics in Spain and said they should be "ashamed of themselves" after his brace helped Wales past Austria.
You can see that from the way he plays." "I can hit a free kick if I am able to play," he added. The 32-year-old has only made five appearances in all competitions for Madrid this season due to injury problems and coach Carlo Ancelotti keeping him on the bench.
Gareth Bale has hit out at the "disgusting" coverage he receives in the Spanish media after scoring a sublime double to send Wales to within one more win of ...
We have come a long way since the early days and this would be the icing on the cake, to qualify." We are one win away from the World Cup.” "I don't think it's sunk in properly yet. He hasn't played many minutes but at least he has been training day in, day out. I can hit a free-kick if I am able to play. It's a waste of my time."
The Wales star celebrated both of his goals with immense passion and shouted down a TV camera after his first strike.
On the flip side, he has netted just once for his club in 270 minutes of football in the 2021/22 season to date. He was asked if his celebrations were a message to those who penned such brutal words on his situation ahead of the game, and the attacker's response was telling. He celebrated both goals against Austria with a passion that fully highlighted his commitment to the cause.
The Wales captain was branded a “parasite” and accused of “sucking” Real Madrid's money by Madrid outlet Marca.
“Fortunately I have developed a thick skin during my time in the public spotlight, but that doesn’t mean articles like these don’t cause damage and upset personally and professionally to those at the receiving end of these malicious stories. He wrote: “At a time when people are taking their own lives because of the callousness and relentlessness of the media, I want to know, who is holding these journalists and the news outlets that allow them to write articles like this, accountable? After the game he said comments in Spain about him were “disgusting” and that the publication “should be ashamed of themselves”.
The winger has frequently been criticised by the Spanish media during his time at Real Madrid and has been accused of lacking effort.
'I'll pay you anyway, but when they tell me I have to, not when you want me to. Soria said: 'What do you mean they can't fire him? Where does it say you can't fire him? And you want to wait until June? My God, man.' You have to fire him. And you're here, 'well it's that'. 'It's that' What?! He has to go!