Is Gareth Bale still a football player?
To this question that we could legitimately ask ourselves in view of his five short games played this season with Real Madrid, the 32-year-old striker responded brilliantly on Thursday evening: the captain of Wales scored twice in of the victory over Austria (2-1), in the play-off for the World Cup in Qatar.
FULL SKYLIGHT OF BASEL!
The opener for Wales against Austria!
1-0!
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– THE TEAM (@lequipe) March 24, 2022
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The two goals are magnificent, especially the first, a marvelous free kick from the left, both powerful and placed, in the "lulu" of goalkeeper Heinz Lindner.
Settling scores
Bale took the opportunity to settle accounts with the Spanish press, who were surprised to see him so flamboyant in selection after missing the clasico against Barça for a back problem.
A Marca
journalist
had even called him a "parasite".
"It's disgusting, they should be ashamed of them," said the (always) Madrilenian at the microphone of Sky Sports.
More often a golfer than a footballer in the Spanish capital, the former Tottenham rocket is reborn with the national jersey on his shoulders.
There is now one final match to be played against Scotland or Ukraine, whose meeting was postponed to June due to the Russian invasion, to hope to see Wales play their second World Cup, 64 years later. the Swedish World Cup in 1958.
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