“I don’t need to tell anyone. It would just be a waste of time. It’s disgusting what is being said about me, people should be ashamed,” Bale told Sky Sports.
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The 32-year-old striker only sporadically starts due to frequent injuries and is likely to leave the “White Ballet” after nine years in the summer. After Sunday’s 0: 4 debacle in “El Clásic” with Barcelona, he was criticized for missing the Madrid team due to a back injury and a few days later was already training with the national team. On Thursday, he managed a full portion of minutes, he was alternated in the settings.
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The Spanish media rushed sharply after the victory of Wales over Austria. “Bale. Go. Home. Now. In that order,” wrote AS editor Roncero, the editor-in-chief of the daily.
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“Last night he rose again as a great warrior from the land of the dragon and showed a great performance. Real Madrid would be proud of him if he did not cough up the team four days ago, did not pretend to be injured and embarrassedly spoke out of Clásico with Barcelona,” he added.
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Balea was not spared by Marc’s letter, which reported on him with the headline: Welsh Leech. “He settled in Real and sucks his host’s blood and money without giving him anything back,” Manuel Julia wrote in a commentary.
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“Unlike others, such as fleas, bedbugs or lice, the Bale parasite does not bite or itch, but only mocks in a humiliating ceremony, which fortunately ends in disaster.”
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A similar situation occurred in November, when Bale, after a two-month injury, helped Wales win a key duel with Belarus and was absent again for two months. According to him, he did not address the emotional celebration after the first goal to his critics and he fully concentrates only on advancing to the World Cup.
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“The first half of the task is over. Now we can enjoy the victory and then focus on the decisive match,” Bale added. Wales will play the playoff final again at home, but before that it will have a preparatory match with the Czech team on Tuesday.
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Bale opened the scoring in the 25th minute with a show shot from a direct kick, when he almost perfectly hit the upper left corner of the goal. “One of the best direct kicks I’ve ever seen,” said Welsh coach Rob Page.
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After changing sides, Bale added a second shot with a cross shot. Austria cut Ben Davies by its own goal, but nothing has changed since the victory of Wales. “We absolutely deserved to win. We have great and experienced players who can handle big matches,” Page quoted APA as saying.
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The final of the playoffs awaits his team at the earliest in June, when the semifinals of Scotland and Ukraine will take place. It was postponed due to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine.
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