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Wednesday 20. November 2019 - 10:34

'Unforgivable!' Furious Spanish media rage at Gareth Bale after what he did following the Wales match

Gareth Bale faces a hostile reception on his return to Madrid after dancing with the controversial flag last night.


The Spanish media have turned on Gareth Bale following the Real Madrid star's celebrations after Wales' 2-0 Euro 2020 qualifying win over Hungary.


Ryan Giggs' men booked their place at next year's tournament in style at Cardiff City Stadium, with Aaron Ramsey scoring twice on what was a memorable night in the Welsh capital.


Bale and his team mates celebrated on the pitch long into the night, with TV cameras capturing the moment the 30-year-old danced and laughed along with the rest of Wales' stars while holding the now infamous "Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order." flag.


And it was a moment that riled those in Madrid.


Spanish digital newspaper Madrid Sports wrote on Twitter: "What a bad taste, Gareth Bale. Unforgivable."


"We have always defended you, Gareth Bale."


"We have had patience with your thousand injuries, we have celebrated your goals and assists, we have defended your passion for golf and your limited Spanish."


"But enough. You are laughing at, as it puts on the flag, Madrid."


Prominent Spanish journalist Manu Sainz commented: " Bale knows he will be able to leave Madrid in January if he forces a move, but this is getting out of hand."


And in a tweet to his 57,000 followers, fellow journalist Ruben Martin said: "He is laughing at Madrid. At their fans and his teammates. He doesn't care. He doesn't deserve to wear the shirt."


Spanish media outlet Marca ran the story on the incident shortly after the match in Cardiff.


Within the article, they asked fans to vote in a poll that asked what they thought of the situation involving Bale.


The three options were as follows:


1) An unimportant gesture within the celebrations.


2) A mistake of getting caught up in the emotion.


3) A lack of respect for his club and fans.


More than 100,000 people had voted on the poll, with 71% stating they felt Bale showed a lack of respect to Real Madrid.


"And he shouldn't wear it again. Ever."


It follows what was a turbulent summer in which Bale appeared destined to leave the Spanish capital after Zinedine Zidane publicly declared that the Welshman did not feature in his plans.


The Cardiff-born star was on the brink of a big money move to Chinese Super League outfit Jiangsu Suning, although the deal collapsed at the final hurdle.


Bale was eventually re-integrated into the first team fold at the Bernabeu, but did not play a single game for the club in between Wales' Euro 2020 qualifiers against Croatia on October 13 and Azerbaijan on November 16.


Prior to Wales' 2-0 win over Hungary, Bale admitted he was aware of the flag and that he hard heard the chant from fans during the triumph over Azerbaijan.


"Yeah I heard it, especially when I was on the bench when I came off," Bale told Sgorio.


"The boys were laughing, so it’s a good bit of fun."


The flag came about after former Real Madrid player Predrag Mijatovic stuck the boot into Bale, criticising the Cardiff-born star's love of golf.


In a column for Spanish media outlet AS, he wrote: "The first thing he thinks about is Wales, then golf and after that, Real Madrid."

 
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