Looking at it, it seems almost too easy.
We are playing the 25th minute of this match between Wales and Austria, one of the play-off matches for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar in the Europe zone, this Thursday evening.
Off-center, British captain Gareth Bale quietly gathers momentum to take the free kick 25 yards from goal.
Who floats, almost suspended in the air of Cardiff, before finishing his race in the skylight of Lindner.
1-0, the public goes wild and the Real Madrid striker is celebrated by his partners.
🏴 Wales 1 - 0 Austria 🇦🇹
Gareth Bale's magnificent goal from a free kick!
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After superbly launching Wales, which is trying to qualify for the second World Cup in its history after a single participation in 1958, Gareth Bale did it again at the start of the second period (2-0, 51st) with a good consecutive sequence to a corner before the reduction of the gap (2-1, 65th) from Austria.
The latter, for her part, is trying to join the planetary tournament for the first time since 1998.
🏴 Wales - Austria 🇦🇹
Gareth Bale's double!
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The two selections, present at the last Euro, are fighting for the ticket to path A, one of the three European tables leading to the Qatari World Cup.
The winner will face in the final the winner of the meeting between Scotland and Ukraine, provided that the latter is disputed.
Due to the war that has been raging for a month on the soil of the former Soviet republic, the match has been postponed to June.
But nothing says for the moment that he will be able to behave well.
