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  • Gareth Bale Is Man Of The Hour Following Winning Goal

    Since moving to Real Madrid C.F. from Tottenham Hotspur FC, Gareth Bale has been a man with a heavy weight on his shoulders.

    That weight would be the $140 million it cost for Madrid to buy the Welsh winger. It is a sum of money blamed for the departure of fan favorites like Gonzalo Higuaín and Jose Callejón to S.S.C. Napoli in Italy and Mesut Özil to Arsenal FC in England.

    After all, the money needed for this record signing had to come from somewhere.

    It certainly didn’t help Bale that the British media was eager to pile on all the praise in the world before he set one foot on a Spanish pitch.

    Madridistas, the fans of Real Madrid, were more than a bit skeptical of Bale and the bloated price tag.

    Despite claims that he wasn’t feeling the pressure, Bale had to know a lot of hard work was going to be needed this season to justify all the money spent on him.

    Bale has scored his share of goals since donning the famous white jersey. Some of them very good goals.

    But it wasn’t until he was forced to fill in for club talisman Cristiano Ronaldo that Bale was finally able to lift that huge weight from his 24-year-old shoulders.

    Following the 84th minute goal that sunk rival club FC Barcelona and won the Copa del Rey trophy for his team, Bale is no longer a pretender and an outsider: He is now a hero.

    The British magazines who labeled him as such from the outset cannot stop crowing about Bale’s late stunner in a sort of “I told you so” manner.

    After all, Bale had the habit of rescuing his former Spurs team from the jaws of defeat with last minute goals. One can’t help but note that the faltering Spurs team isn’t quite the same without the Welshman.

    As for Real Madrid, this silverware might not be the last they win this year. The team made it to the semifinals of the Champions League. If they defeat just two more teams, they can win it all.

    Real Madrid are also closely trailing local rival Atlético Madrid in La Liga. A slip up could see the Whites as league champions.

    There is already media speculation as whether or not Bale could gift his Madrid tean a possible cup treble.

    For now, Bale’s simply enjoying his time as the man of the hour.

    Image via Gareth Bale, Instagram

  • Gareth Bale Chosen For Cover Of FIFA 14 UK

    On this year’s cover of EA’s FIFA 14, Lionel Messi is the feature athlete. However, instead of just featuring one athlete, EA is putting twosoccer players on the FIFA cover: the aforementioned Messi and one standing behind him. These cover vary region to region, and for those in the United States who will be buying FIFA 14, their cover will feature Mexico/Manchester United forward, Javier “Chicharito“ Hernandez. Instead of revealing all the covers at once, however, EA employed a staggered approach, which brings us to the latest reveal.

    In their latest post, EA announced that Gareth Bale of the Tottenham Hotspur will be joining Messi on the cover of FIFA 14 that will be available for consumers in the UK, Ireland, and the Middle East. The cover in question:

    FIFA 14 UK

    As EA points out, Bale’s credentials are incredibly solid, “The two-time PFA Player of the Year is one of the Barclays Premier League’s most accomplished talents and widely regarded as one of the best players in the world.” There’s also a preview video that features some of the motion-capture moments that went into the character creation:

    FIFA 14 will be released in the United States on September 24, however, the UK version featuring the Gareth Bale cover won’t be released until the 27th. It will be available on the PS3 and the Xbox 360.

    (Lead image courtesy of Gareth Bale’s Twitter)