All Hail Bale As His Stunning Goal Wins Cup For Real = More Barca Misery, Palace Win At Everton, Sunderland Draw At City, Atlanta Will Be #22 In MLS

Surplus to requirements...

Quite the load of footie yesterday, right? The Copa del Rey final was great and was settled by a crazy Bale sprint-fest, Tony Pubis and his Crystal Palace side went up to Fortress Goodison and will return to South London with all three points, and title-chasers Manchester City could only draw at home (thanks to a late Nasri goal that should have been saved by Vito) against bottom-of-the-table Sunderland. Let's get to it, beginning in Valencia:

Barcelona 1-2 Real Madrid: Sid Lowe at the Mestalla

Graham Hunter: Bale proves which Spanish club got the better mega-deal

Jim White: Bale steps out of Ronaldo's shadow

Miguel Delaney: Three Things: Barcelona vs. Real Madrid

Avi Creditor: Bale worth every penny

Nicholas Rigg: Bale crowned "Prince of Wales" with stunning Copa winner

65 yards, 7.2 seconds... one stunning strike
Video Of The Goal

And in England:

Everton 2-3 Crystal Palace: Report

Joe Prince-Wright: Toffees’ top four hopes take huge hit

Manchester City 2-2 Sunderland: Jamie Jackson at the Etihad Stadium

Richard Jolly: Three Things: Manchester City vs. Sunderland

Jan Molby: Man City result proves this is the best league in the world

Current Premier League Table

Bale jumps for joy...

So Messi is out of form. He's on poor form. Jonathan Wilson reports that they are none too pleased about that down in Argentina.

Atlanta is now officially set to become Major League Soccer's 22nd club. So...OK?

Drogba. Underwear. Charity. Fine.

World Cup Watch! Edinson Cavani (poor form), Cristiano Ronaldo (hurt), Sami Khedira (back for Germany?)

Nice bus...

This has never happened before: NBC networks to broadcast all 10 EPL season finales simultaneously.

Onward!!

-SSN