WATCH: Was Gareth Bale cursed by Tal Ben Haim as he shaped up to take a free kick?

Years ago the hypnotist Romark reportedly put a curse on Malcolm Allison’s Crystal Palace to top them reaching the FA Cup Final and getting promotion.

Curse or not, the Eagles bombed out on both fronts in 1976, so maybe the power of the paranormal was in the mind of Israel’s Tal Ben Haim II against Wales last night.

As Gareth Bale shaped up to take a free kick that could have finally ended Israel’s Euro 2016 interest, Ben Haim can be seen attempting to send witchcraft-type messages to the ball with his wavy fingers.

He resulting free kick flew harmlessly over the bar when the world’s most expensive player normally tests the keeper at the very least.

Ben Haim II can be seen shaking his arms once the ball is dead, no doubt expelling the ‘fluence…