' MATCH THREAD : " WALES v ANDORRA " ' MATCH THREAD '

im going to go in between and say 3-0


Got a feeling Bale wont be playing.

BBC

13/10/15

Chris Coleman task has been helped by being under no pressure to rest forward Gareth Bale, with his club Real Madrid seemingly content for the 26-year-old to play his part in front of a 33,000 sell-out Cardiff City Stadium.


Wales will be in celebratory mood when they complete their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign against Andorra on Tuesday in Cardiff.
Despite a 2-0 loss in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Saturday, their place in the finals in France was confirmed when Cyprus beat Israel.
A win over Andorra would complete the party but the minnows will be keen to gain their first point in Group B.
If Belgium fail to beat Israel, Wales could even regain top spot with a win.
Although Chris Coleman has taken Wales to their first major finals since the 1958 World Cup, the manager will want to finish off a fine campaign on a high against a side that has never won a competitive fixture away from home.


His task has been helped by being under no pressure to rest forward Gareth Bale, with his club Real Madrid seemingly content for the 26-year-old to play his part in front of a 33,000 sell-out Cardiff City Stadium.

That is in contrast to Bale's team-mate in Spain Cristiano Ronaldo, who has been released by already qualified Portugal for their game in Serbia.
Bale was named Welsh player of the year for a record fifth time last week, and he has scored six of Wales' nine goals in qualifying.
Wales picked up no new injuries in Bosnia and were able to reintroduce key midfielders Joe Ledley and Joe Allen back into the side after knocks.


' Best laid plans '

"I had a formation and a team in my head even before Bosnia, so the team you see [against Andorra] won't be a product of success, because we've done it [qualified]," Coleman said.
"If one or two were starting against Bosnia and they're not on Tuesday, it's got nothing to do with performance.
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"Physically there was a lot of output in the Bosnia game from certain players, so that will affect what we do.
"I certainly won't be experimenting, that would be hypocritical on one hand saying to the players that every time you put the jersey on it has to mean everything and then me saying I'm going to mess about with my formation.
"There's going to be a full house, the atmosphere will be electric and we don't want it to be a damp squib, we want to finish well."

Can't wait tonight is celebration time

' Special celebrations planned '

Welsh football is ready to host a “celebration party” at the Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday night, with music from the Super Furry Animals and the promise of some post-match “surprises”.

The Football Association of Wales (FAW) is advising fans to arrive early at Cardiff City Stadium.

FAW communications manager Ian Gwyn Hughes said: “I don’t want to spoil the surprise but there will be a party at the end of Tuesday night’s game.

“We are planning a celebration, a chance for the fans to show their support but maybe more so a chance for the players to thank the fans for all their support.

“I know that is something they really wanted to do.

“So yes we do have something planned but we don’t want to let the cat out of the bag just yet.

“It is going to be a very special celebration though, for everyone involved.”

TEAM NEWS

Wales have a fully fit side to choose from in terms of the squad named for the double-header with Chris Coleman saying he will not experiment and will stick to the set-up and side he had decided before qualification was assured against Bosnia.

That could see a switch to a 4-4-2 with Sam Vokes starting while Joe Allen or Joe Ledley may start on the bench with Coleman mindful of their recent injuries and the toll of their efforts in Zenica.

There are not thought to be any Andorran injury news although Victor Rodriguez is suspended.

' ONES TO WATCH '

Wales - Gareth Bale: The Real Madrid man couldn’t get the goal against Israel or Bosnia and will be itching to put on a show in a celebratory atmosphere.

Having been restricted by an awful surface in the last match with the minnows, expect him to make the most of the green, green grass of home.

Andorra - Idlefons Lima: The centre-back has a dead-eye when it comes to penalties, scoring three of Andorra’s four goals in the campaign including against Belgium on Saturday and the opener in Andorra last September.

WHAT THE BOOKIES SAY


Wales 1/33, Draw 16/1, Andorra 50/1

THE LIKELY LINE-UPS
Wales: Hennessey; Gunter, Williams, Chester, Taylor; Robson-Kanu, Ledley/Allen, Ramsey, King; Vokes, Bale.

Andorra: Pol; Nicolas, Sonejee, Rebes, I Lima, Garcia, Rubio; Vieira, Moreira, Llovera; Sanchez.

Wales team to face Andorra: Hennessey; Gunter, Chester, A Williams, Davies; Vaughan, J Williams, Ramsey; Bale, Robson-Kanu, Vokes.

SUPERB ATMOSPHERE

For me so far the only real quality showing is once again Gareth Bale against minnows Andorra still 0-0 44 mins gone

For me so far the only real quality showing is once again Gareth Bale against minnows Andorra still 0-0 44 mins gone

Since I said that Ramsey has been outstanding second half so now there's 2

And we're winning 1-0

Ref looks kinda like a gay Klinsmann

Bale is out of form.

2-0 Wales

Ramsey and Gareth Bale

What a time for a keeper to pull his hamstring.

What a time for a keeper to pull his hamstring.

Hopefully just a pull they probly don't make alot

I would be more than happy with a 2-0 win. I don't know where people think we will get 4 or 5 goals from. We've only scored 9 goals this campaign and Andorra will sit back deep and frustrate us just like Israel.

But they are no where near as good as Israel. They've lost 3-0, 4-0, 5-0 and 6-0 in their away games so far. I'd be happy with 2-0 but with the pressure off I can see us getting more than 2.

I know Andorra are nowhere near as good as Israel, that's why I think we will win 2-0 instead of drawing 0-0. We can't score as many goals as other teams. The reason we scored 3 at Israel was because we were awesome and Israel left space in behind which suited Bale. At home, it was completely different and the same will happen Tuesday. We will dominate the game and eventually we will break them down and win, but it won't be the landslide victory everyone's predicting imo.

You've just completely overlooked the the fact that they've conceded 18 goals in their 4 away games so far, that averages out at 4.5 goals per game. We'll have to agree to disagree. I'll stand by the 5-0 win.

You've completely overlooked the fact we have only scored 9 goals in 9 games. We'll agree to disagree and see what happens.

We will, just out of interest if you're a betting man even the bookies seem to agree on my thoughts. You can get 10/1 on a 2-0 on SkyBet and only 5/1 on 5-0 so odds point to more than a 2-0. If you're confident of 2-0 chuck a tenner on.

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