REAL MADRID/WALES/ PORTUGAL ITS ALL HAPPENING
Mon Oct 12, 2015 6:03 pm
WALES FOOTBALL TEAM
Real Madrid make contact with Wales ahead of Andorra game... But it's nothing to do with Gareth Bale
12 OCT 2015
BY CHRIS WATHAN
The only contact Wales have had from the Bernabeu was to say well done, not to ask him to rest Gareth Bale
Rafa Benitez has been in touch with the Wales camp
Chris Coleman is ready to go all out against Andorra after revealing he will stick to his guns for Wales qualifying homecoming – and dismissed any rows with Real Madrid over Gareth Bale's involvement.
There had been suggestions the Spanish giants were angered that Bale had not returned to the La Liga club having got over the line following recent problems over his fitness.
But Coleman said the only contact from Bernabeu boss Rafa Benitez was a text to No.2 Osian Roberts congratulating the team on making it to France.
With Wales having already booked their place in Euro 2016, the nation is looking forward to a celebration come the clash with the minnows at Cardiff City Stadium.
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But Coleman has revealed he had already selected his side and set-up for the game before Saturday's game in Bosnia.
And he said: “The team you will see tomorrow won’t be a product of success after the result. I am pretty much sure in my head that I’m going to go with that.
“If one or two were starting against Bosnia an not tomorrow it has nothing to do with performance.
"It’s horses for courses and physically there was a lot of output in the Bosnia game from certain players. That will affect what we do tomorrow and I certainly wont be experimenting.
Real Madrid make contact with Wales ahead of Andorra game... But it's nothing to do with Gareth Bale
12 OCT 2015
BY CHRIS WATHAN
The only contact Wales have had from the Bernabeu was to say well done, not to ask him to rest Gareth Bale
Rafa Benitez has been in touch with the Wales camp
Chris Coleman is ready to go all out against Andorra after revealing he will stick to his guns for Wales qualifying homecoming – and dismissed any rows with Real Madrid over Gareth Bale's involvement.
There had been suggestions the Spanish giants were angered that Bale had not returned to the La Liga club having got over the line following recent problems over his fitness.
But Coleman said the only contact from Bernabeu boss Rafa Benitez was a text to No.2 Osian Roberts congratulating the team on making it to France.
With Wales having already booked their place in Euro 2016, the nation is looking forward to a celebration come the clash with the minnows at Cardiff City Stadium.
Wales in talks to host Portugal but are also linked with clash in Poland
But Coleman has revealed he had already selected his side and set-up for the game before Saturday's game in Bosnia.
And he said: “The team you will see tomorrow won’t be a product of success after the result. I am pretty much sure in my head that I’m going to go with that.
“If one or two were starting against Bosnia an not tomorrow it has nothing to do with performance.
"It’s horses for courses and physically there was a lot of output in the Bosnia game from certain players. That will affect what we do tomorrow and I certainly wont be experimenting.
Re: REAL MADRID/WALES/ PORTUGAL ITS ALL HAPPENING
Tue Oct 13, 2015 8:48 am
Been saying this the last few days because Real phased the team rather than what the press had been trying to say