Chris Coleman task has been helped by being under no pressur

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."