Soccer Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Wales Training - Vale Resort, Hensol, Wales, Britain - June 4, 2022 Wales' Gareth Bale during training Action Images via Reuters/John SibleySoccer Football - World Cup - UEFA Qualifiers - Wales Training - Vale Resort, Hensol, Wales, Britain - June 4, 2022 Wales' Gareth Bale during training Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley
“It’s a big game. It’s difficult to put it into whether it’s ‘the’ big game. Obviously, we played in a semi-final of a European Championship” in 2016, Bale, who sat out Wales’ 2-1 Nations League defeat to Poland, told reporters on Saturday.“So this is a stepping stone that all of us want to take to play on the biggest level. And yeah, we have a massive game tomorrow that we’re desperate to win and to achieve our goal.
When asked how it felt to be taking on Ukraine in such circumstances, Bale said the most important thing was that Wales would be “the most popular team in the stadium.”