“Denisov has a serious injury and it’s likely we will need a replacement”, Slutskiy told reporters.
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It’s a big ask for Ledley to be fit to start on Saturday but his energy will be just what Wales will need for the crunch second match against England in Lens on June 16.
“Maybe that is what has happened to us, certainly today”.
After the dismal loss in Stockholm (below) Coleman said the main thing was that no one picked up any fresh injuries.
“But we’ll be a lot better next week”.
“It’s good that he’s been back with the team, he got some minutes on the pitch and he’s totally focused on next week”. It’s there and we know they are there, but they are discreet and keep their distance.
The game against Slovakia will be Wales’ first at a major tournament since the 1958 World Cup.
“We all feel like brothers and will do anything for each other”, said Bale, fresh from winning a second Champions League title in three seasons at Real.
“I don’t want anyone to be negative”.
Fittingly for a country known as “The Land of Song”, Wales’s official anthem for Euro 2016 was recorded by Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers, who released a string of hit albums in the 1990s and 2000s.
“Forget about the run we’ve been on, what form you’re in, it’s all about that game”.
We will be allowing our staff to watch the Wales games during office hours, if they desire, to witness Welsh football history. “What we want to do, how we want them to work in the system”.
“Now we can look forward to going to the Euros and show what we are capable of doing”.
Redknapp began to use Bale in a central attacking role and it was from such a position, under Redknapp’s successor Andre Villas-Boas, that the Cardiff-born player amassed 26 goals in the 2012-13 season.
Davies came up against one of the greatest players of all time in Zlatan Ibrahimovic (see photo above) during the encounter.
Wales manager Chris Coleman hints that Joe Allen will start his side’s Euro 2016 opener against Slovakia, but also admits that Joe Ledley is likely to be on the bench.
Bit-Garam Yoon and Hyun-Jun Suk handed the Koreans a two-goal lead inside the first half.
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“We are seeing the greatest ever player to put on the red shirt”, said former Wales midfielder Robbie Savage, whose former worldwide team-mates include such alumni as Ryan Giggs, Mark Hughes and Ian Rush.
