Both teams to score also looks like a pretty good bet but the outright result bet is by far the safest and most profitable play in this situation.
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“We know why we’re here, but what’s coming is something we’ve never experienced”.
Hal Robson-Kanu has promised he will be ready for Wales’ Euro 2016 opener after suffering an injury which he said panicked people.
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“It’s not the time to sit back and enjoy the moment”.
“There was hard times for a while, but we were all young and building for the future”, said Bale.
Wales’ last match at a major tournament was in 1958 – 35 years before Czechoslovakia reverted to Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
Wales – who take on Slovakia in the Stade Matmut-Atlantique at 5pm BST – are taking part in their first major worldwide tournament since the 1950s.
But manager Coleman says Bale is used to being in the spotlight.
“I can’t say that in the campaign we were brilliant with the ball in every game”.
Just before the break, Skrtel found himself free following a corner, behind the Wales defence, but he could not make contact with Hamsik’s cross.
Coleman pinpoints the home game against Belgium last June as the ideal performance of his reign, when Bale produced a moment of magic and his players defended courageously. The fact we’re at a tournament is the icing on the cake.
“There’s big pressure on the young English players”.
England/Russia is the shortest priced of those options at 3/1 but England/Wales looks sure to be well backed at 11/2 with England fans very familiar with the talents of Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey.
“What Gareth Bale has done to help get Wales there, yes, but he wouldn’t have got those goals if it wasn’t for the other players”.
Reece, of Bridgend, South Wales, said: ‘I was driving and to be honest I didn’t give the bridge a thought until a few seconds before impact. I just want to go out and play football, to enjoy myself on the football pitch.
“We have achieved that but we do not want to come here and make up the numbers”.
Bale insists Wales are not a one-man team, although it is no secret how pivotal a role the Real Madrid forward plays for his country.
Bale played a major role in helping his country to their first worldwide tournament for 58 years, scoring seven and assisting a further two of Wales’ 11 goals in qualifying.
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‘Bale cannot be a great threat to the opponent without the team‘.
