Eli Guttman, the Israel coach, could not resist the temptation to imitate the gesture that Gareth Bale dedicated to the Real Madrid fans when he scored against Levante. Days before, Guttmann said that the forward’s goal drought was occurring as he was saving himself for Wales.
“He did this, right?” (Guttman he covered his ears) After my sentence he scored two goals, but he did not do it for me, he did it for the Madrid fans. How much did they pay for him - €100m? He deserves it,” Guttmann commented wryly.
Wales now face a final in Haifa in front of 30,000 spectators. They face the Group B leaders and their chances of taking part in their first European Championship will increase if they take something positive from this trip. Seventy-five percent of the readers of Wales Online see their team competing at Euro 2016. Israel and Wales have snatched the spotlight from Belgium (fourth) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (fifth), who both featured at last summer’s World Cup.
Guttman has devised a plan which is similar to the one he deployed on 22 March 2013 to negate Cristiano Ronaldo, who didn’t score in Israel (3-3) or in Portugal (1-1).
“We contacted Cristiano exactly how to do it, how to stop Bale. But he didn’t answer the call and it is not about one man,” joked Guttman. Wales coach Chris Coleman, for his part, will play with five defenders. In attack, Bale, and on the left too. The Madrid star has scored two goals in this campaign with Wales (both against Andorra) and he has now gone 200 days without scoring for his national team. He will line up against RB Leipzig’s Omer Damari, who has already struck five times. He has an opportunity to assert himself…
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