Chris Coleman on what Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale will bring to Wales team
Chris Coleman has backed Real Madrid‘s Gareth Bale to play decisive role in Wales’s Euro campaign in the Summer.
The Real Madrid attacker was the driving force to secure Euros qualification for Wales, scoring seven goals in 10 appearances, as they finished second in the group behind Belgium.
Chris Coleman on what Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale will bring to Wales team
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The Wales manager is expecting same kind of performances from his star man in the European Championship.
“Bale is integral, on and off the pitch,” Coleman told Omnisport.
“If you see him on the pitch then he’s noisy – not in what he says, but in his actions. As an attacker he’s incredibly aggressive and he’s greedy, in terms of producing quality, and he’s demanding of himself.
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“He sets the level and the bar for everybody else to try to aspire to. He’s a great player. You can’t use that word ‘great’ lightly, but he is genuinely a great player and one of the best in the world – and he plays for us!
“Off the pitch he’s a quiet man, a family man. He’s passionate about his country and easy to work with. Because his standards are so high, that brings the best out of the rest of us, me included, to try and make sure that we recognise what we’ve got and utilise it the best we can.
“The tournament – he’ll take that in his stride. He’s used to playing in high-pressure situations, the spotlight’s on him every time he takes to the pitch. He likes that and that brings the best out of him.”
If you take Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey out of any team – you can’t name me a team on the planet that wouldn’t miss those two players, but that’s international football, sometimes you’re going to be without them, but we can still perform as a team,” he added.