Gareth Bale on same level as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, claims former Real Madrid star
Gareth Bale is as good as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, according to former Real Madrid and French star Christian Karembeu.
The World Cup winner has tipped confident Wales to beat Portugal to reach Euro 2016 final.
Chris Coleman’s has made has made history by qualify for the Semi final of the European Championship, and have to see off Portugal on Wednesday to continue their fairy tale journey.
Gareth Bale on same level as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, claims former Real Madrid star
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And Karembeu has backed Bale to lead Wales to the Final, and feels he on the same level of his Real Madrid teammate Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Messi.
“Come on, he is already there [at their level],” Karembeu told Press Association Sport. “He is already there, there’s no steps for him to go there because he’s very clever, first of all.
“And also because you can see he is a leader. You didn’t see him do so much as he’s very measured when he does things.
“He always talks about the team and he’s a collective guy and this is good for Wales.
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“I am pretty sure that maybe we are going to have another surprise. As has been seen in all the games, we saw a solidarity, cleverness, strength and, of course, efficiency with Wales.
“With the Portuguese, of course, we know that sometimes they have very good games but still they were pushed to qualify, then there was penalty kicks.
“If you see the statistics, Wales are superior in these performances [at Euro 2016].”
Of course, we never know,” he said of Wales’ chances of winning Euro 2016. “We never know.
“There’s an entire nation behind Wales so it’s great to see how they win against Belgium.
“The manager was very clever, changed [things] and in the end a great result with the victory [against Belgium 3-1].
“3-1, can you imagine the goals? Beautiful goals. Incredible.”