FIFA World cup 2022 : 64 years of wait finally came to an end as Wales would be playing on football’s biggest stage in FIFA World Cup 2022 for the first time since 1958. The culmination of a decade of gradual improvement that has coincided with the presence of one of the world's best players, Gareth Bale who was once football’s most expensive player when he joined Real Madrid for 100 million euros (then $132 million) in 2013, has helped drag Wales into the last two European Championships — the team reached the semifinals of Euro 2016 — and now into its first World Cup in 64 years.
It's a tournament that Wales greats like Ryan Giggs, Ian Rush, Mark Hughes and Neville Southall never reached. One that looked increasingly beyond even Bale, whose club career is winding down after leaving Madrid to move to MLS team Los Angeles FC in June. Regularly hit by injuries, the 33-year-old forward continues to save his best performances for his national team. This may yet be his final flourish at international level. Wales isn't all about Bale.
Rob Page, their new manager will hope experienced midfielder Aaron Ramsey — another injury-prone player — can stay healthy enough to play all the games in the group stage, while 21-year-old Brennan Johnson is a talented forward in his first season in the Premier League with Nottingham Forest.
Daniel James will be one of the quickest players in the tournament, but the Fulham winger often lacks the end product to make the most of space he can create for himself.
Otherwise, Page has a squad of players mostly spread around England's lower leagues.
Wales are in Group B alongside neighbor and rival England, as well as the United States and Iran.
The 19th-ranked Wales who last appeared on the World stage in 1958 has played only 5 matches. Out of which they have won 1 and lost 1.
Group B games-
Wales vs USA - 22 Nov; 12.30 PM IST – Al Rayyan Stadium
Wales vs Iran 25 Nov; 3:30 PM IST – Al Rayyan Stadium
Wales vs England – 30 Nov; 12.30 AM IST- Al Rayyan Stadium
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