Wales must turn up in Samsun this evening : Euros 2024
It’s Turkey v Wales this evening with a UK a kick off time of 7.45pm.Ben Davies hasn’t travelled for personal reasons and reserve keeper Tom King has also not travelled.Kiefer Moore is suspended after his red card against Armenia.
Rob Page, Wales coach : "We want a performance that the supporters can be proud of and build on it.I think the reason it was such a low moment was because of expectations we put on ourselves, because of results we’ve had and performances we’ve had. There is a stat about one win in 11 games, look at the opposition we’ve been playing. If we were playing England, Holland or Belgium six or seven years ago it might have been more than the close defeats in the 95th minute. We’re a team in progression, a team in transition so we have to put our foot on the ball a little bit and remind ourselves where on the journey we are”
TEAM NEWS
Turkey XI: Gunok; Celik, Demiral, Bardakci, Kadioglu; Ozcan, Kokcu, Calhanoglu; Under, Yilmaz, Akturkoglu.
Subs: Segezer, Cakir, Akaydin, Kahveci, Nayir, Elmali, Kabak, Yuksek, Ucan, Karaman, Guler, Ozkacar.
Wales XI: Ward; Roberts, Mepham, Rodon, Williams; Morrell, Ampadu, Ramsey; Wilson; Johnson, D. James.
Subs: Hennessey, A. Davies, Fox, Low, Brooks, Harris, Cooper, J. James, Cabango, Bradshaw, Cullen, Broadhead.
Full match report later.
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