Wales captain Gareth Bale is ‘delighted’ with their 2-0 win over Turkey despite blazing his penalty over the bar and hopes it will be ‘enough to reach the knock-out stages of Euro 2020’
Wales captain Gareth Bale says he is ‘delighted’ with their 2-0 win over Turkey and that he ‘hopes’ the result will be enough to see them qualify for the second round of Euro 2020.
Goals from Aaron Ramsey and Connor Roberts secured Wales the win on Wednesday night and added to their hard earned point against Switzerland on Saturday.
Despite being happy for the team, Bale admitted he was disappointed by the fact he blazed his penalty over the bar.
Wales captain Gareth Bale says he is ‘delighted’ with their 3-0 win over Turkey on Wednesday
Goals from Aaron Ramsey (above) and Connor Roberts secured Wales the hard fought win
Bale was awarded a penalty by Referee Artur Dias in the second half after Zeki Celik took him down inside the box.
However, the Welshman fired his penalty over the bar after completing a staggered run-up.
As a result, Bale became the first player to miss the goal frame entirely with a penalty at the Euro’s since Raul for Spain against France in 2000 – according to OPTA.
Nevertheless, the Wales captain was impressed with his team performance and credited Aaron Ramsey for his link-up play.
Speaking after the game, Bale said: ‘I’m absolutely delighted with the win, we fought hard, worked our socks off, yes I missed a penalty but I feel I showed good character to keep going.
Although Bale did admit he was disappointed by the fact he blazed his penalty over the bar
Bale did say he showed character to continue and that Roberts’ goal was the icing on the cake
‘That second goal at the end was the icing on the cake.’
‘Aaron [Ramsey] got in a few times, we’ve always linked up well, it was important to get the victory today.’
Bale also said that he was grateful for the Welsh fans and that they help get their ‘adrenaline going’.
He said: ‘Playing in front of no fans is difficult, the fans were fantastic, I know most were Turkish but the Welsh fans were great too. It helped get your adrenaline going.
‘We want to thank the fans at home too who I’m sure will be cheering in their millions.’
The result puts Wales on the brink of reaching the knock-out stages. It also eases the pressure on Bales side heading into their final group game against Italy on Sunday.
Bale said: ‘You’d like to think that [four points] would be enough, we will have to wait and see, if you’d offered us four points at the start we would have bitten your hand off.’
The result puts Wales on the brink of reaching the knock-out stages of the tournament