Gareth Bale should not expect to be able to make the necessary rounds on the golf course during the World Cup. The star player of Wales has been told by Rob Page that there will be no golf. The national team coach has urged his players to focus on the task ahead. A sour apple for Bale, who likes to practice the sport.
Playing a round of golf is usually Bale’s favorite way to unwind after a game of football. During the World Cup, however, he will have to look for another hobby, as Page has limited the sport during the global final tournament. The 48-year-old coach wants his team to make the most of the kick-off when Wales participates in a world championship for the first time in 64 years. Wales settled in the play-offs with Ukraine and thus assured themselves of participation in the World Cup.
During his time as a Real Madrid player, Bale was known for regularly hitting a ball on the golf course. The current Los Angeles FC player appeared in 2019, after qualifying for the European Championship, with a flag that read: ‘Wales. Golf. Madrid. In that order’. Those words fell badly in Madrid, where Bale was working at the time. The three words on the flag of Wales were a reference to a statement by Predrag Mijatovic. The former player and former technical director of Real Madrid previously said what Bale’s priorities were.
“We’re there to get a job done,” Page explained his decision to ban golf. “In the past, Gareth, Kieffer Moore or Aaron Ramsey could come up to me and ask if there was a team meeting. If the answer was ‘no’, they could hit a few holes. But then we often had a week to admit. working towards a match. Now we don’t have enough time. Every four days there is a match. The program is relentless.” Wales will start the World Cup against the United States on November 21. Iran (November 25) and England (November 29) are the other opponents in the group.
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