Wales’ mission to surpass the highs of Euro 2016 starts in earnest tonight when they face France in the first of two warm-up games ahead of this summer’s delayed Euro 2020 tournament. On Monday manager Robert Page drew up his 26-man squad for the tournament, losing St Pauli defender James Lawrence before the ink had…
The Euro 2020 championships due to take place this summer have been postponed by one year because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Uefa. European football’s governing body made the decision following an emergency video conference involving major stakeholders today, with the tournament now moved from 12 June-12 July this year to 11 June-11 July…
All domestic football in Wales has been called off until 4 April 2020 due to the Covid-19 outbreak, including Wales’ friendly international against Austria at Swansea’s Liberty Stadium later this month. The news follows yesterday’s announcement that the Dragons’ friendly against the United States on 30 March had been called off. Ryan Giggs’ men were…
Doubts over Wales’ clash with Austria later this month and the cancellation of the friendly against the United States have thrown Wales’ Euro 2020 preparations into turmoil. Wales are due to meet Austria at Swansea’s Liberty Stadium on Friday, 27 March, but the match is now in serious doubt following the cancellation of the friendly…
The Euro 2016 finals was a momentous tournament for Wales, the first time the Dragons had qualified for a major tournament since the 1958 World Cup in Sweden and a campaign which saw them reach the semi-finals… hearts broken by a 2-0 defeat to eventual champions Portugal. It took goals from two former Manchester United…
The Euro 2020 finals are fast approaching but over the next four months Wales still have a lot of football to play before they begin their quest for glory against Switzerland in Baku on 13 June. Next month they play two friendlies against Austria in Swansea on Friday, 27 March, and the US in Cardiff…
While Wales know Switzerland, Turkey and Italy, in that order, are their Group A opponents at the Euro 2020 finals this summer other sides are less fortunate, with the composition of Groups C, D, E and F still to be decided. The only other group already set is B, which is comprised of Belgium, Denmark,…
With a number of members of his potential squad for Euro 2020 suffering significant downtime this season because of injury, Ryan Giggs could turn to his growing legion of overseas aces to bolster the Dragons Euro 2020 prospects this summer should further setbacks jeopardise his plans.
The final warm-up game ahead of Wales’ bid for glory at Euro 2020 will be against the Netherlands on Saturday, 6 June, in Rotterdam, although manager Ryan Giggs is also planning another friendly ahead of their opening encounter of the tournament against Switzerland in Baku on 13 June. “We’re going to get two friendlies before,”…
With just four months to go before Wales take on Switzerland in their opening encounter of the Euro 2020 finals tournament, manager Ryan Giggs has been buoyed by the prospect of a fresh and fired up David Brooks being available for the clash in Baku after a season blighted by injury. Following two operations on…
