Wales fans have shown their support for Ben Davies after the footballer received a torrent of criticism for speaking Welsh during an interview. The Tottenham defender made World Cup history recently by conducting a first ever press conference at the tournament in Welsh ahead of Cymru's game against USA.
In his latest appearance on BBC over the weekend, the 29-year-old once again carried out an interview in the Welsh language ahead of his team's highly anticipated match against England on Tuesday evening. After the Neath-born defender's interview however, there was a flurry of negative comments on social media, with some saying it was a "waste of time" and others asking: "Why can't Ben Davies just speak English, he plays for Spurs."
But many of the Cymru fans were quick to defend Ben Davies and the Welsh language on social media. Welsh DJ Katie Owen argued that his decision to speak Welsh during an interview was "not that deep". On Twitter, she wrote: "Everyone tweeting moaning about Ben Davies speaking Welsh, I was at the press conference, there are Welsh language television channels here and they asked him questions in Welsh so he responded in Welsh. It’s not that deep".
