Gareth Bale has insisted he would have “no problem” completing all three of Wales’s Group B games in the space of nine days at the World Cup and said he recognised the importance of wearing the OneLove captain’s armband to shine a light on discrimination in Qatar.
The Wales captain scored a heroic stoppage-time equaliser to help Los Angeles FC win the Major League Soccer Cup but is yet to play a full match for his club. Wales face the USA next Monday before games against Iran and England but Bale has assuaged concerns over his fitness. “I’m fully fit and ready to go,” said the 33-year-old. “If I need to play three 90 minutes, I’ll play three 90s.” Bale has played only 28 minutes since the end of September. He last played a full match against Poland on 25 September and before that against Austria on 24 March.
