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Wales will embrace underdog tag against England - Bale

ESPNsoccernet staff
September 5, 2011
Gareth Bale is feeling confident after Wales beat Montenegro © Getty Images
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Gareth Bale has warned England that Wales are relishing their role as underdogs ahead of Tuesday's meeting at Wembley.

England host Wales in the former's penultimate Euro 2012 qualifier, with Fabio Capello's side on the brink of qualification after their 3-0 victory over Bulgaria on Friday.

Wales were also triumphant last week as Gary Speed's men picked up their first success in Group G with a 2-1 triumph against Montenegro in Cardiff, but they remain bottom of the standings.

"We know it's going to be hard playing against England. But we are not in awe of them," Bale said. "The Montenegro game showed the potential in this squad. The team's looking strong, we've a better squad now and we're definitely looking to a brighter future.

"We're always going to be massive underdogs whoever we're playing at the moment. But it's something that we are relishing. There were things we worked on in training that we didn't quite do in the England game at home.

"Yet we're progressing well and we showed what we're made of against Montenegro. I think this is a turning point for us and, hopefully, we can build on this for the future.

"Beating Montenegro has shown how much improvement we've made. We controlled the game against a very good side. They're not ranked in the top 20 in the world for nothing. The win was something we needed."

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