Euro 2016: Wales’ gears up for its encounter with Portugal in the semis

Wales’ star Gareth Bale has said that his country will play against Portugal in the semi-final on Wednesday and it is not him versus his Real Madrid team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo.

“It’s not about two players, it is about two nations in a semi-final, 11 men against 11 men…Everybody knows that really,” said Balea amidst intense media scrutiny.

How to tackle Ronaldo in the semis, Bale said, “Of course we get on very well at Madrid, we enjoy playing with each other…he’s a fantastic player, everybody knows what he can do. But we have always spoken about what we do, what we do ourselves as a team. We don’t worry about the opposition.”

“We all believed from the start. As we have said many times, we didn’t come here to make up the numbers,” he further said.

“We came here to do a job, we came to do the business. Ultimately we want to win the tournament. We know we’re a step closer again but, the thing we keep saying time and time again, we can’t think past the semi-final now. We have to concentrate everything on the semi. If we can get the job done, then we can look forward to the final,” he added.

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