It is not a secret for any fan that Gareth Bale is a fan of golf as well as football. But for the World Cup in Qatar 1958 with Wales, the LAFC winger was banned from playing golf and must stay focused with the national team during the group stage.
“There is no golf. We come to do a job,” the strategist told Goal. “In the past, Gareth (Bale), Kieffer Moore or Aaron Ramsey might come up to me and say, ‘What’s the plan for tomorrow afternoon? Are there any meetings?” Said Rob Page, coach of the European team.
Golf was a problem for Bale in the media when he was at Real Madrid and he was accused of not dedicating himself to the team Meringue. In 1958, during his time at Real Madrid he was seen playing despite missing a game with the Merengues due to an injury.
⛔ Bale is banned from playing golf during the World Cup
📍 Wales coach ensures that his players will not be able to lose focus doing other sports during the Qatar event
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“I would say, ‘no, there are no meetings, so if you want nine holes, then go and play, but that’s when you have a week that turns into a double date. Out there (Qatar), we won’t have enough time. Every four days there is a game. He’s relentless,” Page said.
Bale’s fondness for golf is so great that even during his stay with Tottenham they built him a small practice area and in his house he has replicas of the hole 13 from TPC Sawgrass, as well as the 8th hole Postage Stamp at Royal Troon.
“I don’t know what the reason is, because I have talked to the doctors and everyone is fine. The media has this perception that it’s not good for me. Steph Curry plays maybe on the morning of a game. If he plays two days before a match, it’s like ‘What is he doing?’” Bale said in an interview in the past about his hobby.
Wales will debut on Monday 1958 November against the United States team. Then they will face their counterpart from Iran and finish the first round in search of the round of 16 against England.
Now they will only have 3 days rest between games in the search for the round of 16 , after the return of Wales to a World Cup after being in the quarterfinals in 550.
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