Day Of Contrast For England And Wales As Bale Shines

Source: soccerlens.com --- Sunday, June 12, 2016
Day Of Contrast For England And Wales As Bale Shines - originally posted on Soccerlens.com “One goal came from the most expensive left foot in world Football, the other from the shin of a player who currently doesn’t even have a club. Between them, however, Gareth Bale and Hal Robson-Kanu have already taken Wales to within smelling distance of the second phase of Euro 2016.” — Ian Ladyman in The Mail on Sunday. Contrast seemed to be the narrative in France as Group B kicked off in Bordeaux and Marseille Saturday afternoon with two British teams: Wales and England. Only one team came off the pitch bearing smiles, which will once again be the case when the two teams take on each other in Lens on Thursday. While Bale, Robson-Kanu and their mates drank it in following Wales’ 2-1 win over Slovakia, a sense of disappointment engulfed the England camp in the wake of their 1-1 draw with Russia in violence-marred Marseille . England had a chance to right their woeful tournament opener record, only to cede a lead in stoppage time to the lacklustre Russians. Wales started like a train and scored an early goal and then tailed off a bit to concede an equaliser before turning on the style and finding the drive to score a winner against a functional Slovakia side. England, who kicked off three hours later, also started like a train but found their opener late, hence tailing off in second half stoppage time. In what could be a key game in the gr ...

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