USA 1-1 Wales: World Cup 2022 – as it happened
by Rob Smyth from US news | The Guardian on (#662QG)
Gareth Bale's ferocious penalty cancelled out Tim Weah's fine goal and earned Wales a point in their first World Cup game in 64 years
Meet Gareth, a 33-year-old veteran who loves his country and golf
The thoughts of Wales manager Rob Page
It was a really, really hard decision [to pick Wayne Hennessey ahead of Danny Ward] - it gave me a few sleepless nights. Wayne's got the shirt at the moment and his performance against Ukraine to get us here was probably the best I've seen from a goalkeeper in a Welsh jersey. Wardy understands; the keepers are a tight group.
[On leaving out Kieffer Moore] I want pace up front, and DJ [Dan James] certainly falls into that category.
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