ROBERT PAGE doesn’t need Wales to maneuver house video games to the Principality Stadium.
The UK and Eire have been named as hosts of Euro 2028 in Nyon yesterday and the Cardiff venue can be one of many grounds to host video games.
Principality Stadium – Euro 2028 venue – within the centre of Cardiff is often used for rugby internationals
Wales have had nice success on the Cardiff Metropolis Stadium, together with the 1-0 win over Ukraine in June 2022 which booked a spot finally 12 months’s World Cup finalsCredit score: Getty
Final month, Wales chief government Noel Mooney raised the suggestion of enjoying matches on the rugby venue.
The Dragons have performed there simply as soon as since 2011 — and that was a 4-1 hammering by Spain 5 years in the past.
However Wales boss Web page is eager to remain put at their conventional house of the 33,280-capacity Cardiff Metropolis Stadium — although the Principality holds 74,500 followers — due to their wealthy success of reaching two Euros finals and the World Cup.
When requested if they need to swap future video games earlier than the Euro 2028 finals, Web page stated: “Do I need it? No. The environment and what we now have created at Cardiff Metropolis Stadium is unimaginable.
“I’ve been fairly vocal about it as a result of, though we now have a sport in Wrexham, what we’ve created in Cardiff has positively performed an element
in serving to us with our success within the final two years.
“Promotion from B to A within the Nations League, qualification for the Euros after which the World Cup… our supporters in that stadium
performed a large half.”
SunSport revealed yesterday the FA would reasonably be made to qualify than be given a free go.
Web page added: “We would like to qualify in our personal proper. We’re used to qualifying for main tournaments just like the Euros and the World Cup and we now have a gaggle of lads who loved that.
“They’re the expectations we now have set ourselves so we’d go all out to do this.
“But when the qualification is house nations prefer it has been up to now and we’re given a spot then we received’t flip it down. How we qualify is a gray space in the mean time.”
Cardiff hope to host the opening match of the Euros as one in all six potential matches within the Welsh capital.
Former Sheffield United defender Web page, who received 41 caps for the Dragons, added: “It’s implausible information — to deliver a match
to Wales is unimaginable.
“For Cardiff to probably have the opening sport is additional particular.
“It’s nice for Welsh soccer and the general public. It’s huge for us as a nation and Cardiff as a capital. It’s a fantastic achievement. Everybody
concerned needs to be very pleased with bringing the match to the town.”