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Wales boss Page urges team to learn from World Cup heartache

DOHA: Wales will leave Qatar with mixed emotions — pride at reaching their first World Cup in 64 years mingled with a sense of bitter disappointment that they failed to do themselves justice. Rob Page’s team, cheered on by legions of their “Red Wall” fans in the Gulf state, drew their opening match against the USA 1-1 but then fell to a 2-0 defeat by Iran and were outclassed by England on Tuesday, losing 3-0. After reaching the knockout stage at the past two European Championships, Wales struggled in Qatar, with aging stars Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey looking well past their best.

“We’re disappointed because we know in a couple of the games we haven’t really shown our true colors and that’s probably the most frustrating thing for me and the group of players,” said Page. “They know that themselves. I don’t need to tell them that.

“It’s important they learn from it. We’ve had a taste of it, the World Cup and the Euros, and we want to continue to qualify.” The coach urged a focus on the “bigger picture,” saying the experience would prove beneficial for his younger players. “We haven’t got the pool of players that England have got and I think they’ll go on to do well in the tournament,” he said.

“For us, it is an amazing achievement to get here. “We’ve got to expose the younger players to these environments and hopefully then in future we can continue to qualify.” - Patchy Wales - Full-back Connor Roberts does not believe Wales, who beat Ukraine in a play-off to qualify for Qatar, did themselves justice during their three Group B matches. “There were patches where we did show what we were all about but they were few and far between and it’s a little bit disappointing for a lot of the players, myself included,” he said.

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