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Gary Speed: Wales Could Qualify For 2014 World Cup
Wales coach Gary Speed is confident that his men can qualify for the 2014 World Cup.
Jan 27, 2011 5:33:00 AM
By Stefan Coerts
Wales haven't qualified for a World Cup since they made it to the quarter-finals at the 1958 World Cup, but head coach Gary Speed is hopeful that the Dragons will make it to another World Cup in the near future.
"We definitely have a chance of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. It’s not going to be easy by any stretch of the imagination but that is certainly our aim," Speed was quoted as saying on the official FIFA website.
"Not only that, we want to be challenging at a higher level. I’m not saying we’re going to qualify for every tournament, I want to qualify for at least one, but beyond that we want to consistently compete and we’re looking to put the structure of players together to allow us to do that."
Speed added that he's quite pleased with the quality of the current set-up and made it clear that he has some difficult choices to make.
"The quality there is very strong. I’ve got to pick 23 or 24 players for the first Nations Cup game and it’s going to be hard to do that because there are at least 29 to 30 players who will be knocking on my door looking for a place in the squad. So in that respect it’s good for me."
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"We definitely have a chance of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. It’s not going to be easy by any stretch of the imagination but that is certainly our aim," Speed was quoted as saying on the official FIFA website.
"Not only that, we want to be challenging at a higher level. I’m not saying we’re going to qualify for every tournament, I want to qualify for at least one, but beyond that we want to consistently compete and we’re looking to put the structure of players together to allow us to do that."
Speed added that he's quite pleased with the quality of the current set-up and made it clear that he has some difficult choices to make.
"The quality there is very strong. I’ve got to pick 23 or 24 players for the first Nations Cup game and it’s going to be hard to do that because there are at least 29 to 30 players who will be knocking on my door looking for a place in the squad. So in that respect it’s good for me."
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