Soccer Football - Euro 2020 - Wales Press Conference - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - June 19, 2021 Wales' Gareth Bale during the press conference UEFA/Handout via REUTERS
ROME (Reuters) - Wales captain Gareth Bale dismissed Italy coach Roberto Mancini's comments likening the team to English club Stoke City and said they were ready to challenge them in Sunday's European Championship meeting in Rome.
Mancini, who spent 3-1/2 years as Manchester City manager between 2009 and 2013, is fully aware of the physical demands of a trip to Stoke who were a top-flight team then.
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