Rob Web page acknowledged Wales’ followers are “entitled” to be pissed off after they had been held to a shock goalless draw by Gibraltar.
Web page was jeered by sections of the travelling supporters at Estadio Do Algarve, the place the youthful Dragons had been unable to interrupt down the nation ranked 203rd on this planet.
Gibraltar had misplaced every of their 13 earlier matches by an combination rating of 50-0, however managed to carry out for a memorable draw towards the Euro 2016 semi-finalists.
Regardless of registering 16 pictures and having an xG of 1.13, the closest Wales got here to scoring was when Josh Sheehan’s inswinging nook got here again off the crossbar.
It marked one other disappointment for Wales, who did not qualify for Euro 2024 after their play-off defeat to Poland on penalties in March.
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Web page understands the frustrations of the supporters – a few of whom known as for him to depart – however insists he stays centered on “the long-term plan” and his aspect’s return to aggressive motion in three months’ time.
“They’re entitled to their opinion, completely. I get it, I fully get it,” Web page mentioned when requested about being booed.
“I’m a Welsh supporter in addition to the supervisor, I’m disenchanted. However I’ve to maintain saying concerning the larger image, and I’ll in all probability get criticised for that. It’s the larger image, and we’re not going to lose concentrate on what we’ve performed.”
“Should you’ve bought a marketing strategy and a long-term plan, you possibly can’t be emotional. It’s a draw towards a Gibraltar group that we’re actually disenchanted with, and our focus is on getting the group and squad prepared for September to win Nations League video games.
“I’ve mentioned to the lads ‘we now have to handle expectations’. Simply because we did what we did in 2016 and certified for [another] Euros and a World Cup doesn’t imply that – with out some senior gamers – we’re going to robotically qualify. We’ve set to work actually laborious to do it.”
