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Bale: more to this game than me v Ronaldo
Wales star stresses semi-final is about two countries, while warning Portugal that his team are not ready to fly home

Gareth Bale shifted the focus on the two countries competing tomorrow for a place in the Euro 2016 finals, reminding people that there is more to the game than two Real Madrid stars.

Much of the focus has been about Bale coming up against his teammate Cristiano Ronaldo but the Welsh wizard feels that the talk should be about his country’s first appearance in a semi-final.

He said: “It’s not about two players. We know and everybody knows that it’s about two nations in the semi-final — 11 men against 11.

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