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Gareth Bale happy to play in front of hostile Turkey fans

Wales star Gareth Bale has welcomed the opportunity to play in front of fans even if they will be cheering for their opponents Turkey when the two teams meet in this Group A clash at Euro 2020.

Bale said: “I think it’s good to be playing in front of big crowds. I think we’d prefer it to be 34,000 Wales fans.

“But whenever I’ve played in Turkey before the atmospheres have been incredible. We understand they’re going to be cheering on the Turkish team, but you want to be playing in front of crowds. It’ll be be nice to get back to a bit of normality.”

Watch Cristiano Ronaldo give Coca-Cola the thumbs-down

A product placement opportunity by Coca-Cola fell flat when Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo disdainfully removed two bottles of the fizzy drink at a press conference.

He slid the bottles out of sight and instead brandished a bottle of water, telling reporters in Portuguese: “Drink water!”

The 36-year-old, who is known to be obsessed with healthy eating and fitness, appeared unimpressed with the sponsor’s stunt, softly muttering ‘Coca-Cola’ as he placed the bottles out of sight.

Ronaldo’s Portugal kick off against Hungary in the ‘Group of Death’ on Tuesday with France v Germany to follow.

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