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Bale 'happy' with drawing Northern Ireland

2016-06-24 03:16:00 from:SNTV

Wales' striker Gareth Bale spoke on Thursday (23rd June) about winning their Euro 2016 group ahead of England - and playing Northern Ireland in the last 16.

"It's all about us. We have no fear. As I said before, we go into every game to give 100 percent, no regrets and we'll go with the exact same attitude. I think the confidence is high at the moment. Obviously, after a great performance and a great victory against Russia. And yeah, we're all excited again, we're all looking forward to it. As I said, it's another new challenge, new experience and one I'm sure everybody will relish."

"They've topped their group in qualifying. You just don't do that by mistake. And yeah, they have a very similar team spirit to us. They work very hard. I think they're a bit more defensive than maybe we are. But what they do, is what they do good. We know it's going to be a difficult game, difficult to break them down but we'll try our best to do everything we can."

"Obviously, at this stage of the tournament, no matter who you get, it's not going to be an easy game. We know obviously a lot more about Northern Ireland than Albania or Turkey. No, we're happy with the draw. I think it's going to be a difficult game, one we can win. And, yeah, just concentrate on ourselves again as we normally do and we'll take it from there."

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