{"id":295517,"date":"2023-11-17T17:31:49","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T17:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295517"},"modified":"2023-11-17T17:31:49","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T17:31:49","slug":"injured-aaron-ramsey-serving-as-waless-lucky-mascot-in-armenia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/injured-aaron-ramsey-serving-as-waless-lucky-mascot-in-armenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Injured Aaron Ramsey serving as Wales\u2019s lucky mascot in Armenia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aaron Ramsey will travel to Armenia despite his injury <\/p>\n

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Rob Page hopes the presence of Aaron Ramsey can help Wales realise their Euro 2024 dream after the injured captain joined them on their long trek to Armenia.<\/p>\n

Midfielder Ramsey has not played since mid-September after damaging a knee tendon, missing last month\u2019s stunning victory over World Cup semi-finalists Croatia that has left automatic qualification in Wales\u2019 own hands entering the final two games.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old, however, has taken the unusual step of an injured player being present for Wales\u2019 4,600-round mile trip to Yerevan, one of European football\u2019s most remote outposts.<\/p>\n

\u201cRambo\u2019s travelled with the lads, which is brilliant,\u201d Page said ahead of Saturday\u2019s penultimate qualifier at the Republican Stadium, the scene of their only previous visit to this corner of Eastern Europe in 2001 \u2013 a game the manager played in.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the presence around the changing room. I used to say it with Gareth Bale. Aaron falls into the same category for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wealth of experience he\u2019s got. Just being around young JJ (Jordan James), who can pick his brains on just about anything. He\u2019s the captain and he\u2019s been wanting to travel. He\u2019s been with the group all week.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s done his little bits of work that he\u2019s needed to for Cardiff. He\u2019s got a plan and gone off and done his own bits.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had to find a training ground for him, but he wants to be around the boys and I think that speaks volumes about what we\u2019ve got as a group.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Aaron Ramsey has travelled to Armenia to support his Wales teammates <\/p>\n

Wales know two closing victories \u2013 already-qualified Turkey are the visitors to Cardiff on Tuesday \u2013 will see them secure qualification for a fourth tournament out of five.<\/p>\n

Dropped points will leave them relying on favourable results elsewhere and the prospect of avoiding the play-offs in March where the likes of Norway, Poland and Ukraine could be lurking.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe camp has been great all week. The positivity has been incredible,\u201d said Page, who has a difficult selection call to make with Tottenham forward Brennan Johnson available after missing the Croatia win through injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s enough experience in that changing room of big games, when you need big players to step up for big games \u2013 and this is a big game for us.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur full focus is on this game. We\u2019re not even talking about Tuesday\u2019s game. We\u2019ve got enough experience to cope with this.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe haven\u2019t got anything where you need that siege mentality (like Wales did in October) but we\u2019re coming off the back of one of the best performances we\u2019ve ever had, certainly of my tenure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can\u2019t be complacent, we need consistency when it comes to that level of performance. If we do that the result will look after itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ben Davies is standing in as Wales skipper again <\/p>\n

Ben Davies, as he did against Croatia, will lead Wales in the absence of Ramsey and playing at Euro 2024 would represent the Tottenham defender\u2019s fourth major tournament \u2013 three European Championships and the 2022 World Cup.<\/p>\n

Davies said: \u201cThis is the dream for us and it doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019ve done it once or three or four times.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re confident as a group that on the day we can beat anybody. We\u2019ve done that in the last two and we want to show that again.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a good group, a tight-knit group, and it\u2019s nice to see the same faces every time you come.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou end up playing as a family and I think that where our success has been gained, being a band of brothers out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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