Ashley Williams says Wales don’t need to move home matches to Cardiff’s Principality Stadium
ASHLEY WILLIAMS has dismissed calls for Wales to move their home games to the Principality Stadium.
The Dragons success at Euro 2016 led to suggestions they may have outgrown their traditional home – the Cardiff City Stadium.
Wales captain Ashley Williams believes the country is better playing at the Cardiff City Stadium rather than moving to the Principality Stadium IMAGE: PA:Press Association
The rugby venue in the middle of the city holds 74500 – more than double the capacity of their current home.
But as they prepare to face Moldova tomorrow (MON), WIlliams is keen to stay put.
Ashley Williams in training at the Cardiff City Stadium where Wales play home matches IMAGE: Reuters
Everton new boy Williams said: “This is our home ground when we play for Wales, that’s what we feel.
“We fill it out, we have had a lot of success of this pitch in recent years, we’re comfortable here,
“We don’t see the need to move to a stadium and pitch we are not as comfortable on.
Ashley Williams celebrates with his Wales teammates and bench after scoring the equalising goal against Belgium at Euro 2016 IMAGE: AP:Associated PressFootball is experiencing a surge of support in Wales following the country making it to the semi-final of Euro 2016 where they lost against eventual winners Portugal IMAGE: Getty Images
“We’ve got some great memories and experiences here and we want to create more.”
The Wales squad reassembled for the first time since their Euro 2016 heroics last week.
Chris Coleman made his players sit through videos of their Euro 2016 matches when the team met before the World Cup qualifier against Moldova IMAGE: Getty Images
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Williams admitted there were some great memories but says now is the time to put it behind them and move on.
He said: “Yeah we have had a couple of videos in meetings.
“The first one we got together and had a video about the Euros just to relieve a couple of those memories and relieve what it was like.
“It was important to acknowledge what we did and it was also important to put that to bed a little bit. Use the experience of it and move on.”
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