Real Madrid forward Gareth Bale was called up to join the Welsh national football team which will face Belgium in a Euro 2016 qualifier on June 12.
"This is a huge game, the biggest home game in the last 10 years certainly. These are two unbeaten sides looking to qualify for France," Wales coach Chris Coleman said on Tuesday, reports Xinhua.
Coleman added that he trusts his Welsh star would remain with Real Madrid during the following season and remarked that "Real Madrid president Florentino Perez thinks a lot of Gareth, unless Gareth wants to leave, which I don't think is the case, then I don't think he'll go anywhere."
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