{"id":2185,"date":"2014-02-25T10:36:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T10:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=2185"},"modified":"2014-02-25T10:36:19","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T10:36:19","slug":"wales-without-ramsey-for-iceland-friendly-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/wales-without-ramsey-for-iceland-friendly-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales without Ramsey for Iceland friendly clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_2237\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2237\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5728308915_fe2b05acfb_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2237\" alt=\"Wales hopes the loss won't keep them from a win in March. Image: Wonker\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5728308915_fe2b05acfb_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2237\" alt=\"Wales hopes the loss won't keep them from a win in March. Image: Wonker\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/5728308915_fe2b05acfb_b.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Wales hopes the loss won&#8217;t keep them from a win in March. Image: Wonker<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nWales will be without Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey for their friendly against Iceland on March 5<sup>th<\/sup>.<br \/>\nRamsey is still to recover from a thigh injury which has seen him side-lined since before Christmas and has curtailed his best season for the club.<br \/>\nThe world\u2019s most expensive player Gareth Bale, who has scored 12 goals in 24 games since his summer move to Real Madrid, is included in the 23-man squad.<br \/>\nThe friendly will represent the first match in Wales\u2019 build-up to their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, which begins away to Andorra on September 9.<br \/>\nThe qualifying draw was made on Saturday and has been favourable to Wales, who will also play Bosnia-Hercegovina, Belgium, Israel and Cyprus.<br \/>\nWales also faced Belgium in qualifying for the 2014 World Cup, and Marc Wilmot\u2019s men will go into the group as clear favourites finish in top spot.<br \/>\nWales\u2019 World Cup qualifying campaign was bookended by a 2-0 home defeat and a promising 1-1 draw against the Belgians, who they face away on November 16 and at home on June 12.<br \/>\nWith UEFA having changed the format of the championships Wales will feel they have a good chance of reaching their first major International tournament since John Charles led them to the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales will be without Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey for their friendly against Iceland on March 5th. Ramsey is still to recover from a thigh injury which has seen him side-lined since before Christmas and has curtailed his best season for the club. The world\u2019s most expensive player Gareth Bale, who has scored 12 goals in 24 games since his summer move to Real Madrid, is included in the 23-man squad. The friendly will represent the first match in Wales\u2019 build-up [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":2237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,4],"tags":[1417,436,1644,1950],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-2185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-aaron-ramsey","tag-gareth-bale","tag-ireland","tag-march-5"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wales without Ramsey for Iceland friendly clash - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/25\/wales-without-ramsey-for-iceland-friendly-clash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wales without Ramsey for Iceland friendly clash - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wales will be without Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey for their friendly against Iceland on March 5th. 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