Ben Davies makes Gareth Bale Wales point as Tottenham star's feelings on penalties clear

Tottenham defender Ben Davies is hoping Wales' Euro 2024 play-off final against Poland does not go to penalties on Tuesday night.

Wales have never experienced the pressure of a penalty shoot-out to decide a match, but that could change if Tuesday's game in Cardiff ends in a draw after 120 minutes. Poland, on the other hand, have been in two shoot-outs, both at Euro 2016 when they beat Switzerland in the round of 16 before losing to Portugal in the quarter-finals.

«Let's hope it doesn't get there,» said Davies about the possibility of penalties at the Cardiff City Stadium. «We've been practising all week. I don't know what the line-up is, but we seem to have 11 pretty good ones at the moment.»

Wales do have experience of play-off football, however, having taken this route to beat Austria and Ukraine in qualifying for the 2022 World Cup. Gareth Bale was a key player in both games, scoring all three Wales goals in 2-1 and 1-0 victories, but now the Dragons must try to qualify without their retired former captain and star player.

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Davies said: «It's been a bit of transition having lost Gareth, who brought so much to this squad. If we could get there this time it's a real team effort and we'd be really proud.

»Most of us played in the game where we got the experience of beating Ukraine in the last play-off. It was high stress, the game with the biggest stakes on it, and everyone handled themselves well. That's one thing we pride ourselves on. We've got discipline, energy and passion, but overall we're a proper team."

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