London (PA Media\/dpa) \u2013 Gareth Bale will not start Wales\u2019 World Cup qualifier against Belgium on Tuesday \u2013 and could miss out altogether.<\/p>\n
Bale won his 100th cap in the 5-1 victory over Belarus on Saturday after two months out with a hamstring injury but came off after 45 minutes.<\/p>\n
The Wales captain trained on his own away from the main group on Monday.<\/p>\n
Wales will make a late decision on whether the Real Madrid forward and their record goalscorer makes the bench against the world\u2019s top-ranked team.<\/p>\n
Manager Robert Page: \u201cHe was never going to start against Belgium.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe knew that coming into camp. The plan was always for him to get a half in the first game and then come on and maybe have an impact in the second game.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Bale\u2019s recovery following the Belarus game, Page said: \u201cHe is going to be stiff. He has not played for a couple of months and to throw him in was a big ask from a physical point of view.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019ll recover on his own (on Monday) and we\u2019ll leave it to the last minute to see if he can play minutes. He is getting there, slowly but surely. We will get him back to full fitness.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s frustrating for him. He made a tremendous effort to get fit for the game and he takes credit for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wales are guaranteed a World Cup play-off spot in March through their Nations League results.<\/p>\n
But Page\u2019s side need at least a point against Belgium to finish second in the group and potentially secure a semi-final tie at home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
London (PA Media\/dpa) \u2013 Gareth Bale will not start Wales\u2019 World Cup qualifier against Belgium on Tuesday \u2013 and could miss out altogether. Bale won his 100th cap in the 5-1 victory over Belarus on Saturday after two months out with a hamstring injury but came off after 45 minutes. The Wales captain trained on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[343],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-159432","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-actualidad"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t