Connor Roberts has declared the next Welsh qualifier at the Cardiff City Stadium on Tuesday as a “must not lose” game after their campaign got off to a losing start with a 3-1 defeat against Belgium on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
The Welsh were beaten by the World’s Number 1 ranked team despite taking an early lead through Harry Wilson and now face the Czech Republic in Cardiff on Tuesday looking to kick start their campaign for a first World Cup finals appearance since 1958.<\/p>\n
Wednesday night’s defeat adds some additional pressure to the game but Roberts is stopping short of saying that it is a must win game but has certainly declared it a ‘not lose’ fixture as he explained to Sky Sports.<\/p>\n
“You could say it’s maybe a must not lose, but I wouldn’t say it’s a must-win,” said Swansea’s ever present defender.<\/p>\n
“They’ve started well but there is a long way to go. Even in our European qualifiers, we lost a game to Croatia and we still managed to do it.<\/p>\n
“It’s not the be-all or end-all and we’ve got many games to come.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think it’s too much to worry about at the moment and, hopefully, we can get as many points as we need to qualify in the end.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile Brandon Cooper has been added to the squad from the Under-21s after the Welsh were hit by injuries to both Ben Davies and Tom Lockyer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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