ales’ economy minister has insisted there is still “every chance” the country’s team will qualify for the next round of the World Cup, as he blasted Fifa for their actions during the tournament.
Vaughan Gething, who is in Qatar to represent the Welsh Government at the impending match against England on Tuesday, said supporters would be “proud of our players regardless of the result”.
But he expressed “disappointment” at the issues fans wearing rainbow bucket hats faced while trying to enter stadiums on game days.
“Of course it was disappointing because in meeting the Supreme Committee, the organising committee, they said everyone was welcome,” Mr Gething told the PA news agency.
“Fifa also said this was a World Cup for everyone.
“But the way Fifa have acted during the tournament by making last-minute changes to the rules of engagement – such as saying no alcohol in the stadium and the armband issue.
“The fact Fifa went to the England hotel on the morning of the game day to say your captain will get a yellow card in the tunnel if you wear it is an extraordinary thing to have done – and not in a good way.
“Fifa really needs to decide whether they are serious about football being for everyone and if they are serious about living up to the way they say they want people around the game to behave.”
Laura McAllister, former Wales captain, was among those prevented from entering the stadium wearing her rainbow coloured bucked hat during…
