Gareth Bale in the worst squad of the World Cup 2022

The leading French sports newspaper scored 3 for Bale, the second lowest score in the squad, just 2.5 points higher than midfielder Andreas Skov Olsen (Denmark).

After 64 years, Wales is eager to return to the World Cup finals. But as it turned out, it was a disaster. They scored only one goal - Bale's penalty in the US draw, which is bottom of Group B with one point, behind England, USA and Iran. In addition to the penalty mentioned above, the five-time Champions League-winning striker with Real left no mark in the role of captain of Wales.

Bale's teammate, goalkeeper Wayne Hennessy is also in the worst team with 3.5 points. In the 86th minute in the Iran match, Hennessy rushed out of the penalty area to foul Mehdi Taremi leading to a direct red card. This is only the third goalkeeper in history to be sent off at the World Cup, after Gianluca Pagliuca (Italy, 1994) and Itumeleng Khune (South Africa, 2010).

Due to a lack of players, Wales received two goals in the eighth and 11th minute of injury time, making the opportunity to continue almost no longer. In the last match, they lost 0-3 to England and were eliminated.

Poland contributed the most players to the squad, including three players Matty Cash, Krystian Bielik and Piotr Zielinski. Despite passing the group stage, the European team's journey was not very impressive. They started with a 0-0 draw with Mexico, a 2-0 victory over Saudi Arabia and then a 0-2 loss to Argentina. In the 1/8 round, Robert Lewandowski and his teammates lost to France 1-3. After the match, the Barca striker confirmed that if Poland were to attack, everything could be brighter. Previously, in the Argentina match, Poland could not launch any shots towards the goal.

Belgium, Iran, Qatar, Costa Rica, Senegal and Denmark all contributed one player. Of these, only Senegal entered the round of 16 - where they lost to England 0-3.