{"id":19057,"date":"2021-11-25T13:48:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/gareth-bale-confident-of-facing-belgium-after-planned-substitution-against-belarus\/"},"modified":"2021-11-25T13:48:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T13:48:44","slug":"gareth-bale-confident-of-facing-belgium-after-planned-substitution-against-belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/sport\/gareth-bale-confident-of-facing-belgium-after-planned-substitution-against-belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Gareth Bale confident of facing Belgium after &#8216;planned&#8217; substitution against Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gareth Bale is Wales&#8217; all-time leading scorer with 36 goals from 100 appearancesVenue: Cardiff City Stadium Date: Tuesday, 16 November Kick-off: 19:45 GMTCoverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru, plus live text and score updates on the BBC Sport website and app.Gareth Bale expects to be fit for Tuesday&#8217;s World Cup qualifier against Belgium after his &#8220;planned&#8221; half-time substitution against Belarus.Bale, 32, won his 100th cap as Wales thrashed Belarus 5-1 on Saturday.As this was his first appearance for two months after a hamstring injury, the Real Madrid forward was taken off as a precaution with Wales 2-0 up.&#8221;I&#8217;ve been out for two months so if we were up the plan was to come off and be ready for Tuesday,&#8221; said Bale.Speaking to Sky Sports, he added: &#8220;It was&#8230; Click below to read the full story from BBC Sport<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/59276894?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=KARANGA\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gareth Bale is Wales&#8217; all-time leading scorer with 36 goals from 100 appearancesVenue: Cardiff City Stadium Date: Tuesday, 16 November Kick-off: 19:45 GMTCoverage: Live commentary on BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru, plus live text and score updates on the BBC Sport website and app.Gareth Bale expects to be fit for Tuesday&#8217;s World Cup qualifier&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2594,"featured_media":19058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[37],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gareth Bale confident of facing Belgium after &#039;planned&#039; 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