Rob Page: Wales would rather not play South Korea friendly with Latvia to come
The Independent Rob Page says he wishes Wales were not playing a friendly against South Korea on Thursday.
Wales are not in Euro 2024 action until Monday when they travel to Latvia for a crucial Group D qualifying clash.
But UEFA regulations stipulate that nations in odd-numbered qualifying groups must fulfil blank dates in the calendar when group rivals are playing.
Wales filled this date by arranging a Cardiff friendly with Jurgen Klinsmanns South Korea, but the game has failed to capture the imagination of the Welsh public with only 11,500 tickets sold little more than 24 hours before kick-off.
Page is expected to field a shadow side just four days before the Riga showdown with Latvia, and the under-fire Wales boss confirmed that skipper Aaron Ramsey would be absent while adding that Tottenhams new 47.5million forward Brennan Johnson will be on the bench.
But Pages comments that he would rather not play the match will certainly do little to encourage fans who have paid for the privilege of watching it.
