Gary Speed To Make 75th International Appearance


By Matthew Jones
September 5 2003

Newcastle United Captain Gary Speed will write another piece of history on Saturday, when he makes his 75th appearance for Wales as they take on Italy in Milan. Newcastle United Captain Gary Speed will write another piece of history on Saturday, when he makes his 75th appearance for Wales as they take on Italy in Milan.

This means that he will equal Dean Saunders' current record as Wales' most-capped outfield player.

Speed said: "Since they lost in Cardiff to us they have not been beaten and have just won in Germany, so we are under no illusions as to what a great team they are.

"They are fantastic players and a fantastic team, but on our day so are we.

"You cannot tear your hair out about how famous they are, we have to concentrate on our own game and performing to our maximum.

"If they beat us they go above us, but we will be trying our hardest to stop that happening.

"We will not be effected by pressure, we have handled it okay so far in this group - and that includes the younger, less-experienced lads.

"We do not want to think about defeat, we still have three games left in the group and we want to get as many points as possible."

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