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Daniel James: Leeds winger ‘bigger and stronger’ after Wales miss

Rob Page says Daniel James will be a better player for club and country as a result of the penalty miss which ended Wales’ hopes of reaching Euro 2024.

Wales will be left watching on this summer after Poland pipped them to a place at the tournament in their play-off final in March.

Page’s men will reconvene for the first time since that agonising defeat for friendlies against Gibraltar on 6 June and Slovakia three days later.

Leeds United forward James was the only player to miss in the penalty shootout against Poland, who progressed to the finals despite failing to register a shot on target in 120 minutes against Wales.

Page says James, 26, deserves praise for his response after the decisive spot-kick, which was saved Poland keeper Wojciech Szczesny.

“I have had a couple of messages back and forth with him – he is an incredible person first and foremost,” Page said.

“He had the courage to step up and take that penalty, which he deserves an enormous amount of credit for anyway, and he will be bigger and stronger having gone through that experience, as horrible as it was for all of us.

“Credit to him, he went and scored [for Leeds] the week after from the halfway line.”


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