Euro 2016 Daily: Managers play down Ronaldo v Bale duel

The journalists were straight in there. As Wales manager Chris Coleman and captain Ashley Williams took to the stage in the depths of Lyon's impressive stadium for their press conference on Tuesday, the very first questioner asked the former to discuss Gareth Bale's influence on his squad and the latter how they would deal with Cristiano Ronaldo.

Any hope anyone had of this being about more than just two Real Madridsuperstars was immediately disappointed. But the enquiry was understandable: personalities dominate football and these are arguably the two biggest left in the competition, two of the men who steered Real to the Champions League title less than two months ago.

Still, Portugal manager Fernando Santos put on a brave face and tried to emphasise that another 20 players will actually be on the pitch