Ethan Ampadu out but Wales call up Man City's Rabbi Matondo
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International friendly: Albania v Wales |
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Venue: Elbasan Arena, Elbasan Date: Tue, 20 Nov Kick-off: 19:00 GMT |
Coverage: Live on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sport website and BBC Sport app, plus live text commentary; also highlights on BBC One Wales from 22:40 GMT. |
Ethan Ampadu has withdrawn from Wales' squad for the friendly against Albania in Elbasan on Tuesday.
Ampadu, 18, was a second-half substitute in Wales' 2-1 defeat to Denmark on Friday but will not travel to Albania and has returned to Chelsea.
Uncapped Manchester City teenager Rabbi Matondo has been called up by Ryan Giggs.
The 18-year-old is in City's under-23 squad and is yet to feature in the Premier League under Pep Guardiola.

Matondo's inclusion follows the withdrawals of defenders James Chester and Paul Dummett because of injury.
Both players were hurt during Wales' 2-1 Nations League defeat by Denmark at Cardiff City Stadium on Friday.
Wales are also without Matt Smith, who will not travel after being released to play for FC Twente in the Netherlands on Sunday.
Having been born in Liverpool, Matondo is dual-qualified for Wales and England.
His family moved to Cardiff when he was a child and he was in Cardiff City's academy before switching to Manchester City in July 2016.
Matondo has played for Wales age-grade teams, including in the 2019 European Under-21 Championship qualifiers.
Meanwhile, Wales boss Giggs has confirmed Reading defender Chris Gunter will start in Albania.
Gunter will win his 93rd cap to take him past Neville Southall as Wales' most capped player.
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But then the trolls remind us that some people are just hateful.
Think HYS needs to do a thorough sweep of it's posters to rid it of WUM's and genuine knuckle-draggers. These boards are just a breeding ground for xenophobic comments
11 minutes ago
"Ah, those classic Welsh names....Jones, Lloyd, Matondo? Let's not beat about the bush, the kid's no more Welsh than you or I?"
So you know the country of birth, ancestry and citizenship status of every person who may read your post.
I wish I had super -powers like you.
He s dual qualified and he opted for Wales. It was his choice!
Yet we have outrage that one is called-up for Wales in a friendly, whilst the other is cheered-on as he heads towards his 50th English cap.
Rabbi grew up in Cardiff you clown. Did you actually read the article?
Any youngster opting to represent Wales does so for their own reasons. It isn't as if the FAW is forcing them to play for Wales; they are choosing to do so. What's the fuss about?
Anyway, Giggs, we need to look to replace Ash and Chester as the back.
England have always played those born in other countries.
All few names come to mind
Matt let tissie
Graename let saux
John Barnes
Cyrillic regis
Raheem Stirling
Rob Jones
Terry butcher
Tony dorigo
Owen Hargreaves
Luther blisset