Who were the worst players at the 2022 Qatar World Cup?

The Welsh star failed to dazzle in Qatar and makes it into L’Equipe’s worst XI of the 2022 World Cup

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Update: Dec 19th, 2022 13:54 EST

The French sports paper L’Equipe has complied an eleven of the worst team at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar and one of the players included in the listing is LAFC and Wales striker Gareth Bale.

Gareth Bale scored Wales' first World Cup goal in 64 years 🤯 pic.twitter.com/1h3OpEaP4A
— ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) November 21, 2022

The former Real Madrid man scored from the penalty spot in Wales’ opener against the United States and secured the only point of the competition for a disappointing Dragons.

Rob Page’s men subsequently went on to lose to both Iran and England and ended up bottom of Group B with just a solitary point and goal.