Gareth Bale saga is no problem to us, says Wales manager Chris Coleman ahead of Republic of Ireland friendly He said: "Looking at his history over the last two or three weeks, his workload has not been good at all." Giovanni Trapattoni, meanwhile, has warned his Republic of Ireland side the game will be a friendly only in name. Trapattoni was Italy manager when they were beaten 2-1 by Wales at the Millennium Stadium during qualifying for Euro 2004. The atmosphere at the Cardiff City Stadium will be considerably more low-key on Wednesday night, but the Ireland manager remains wary of the Welsh. "This is no friendly," he said. I know this country. I was here many years ago with Italy, as was their scorer that night, Craig Bellamy. We won in Italy but we lost over here and we know about this team, I have seen so many games and I know the Welsh players, they have a good mentality and they are international players.