Charlton duo to put friendship aside for Wales v Israel Euro 2016 qualifier

Tal Ben Haim and Simon Church, team-mates at The Valley, will face each other in Saturday’s crucial Group B qualifier in Haifa with top spot up for grabs

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Tal Ben Haim begins listing Wales’ most dangerous players: “Bale, Ramsey … Church.” At that Simon Church, sitting beside the Israel captain in the canteen at Charlton Atheltic’s training ground, bursts out laughing. The pair have become great friends since Ben Haim made Charlton his eighth English club by joining from Standard Liège last summer. “We just clicked,” says Church. “We drive in together and get on really well. Saturday is going to be strange.”

“Yes, the first few minutes will be strange,” agrees Ben Ham. “But then we are going to be big enemies for 90 minutes.”

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