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Joe Allen won't play in the World Cup opener against the United States due to a injury.
Since September, Allen has not played.
We are going to do everything we can to get him to play that first game. Robert Page said that he was probably not going to make it.
He is definitely out of the tournament if he breaks down. It's better to risk over reward.
We would have liked him to be available for the first game, but we aren't going to push him to the point of losing him.
After taking on the United States on Monday, Wales will face Iran four days later and then England on November 29th.
After Russell Martin expressed anger at the medical treatment at the Championship club, Allen had hoped to be fit for their group opener.
Martin said Allen's treatment wasn't good enough, but he was still named in Wales' squad for the upcoming tournament in the Persian Gulf.
Allen earned a place in the official Uefa team of the tournament when Wales reached the semi-finals of Euro 2016 and he is an important player for Wales.
Wales have a 26 man World Cup squad to choose from.
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