06/07/2016 BBC Wales Today


06/07/2016

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Good evening. It has been an incredible journey, an unforgettable

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summer, but tonight, whales are heading home. They were beaten by

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Portugal 2-0, who were simply the better side on the night. Within the

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last few minutes, Gareth Bale has said that the players are

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disappointed but we are a proud nation, and it seems not a single

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Wales fan wanted to leave their seats at the full-time whistle. They

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wanted to play tribute to the players who have lit up this entire

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tournament. They gathered early to enjoy the French son. As ever, well

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stands simply making the most of this unforgettable journey, mixing

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well with the Portuguese fans. Inside the stadium, the singing,

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possibly a decibel or two louder than the other five Wales Euro

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matches. On the pitch, there was no love lost, Ashley Williams winning

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the early battle between captains. If it was billed as a duel between

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two Real Madrid stars in Ronaldo and Gareth Bale, the Welshman won the

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earlier exchange, but there were times during the opening 40 minutes

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when they have some defending to do after a K G4S, it was all square.

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Then Cristiano joined the party. Higher than any defender, his header

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dented Welsh hopes. Just a minute later, and those hopes were more or

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less demolished. Ronaldo in the thick of it. Wales fought bravely

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but the 2-0 scoreline could have been worse, and so Portugal brought

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the Euro 2016 experience for Wales to an end, and exactly as they have

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done over the last four memorable weeks, the supporters were on hand

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on the final whistle to say thank you. Very proud. Disappointed we did

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not get through to Sunday, but very proud. We played superbly. If anyone

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said at the start of the tournament that we would come to the

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semifinals, we would have taken it. Mixed emotions. A mix-up over the

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moon that we got here but at the same time, one of those things. It

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is disappointing but Wales have got really far, so I am kind of happy.

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Seems to live long in the memory of a nation. From Holywell to Holyhead

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and Cardiff, fans have travelled to France with hundreds of thousands

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following this wondrous adventure from home. The journey for Chris

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Coleman's men may have come to an end in the semifinal in Lyon

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tonight, but they have created a piece of history, a very special

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piece of Welsh footballing history. Let's stop now. How do you think we

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will back this campaign in use to come? With enormous pride. What

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these players, the staff have achieved in the weeks that we're

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been out here in France is unforgettable. Not just on the

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pitch, what they have created back home, a new generation of football

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fans, hopefully, and hopefully this will just be the beginning. We will

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give them the respect to be disappointed for the next couple of

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days and then it is on to the next campaign which is Wales trying to

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get to the next World Cup. And you look these players very well. What

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has this tournament meant to them? So much. The supporters here know

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what is going on back home and they are flooded. They had loved having

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that sea of red shirts supporting them every step of the way. I am

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sure, especially with the average age of the squad, that there is more

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to come. You mentioned the World Cup year. How successful do you think

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this Wales site can be? Yes, they can grow. We have standout players,

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we have a good team ethic. They love being together as part of the squad.

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They will be looking forward to the next time they meet up. There is

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still more to come. I'm pretty confident of that. And a word about

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Chris Coleman. He has been through some tough times, but isn't it great

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to see him achieving now after such a bad spell early on in his

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managerial career? Yes took it well to get going in this job under very

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difficult circumstances, but he is a hero. That is what bad manners. The

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players love him, the fans love him, and he deserves all the plaudits

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that he will get. Can you pick out one player? I think they have all

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been excellent. Gareth Bale is the standout, but as a unit they have

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given us memories that will last forever. Thank you very much. Safe

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journey home. Well, the fans are making their way to the centre of

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Leon and Kate Morgan is there for us. There was no huge moment of

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celebration in this fan zone tonight, after all the night

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belonged to Portugal. Their fans spent most of the second half

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celebrating, and by the final whistle, were running around and

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celebrating. For the Welsh fans, it has been a long and emotional

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tournament, but ultimately, a huge achievement. Most of them here have

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waited their lifetimes to witness this, and here they work out in

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France, very much part it. Gutted. Really, really gutted. The first

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half was really good. When the goals came, I thought it was a bit

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disappointing. I think we could have gone on and won again, other than

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that, but proud, very proud. We are not going to Paris. Who cares? We

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are going to Cardiff to see the fans back home and be welcomed home as

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heroes, as they are, all of them. Chris Coleman and the boys are

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magic. We are so proud that we are here in the semifinals. It is like

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winning the World Cup. It is fantastic. And that's pretty much

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sums up this tournament by the Wales fans. They are hugely proud of

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everything their team have achieved. The fans I've spoken to, none of

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them regret the crazy or long journeys, the time and the money

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they've spent to get here, and why would they? They have just watched

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Wales play the semifinals of Euro 2016. 80 weeks ago, not many of them

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thought they would say that. Flags here in Lyon will be flying high

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tonight. senior Welsh Politicians have called

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for the former Prime Minister, Tony Blair, to face prosecution

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over the war in Iraq. The Chilcot Inquiry says the UK

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chose to join the invasion in 2003 before peaceful options

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for disarming Saddam Hussein had Shadow Welsh Secretary,

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Paul Flynn, says prosecution should be considered,

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while Plaid Cymru AM, Adam Price has renewed his call

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for parliament to impeach Mr Blair. Here's our parliamentary

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correspondent, David Cornock. 14 young men from Wales who died

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serving their country in your rock. After an invasion launched according

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to the Chilcott report on the basis of flawed intelligence. We have

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concluded that the UK chose to join the invasion of Iraq before the

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options for peaceful disarmament had been explored. Military action at

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that time was not a last resort. Overall, more than 200 British

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citizens died. The instability in the region led to 150,000 more

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deaths. Among the dead, Lance Corporal Thomas Keys, a military

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policeman killed four days before his 21st birthday. His father stood

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for Parliament against Tony Blair and was among the families who

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gathered today to read the report. The 200 deaths that happened the

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other day, and also the results of this report mean that my son died in

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vain. Now we have had the backing of Sir John. Tony Blair said he took

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responsibility, but insisted the British servicemen had not died in

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vain. Calls for him to face justice are growing, even among senior

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Labour MPs. I think there should be serious consideration to him being

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prosecuted for this. It wasn't clear there should be a case for war. Ten

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years ago, Plaid Cymru's Adam Price try to impeach Tony Blair and to put

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him on trial in Parliament. He says today's MPs should try a game. It is

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only Parliament which is the highest court in the land which can do it.

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They need to do it. They must do it because actually they were guilty in

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terms of the original decision. At the time, most MPs supported the

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invasion. Among them, Tony Blair's special envoy in human rights in

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Iraq. We did it on the basis of the knowledge that we had. Iraq was in

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breach of 17 UN resolutions in 2003. Saddam Hussein in 1988 already had

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killed half a million of his own people. Today's Prime Minister

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agreed that MPs that were acting on the knowledge in front of them. We

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have to be frank, those of us who voted for this, that the

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consequences of what followed have been truly very poor. Most people

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may have made up their minds about the Iraq wore a long time ago, but

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the strength of criticism in today's report makes it more likely that

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Tony Blair's components will now seek new ways to make him

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accountable for a conflict that became his political legacy.

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A student has been cleared of a sex attack in Cardiff

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after the prosecution offered no evidence.

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23-year-old Khalid Alahmadi had previously been accused of sexually

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assaulting a young woman in September last year.

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He'd been due to face a retrial, after a jury failed to reach

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a verdict in March - but following a hearing

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at Cardiff Crown Court today - the case has been dropped.

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Over the past year, the number of complaints made

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against Welsh NHS bodies to the Public Services Ombudsman

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has called for stronger leadership to 'turn the curve' of complaints.

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The Welsh Government says overall patient satisfaction with the NHS

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in Wales remains extremely high - and says any concerns should be

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raised as soon as possible so they can be dealt with quickly.

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We'll return to France in just a moment.

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First, let's get the weather forecast.

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It is looking warm and humid over the next few days but not funny at

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all times. Cloud around and also some patchy rain as well. We do have

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that rain sneaking into parts, but for the bulk of the country, it is

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dry and cloudy. We will see some mist and fog forming as well.

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Temperatures not dropping too much overnight. 12 Celsius. Rather muggy

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into the early hours of tomorrow morning. High-pressure nearby

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tomorrow, and also this weaving frontal sinks south and eastwards,

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bringing light rain and then it will push up back north into the early

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hours of Friday morning, so tomorrow morning, it is a dry start for much

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of Wales, but we do have the ring across parts of Anglesey and

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gradually slowly but surely it will start to push its way south and

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eastwards. Generally, it is a cloudy story for Thursday. For the rest of

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the British Isles, we do have the best of the drier and brighter

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weather in northern parts of Ireland, Scotland, and also

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south-east England. Here in Wales, we do have a cloudy picture, with

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that rain making its way south and eastwards. I think something a

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little bit drier and brighter for North Wales, especially for Wrexham.

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But we will hang on to the rain further south. Those amateurs

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getting up to about 19 Celsius, and you will notice the south-westerly

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winds. The rain will push southwards tomorrow and thanks to the weather

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front it will push north-eastwards into the early hours of Friday

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morning. It is another humid night. No lower than 12 Celsius. Winds will

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be liked. As we head into Friday, that front will clear, and then

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behind it, and other weather system will push and that will bring more

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playing with it. Still feeling warm, but you will need to keep the

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umbrella to hand. Thank you. We will return to Lyon now for the final

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word tonight. Well, Lucy, no one predicted that Wales would be one

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step away from the final of Euro 2016. They have come so far in such

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a short space of time. The players have ensured that this summer will

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be one that the fans will never forget. From all of us here in

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France, thank you for your company. Good evening.

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