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Wales Euro 2016 adventure has inspired a nation. I am very proud. | :00:15. | :00:30. | |
Sam Vokes. There are incredible performance has kept a gene alive. | :00:31. | :00:37. | |
When Bale was given the ball have to time I stopped believing. They set | :00:38. | :00:48. | |
pulses racing. Chris Coleman, put that into words. They exceeded all | :00:49. | :00:58. | |
expectations. Now we are a football mission. A football mission. | :00:59. | :01:10. | |
Robson-Kanu. Can someone explain what has happened? Semifinal. This | :01:11. | :01:23. | |
is how they made history. Wales extraordinary journey began | :01:24. | :01:40. | |
with hope and trepidation. They had never been to a major tournament. We | :01:41. | :01:45. | |
know what the expectations are as a group, as a team, as a country. We | :01:46. | :01:51. | |
know what we are capable of. We need to look at it in a positive light. | :01:52. | :01:57. | |
It is a huge challenge for us. To be fully involved as a nation will be | :01:58. | :02:00. | |
amazing for everybody and hopefully we can do everybody proud. For the | :02:01. | :02:12. | |
opening game against Slovakia Wales travels along with thousands of | :02:13. | :02:19. | |
hopeful supporters. It has been amazing. Everybody is good fun. As | :02:20. | :02:28. | |
soon as you see another Wales shirt. Everybody is looking forward to the | :02:29. | :02:30. | |
game tonight. After nearly 60 years of trying Wales were finally about | :02:31. | :02:35. | |
to play their first game in a major tournament. We did not know who we | :02:36. | :02:44. | |
were going to do against Slovakia. Some fans were apprehensive. Some | :02:45. | :02:49. | |
were just happy to be there. I never got there as a player and as | :02:50. | :02:53. | |
assistant manager I never got there, so thank you for inviting me. | :02:54. | :03:01. | |
The BBC had asked me to do the first two games which was five days apart. | :03:02. | :03:05. | |
I was in a rush when I got to the airport. I watched the first game in | :03:06. | :03:22. | |
a pub with my mates. It was just an odd feeling because we have never | :03:23. | :03:27. | |
done it before. The Norwegian referee blows his whistle. Slovakia | :03:28. | :03:34. | |
get the game underway. In five minutes Welsh nerves were being | :03:35. | :03:45. | |
tested. And believable. But those nerves were about to be eased. Great | :03:46. | :03:52. | |
position for a Gareth Bale on his favoured left foot. Half the time he | :03:53. | :04:01. | |
stopped breathing, as if that will help. | :04:02. | :04:12. | |
I guaranteed the manager has sat down with the goalkeeper and a short | :04:13. | :04:16. | |
all of Gaelic deal's free kicks but it is his reputation that makes the | :04:17. | :04:19. | |
goalkeeper panic. Left footed. He has scored. Bale for Wales. The | :04:20. | :04:35. | |
towers man has delivered. Who else? Now the chance. The equalising goal. | :04:36. | :04:42. | |
Even the also ' came back into the game and they went 1-1, I was | :04:43. | :04:48. | |
thinking we can still win this. It did not feel that we were out of it. | :04:49. | :05:04. | |
Aaron Ramsey. Robson-Kanu shoots. It is Wales two, Slovakia one. It is a | :05:05. | :05:15. | |
brilliantly shinned goal. Nobody cared. To get that result made a | :05:16. | :05:29. | |
statement in this competition. 58 years they have waited and victory | :05:30. | :05:36. | |
in their first game back on the big stage. You have once again made | :05:37. | :05:43. | |
hastily, a first match in a European Championships, and a first victory. | :05:44. | :05:49. | |
It is my proudest moments, when we came out. Our supporters keep on | :05:50. | :05:56. | |
topping what they have done. We win together and we lose together. Being | :05:57. | :06:01. | |
a manager when I game is finished you enjoy it for a ten minutes then | :06:02. | :06:07. | |
you worry about the next game. He had find a balance and that balance | :06:08. | :06:10. | |
is the secret to their success. Wales tournament had got off to the | :06:11. | :06:24. | |
perfect start but something far bigger was looming. A match against | :06:25. | :06:30. | |
the Auld enemy, England. The mind games began. If I can quote a few | :06:31. | :06:38. | |
quarts allegedly attributed to you, England pick themselves up, passion, | :06:39. | :06:45. | |
pride, patriotism. Did you see all that and did you mean it? I never | :06:46. | :06:56. | |
said they did not have passion. I just feel that we have more and I am | :06:57. | :07:01. | |
sure they have the opinion they have more also. We do not have any doubts | :07:02. | :07:08. | |
ourselves about our passion, desire and commitment. Our wish to do well | :07:09. | :07:15. | |
in the June two. If other people have an opinion that is fine by me. | :07:16. | :07:29. | |
I think I know your answer,. We had had the mind games, now came the | :07:30. | :07:30. | |
hype. The dragon under the mountain. A | :07:31. | :07:39. | |
week now. Both managers have tried to play it | :07:40. | :07:58. | |
down but we do not have too, we have been playing it up since the | :07:59. | :08:03. | |
fixtures were announced. I am more nervous now than when I was playing. | :08:04. | :08:08. | |
England have changed, not surprisingly. He needs players to | :08:09. | :08:13. | |
deliver. 21,000 days since I Welsh player 's board. When that whistle | :08:14. | :08:21. | |
goes both players will be at it, it will be a typical British game, | :08:22. | :08:27. | |
physical, aggressive. There is quality in both teams. I am looking | :08:28. | :08:32. | |
forward to a good game of football. Once the whistle goes and does not | :08:33. | :08:34. | |
matter what anybody said because it is going to business. I wanted Wales | :08:35. | :08:42. | |
to beat England. He wanted that kind of Picardy. It is because we are a | :08:43. | :08:46. | |
small country, there is that that of a grudge that I would accept losing | :08:47. | :08:52. | |
to other teams if they beat England. That is full, I know it is awful. | :08:53. | :09:02. | |
That is me. I way we go. The Lions, won the Dragon, it sounds like | :09:03. | :09:10. | |
legend. Raheem Sterling cannot keep it down. Wayne Rooney. Chris | :09:11. | :09:18. | |
Smalling met it. Just past the post. Not far past that. We thought that, | :09:19. | :09:27. | |
England are starting to click, we were taking a bit of punishment. Up | :09:28. | :09:38. | |
stepped the King himself, Lord Bale. We have seen some amazing things | :09:39. | :09:41. | |
from Gareth Bale but this would be something else if it goes on from | :09:42. | :09:46. | |
here. As he steps up, over the wall. He has scored. It is Bale. | :09:47. | :10:03. | |
Not many players in the world can do that. What a free kick. What I goal. | :10:04. | :10:14. | |
When it went in my shirt went up over my head and my wife shouted, | :10:15. | :10:27. | |
put your belly button back in. England needed and X Factor of their | :10:28. | :10:34. | |
own. Jamie Vardy is there, England are level. That momentum was now | :10:35. | :10:41. | |
with England. With the final whistle approaching England delivered the | :10:42. | :10:45. | |
decisive blow. Daniel Sturridge. He scores. I was gutted. It was | :10:46. | :10:54. | |
sickening. If they scored in the 70th minute you could live with it | :10:55. | :10:58. | |
but the fact they scored at the end, you are questioning what will happen | :10:59. | :11:03. | |
next. Talk about passion, talk about pride, this end and team has it in | :11:04. | :11:11. | |
bucketloads. Wales were down but not out. Inside we are still strong and | :11:12. | :11:16. | |
happy. We still have one more game to go. The tournament is not over | :11:17. | :11:20. | |
yet. We are still in the thick of it and we will go to the next game with | :11:21. | :11:26. | |
more strength. England were top of the table, Wales had four days to | :11:27. | :11:32. | |
pick themselves up for the final group game. We know we will be | :11:33. | :11:40. | |
disappointed but come tomorrow, this is done, as simple as that. We can | :11:41. | :11:43. | |
be disappointed about this result but now it is time to get on with | :11:44. | :11:46. | |
playing. It is not the end of the world. We still have a great chance | :11:47. | :11:52. | |
to qualifying. If we beat Russia we go through, we march on. Come on, | :11:53. | :11:58. | |
Wales. The fans headed south to Toulouse for the last group game | :11:59. | :12:02. | |
against Russia. Lose the match and they were in danger of going home. I | :12:03. | :12:08. | |
was happy with a draw. I just wanted that extra point to make sure we | :12:09. | :12:15. | |
were definitely going through. This is for Wales is it. The equation can | :12:16. | :12:22. | |
be simple. When. If they do that they are guaranteed to finish either | :12:23. | :12:29. | |
top or second in the group. Brilliant golfer Aaron Ramsey. He | :12:30. | :12:39. | |
scores for Wales. The Arsenal midfielder has drawn first blood. | :12:40. | :12:49. | |
What a ball from Joe Allen. Aaron Ramsey has got the audacity to wait | :12:50. | :12:53. | |
for the goalkeeper to go down and then he brings it over him, cool, | :12:54. | :13:02. | |
calm, collected. 1-0 Wales. Gareth Bale trying to exploit a gap in the | :13:03. | :13:06. | |
Russian rearguard. A great run. It has come to Taylor. His first ever | :13:07. | :13:21. | |
goal for Wales. They are in dreamland. We have not played 20 | :13:22. | :13:31. | |
minutes yet. It is 2-0, Wales. Joe Ledley. Chris Gunter. Aaron Ramsey. | :13:32. | :13:43. | |
Weaving it through to Bale. He is on site. Surely, this time. There is | :13:44. | :13:51. | |
the man. There is the man with the plan. 3-0. Sam Vokes would have been | :13:52. | :14:01. | |
in an offside position, he was clever enough to leave it for Bale, | :14:02. | :14:08. | |
he sees the goalkeeper rushing out, he composes himself, outside of his | :14:09. | :14:14. | |
left boot, flex it, what a finish. 3-0, wheels. What a performance. We | :14:15. | :14:23. | |
could have scored 14 or 15 goals. The result was a flattering result | :14:24. | :14:26. | |
for them. That was the first time we thought we are in the great chance. | :14:27. | :14:36. | |
The whistle has gone. Wales are through. They are inspiring a nation | :14:37. | :14:47. | |
which is really something special. It is history being made in front of | :14:48. | :14:52. | |
us and I feel lucky to be witnessing it on television. That is what that | :14:53. | :14:59. | |
means. That is what it means to these vans. And believable passion, | :15:00. | :15:09. | |
spirit. The supporters have been amazing. It has been the best | :15:10. | :15:19. | |
moments of their lives they have said. A lot of them are glad they | :15:20. | :15:24. | |
are beer. We have waited for so long to be part of a huge tournament. | :15:25. | :15:34. | |
Fantastic. They have been unbelievable of this campaign. Their | :15:35. | :15:38. | |
support, the way they have behaved, it makes us proud to be Welsh. More | :15:39. | :15:46. | |
good news was to come. Wales has finished top of the group ensuring | :15:47. | :15:51. | |
an easier route through the knockout stages. The celebrations carried on | :15:52. | :15:53. | |
late into the night. # Please don't take me home | :15:54. | :16:13. | |
# I want to stay here # Please don't take me home. # | :16:14. | :16:22. | |
Wales edits to Paris for a last 16 match against Northern Ireland, win | :16:23. | :16:25. | |
the game and they would be in the quarterfinals. We were favourites | :16:26. | :16:28. | |
going into which was a little bit different. Northern Ireland expected | :16:29. | :16:33. | |
us to go in there and win. But Northern Ireland were organised. | :16:34. | :16:46. | |
There was that feeling that if they catch you on a counterattack you are | :16:47. | :16:50. | |
in trouble. Saturday 25th of June is a day that people will remember for | :16:51. | :16:53. | |
the rest of their lives and not only because it is the Beach Festival but | :16:54. | :16:56. | |
also because Wales will rise to one of their greatest triumphs of all | :16:57. | :17:02. | |
time. Bale for Wales, he has done it again. Robson-Kanu. We are behind | :17:03. | :17:13. | |
you all the way. It has come to Taylor. They are in G-man. We are so | :17:14. | :17:23. | |
proud of you. We can do this. Surely this time. | :17:24. | :17:33. | |
Pride and passion, give it to them. We know you can do it, see you in | :17:34. | :17:45. | |
the quarterfinals. With a quarterfinal place up for grabs the | :17:46. | :17:57. | |
stage was set. Get into the Parc des Princes, I got there in time for the | :17:58. | :17:58. | |
Welsh national anthem. proud to be a Welsh ban in all my | :17:59. | :18:30. | |
life. Never. It is a major tournament. It is Wales, it is | :18:31. | :18:33. | |
Northern Ireland, it is in Paris. For whoever wins the game there is | :18:34. | :18:39. | |
more of this yet to come. There are three red shirts in the middle. Sam | :18:40. | :18:44. | |
Vokes. Offside Aaron Ramsey as he turns the ball in. Jonny Evans. Shot | :18:45. | :19:00. | |
fired. Fired nicely by Jamie Ward. Robson-Kanu. Aaron Ramsey. Bale | :19:01. | :19:13. | |
behind him. It is turned into his own net by the unfortunate Gareth | :19:14. | :19:21. | |
McAuley. My favourite Welsh man at the moment, Gareth McAuley, a great | :19:22. | :19:25. | |
goal he scored for us against Northern Ireland. Thank you, you are | :19:26. | :19:26. | |
a true Welshman. It is wise he goes off before that | :19:27. | :19:43. | |
gets worse. Aaron Ramsey is saying it is fine. Adrenaline is taking | :19:44. | :19:52. | |
over here. That kind of will to want to stay, to not want to give up. | :19:53. | :19:55. | |
There's a bit where you go, your armies hanging off. In one of the | :19:56. | :19:59. | |
pictures I saw, you could see there was something wrong. But I | :20:00. | :20:03. | |
understand you want to give everything you could possibly give. | :20:04. | :20:06. | |
There is that never say die, never give up bit about she wants to be | :20:07. | :20:12. | |
there for that moment. From Martin Atkinson... It is another Wales | :20:13. | :20:18. | |
winner. On the way to the quarterfinals. Wales are in the | :20:19. | :20:34. | |
quarterfinals of the euro 16. It is beyond your wildest dreams. You | :20:35. | :20:40. | |
can't ask for any more. It is incredible. I saw your daughter give | :20:41. | :20:49. | |
you a message earlier. What did it say? He the talismanic for Wales, | :20:50. | :20:56. | |
the one they all look up to. The group have been led by him and I | :20:57. | :20:59. | |
have loved it because he's a player, a world class player and has | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
sacrificed at times maybe a little bit going forward to help the team. | :21:05. | :21:13. | |
He is solid enough to defend them. Incredibly, after 58 years of | :21:14. | :21:17. | |
failing to qualify for a major tournament, Wales were now on their | :21:18. | :21:20. | |
way to the quarterfinal of one. The party had already begun. | :21:21. | :21:32. | |
I think is a disco champion, to be honest. They all dance like that. | :21:33. | :21:41. | |
They don't score many goals until they do that! | :21:42. | :21:56. | |
The Joe Ledley shuffle. It just a bit matters what a good time they | :21:57. | :22:06. | |
are having. -- it epitomises. When you go on these tournaments you are | :22:07. | :22:09. | |
a long time away from people you want to be with. They seem to be | :22:10. | :22:15. | |
content with each other's company and when you are cooped up in a | :22:16. | :22:18. | |
hotel for a long time, that's a thing. The team returned activates. | :22:19. | :22:24. | |
Now, they would wait to see who will would join them for the last eight. | :22:25. | :22:29. | |
Some thought Wales get is the quarters was a surprise, but an even | :22:30. | :22:30. | |
bigger shock was coming. I is land, the smallest nation in | :22:31. | :22:52. | |
the competition had knocked out Icelander. -- Icelander. They would | :22:53. | :23:08. | |
face Belgium, the second-best in the world. | :23:09. | :23:19. | |
Won't somebody tell me what is the soul of man? Will somebody tell me, | :23:20. | :23:27. | |
what is the soul of man? # well, I've travelled to different | :23:28. | :23:43. | |
countries, I've travelled to the foreign land. I've found a nobody | :23:44. | :23:46. | |
who can tell me, tell me what is the soul of a man. Well I saw a crowd | :23:47. | :24:00. | |
talking, I just came up in time, the teacher, the lawyer and the doctor, | :24:01. | :24:06. | |
a man in nothing but his mind. I want somebody to tell me, and a semi | :24:07. | :24:16. | |
if can. Want somebody to tell me, tell me what is the soul of man. # | :24:17. | :24:24. | |
#, what is the soul of man. #. There's nothing for us to be afraid | :24:25. | :24:50. | |
of, no fear. It is tense, tough, exciting. The future is not written, | :24:51. | :24:56. | |
we do not know what it will be in a game of football or anything. What | :24:57. | :25:00. | |
is in our control is ourselves and our performance and that is what we | :25:01. | :25:06. | |
are looking at. SSE Arena here we go. Big chance, big save. | :25:07. | :25:23. | |
Brilliantly defended. Little bit of room. He took the shot, she scores | :25:24. | :25:32. | |
magnificently. My head was in my hand so many timers and I was in a | :25:33. | :25:36. | |
pub in the valley and everyone was just like, you know... The | :25:37. | :25:40. | |
atmosphere was outstanding and to be fair, that first goal was so, so | :25:41. | :25:47. | |
good. I really hoped that was the thing of what was to come. What I | :25:48. | :25:52. | |
see in the Welsh team is the team spirit. It goes beyond where you are | :25:53. | :25:57. | |
as an individual player. It is how they behave as a team. They have a | :25:58. | :26:02. | |
genuine belief they could go in and do well. They've got a plan. Aaron | :26:03. | :26:14. | |
Ramsey, he is on site. Aaron Ramsey has cornered Williams. Williams for | :26:15. | :26:27. | |
Wales! It's a great delivery. He's got his eyes on the ball, heads it | :26:28. | :26:29. | |
to the ground. Bail. Aaron Ramsey. What a goal from Hal Robson-Kanu. | :26:30. | :26:52. | |
What a finish from his left foot. Given the comedy is one of the best | :26:53. | :26:55. | |
goalkeepers in the world. Brilliant finish. I just couldn't believe it. | :26:56. | :27:03. | |
Wales were on fire and the world was watching. Hal Robson-Kanu! On the | :27:04. | :27:18. | |
fire! Towards Chris Woakes. Sam Vokes! | :27:19. | :27:29. | |
Wales are into the semifinal of the European Championship. Something | :27:30. | :27:38. | |
special is happening here tonight. He gets there first. Puts it into | :27:39. | :27:59. | |
the corner of the net. Unbelievable. Wales are going into the semifinals | :28:00. | :28:03. | |
of the European Championship. Amazing, amazing stuff. | :28:04. | :28:09. | |
Wales have done it. They've come from behind to beat the mighty | :28:10. | :28:18. | |
Belgians. Wales had pulled off the result of the tournament. Fans could | :28:19. | :28:26. | |
not believe what they were seeing. Yet! Getting there! Come on! | :28:27. | :28:33. | |
Wow, just wow. One of their greatest performances in the history of | :28:34. | :28:51. | |
British football. Version is commitment, desire, passion, but | :28:52. | :28:56. | |
most of all, they've shown ability. They 100% deserve to be where they | :28:57. | :29:10. | |
are. You're going home! I don't want to be the dampener on it, but your | :29:11. | :29:16. | |
car park balloons going to be high. I do mind, I'll put my hand in my | :29:17. | :29:20. | |
pocket. I suppose it was a funny story for everybody. I had all sorts | :29:21. | :29:24. | |
of people ringing me. I was on Brazilian television doing an | :29:25. | :29:27. | |
interview about it. I thought I was going to talk about football on | :29:28. | :29:30. | |
Brazilian television and the first question asked me was tell us about | :29:31. | :29:33. | |
your car in the car park! What is going on? Is probably generation of | :29:34. | :29:42. | |
young boys and girls staying up far too late to watch Wales make the | :29:43. | :29:47. | |
semifinal. So watch message for those back home? Dream. Don't be | :29:48. | :29:52. | |
afraid to dream. Four years ago, I was as far away from this as you can | :29:53. | :29:58. | |
imagine. Chris Coleman would once see his team jobs 117th in the world | :29:59. | :30:05. | |
and had taken Wales to the European semifinal. Their opponents would be | :30:06. | :30:11. | |
Portugal. I would never thought I would see Wales in a major | :30:12. | :30:15. | |
tournaments, never mind in the semifinals -- semifinals of a major | :30:16. | :30:22. | |
tournament. When you have the unity and determination they have, you can | :30:23. | :30:25. | |
do what you want. They're definitely showing youngsters you can dream big | :30:26. | :30:30. | |
and achieve it. They'd been ranked outsiders when they arrived at the | :30:31. | :30:34. | |
Euros. Now they were the talk of the town. It's worth saying twice, isn't | :30:35. | :30:43. | |
it, that Wales could reach the final of the Euros tonight? It's | :30:44. | :30:50. | |
incredible. Don't jinx it. From Pontypool... To London. I know the | :30:51. | :31:00. | |
whole house will want to wish Wales look ahead of the Euro 2016 | :31:01. | :31:07. | |
semifinal this evening. We wish them all the best. And Los Angeles. Go | :31:08. | :31:23. | |
Wales! Go Wales! Together, stronger. Let us do this. Excitement was | :31:24. | :31:31. | |
hitting heights never seen before. Amazing, like a dream come true. | :31:32. | :31:37. | |
It didn't matter if you couldn't get to France. In Cardiff, 27,000 fans | :31:38. | :31:44. | |
gathered to watch the biggest match in Welsh football history on a big | :31:45. | :31:54. | |
screen. All eyes were fixed on Lyon for the European semifinal. Wales | :31:55. | :31:59. | |
versus Portugal. Bale versus Ronaldo. Further than any Wales team | :32:00. | :32:11. | |
that has gone before. Together stronger is the Welsh motto. They | :32:12. | :32:14. | |
were together team and get ready to kick off. The country's first ever | :32:15. | :32:20. | |
major tournament football semifinal. Rinaldo. Rinaldo was fouled and he | :32:21. | :32:30. | |
very nearly played. Something different! Bale. Portugal out. | :32:31. | :32:35. | |
Nearly everybody out. Bale skips past... The first half | :32:36. | :32:41. | |
remained goalless. Somebody had to break the deadlock. | :32:42. | :32:56. | |
Goal! Here's Ronaldo once again. Finished | :32:57. | :33:21. | |
off. It looks as though Wales all signing out. -- are signing out. | :33:22. | :33:42. | |
Listen to that. Wales were bowing out of the Euros. But the fans sang | :33:43. | :33:58. | |
to the end. Joe Allen. All over in Lyon. All over for Wales. It will be | :33:59. | :34:03. | |
Portugal in Paris on Sunday. But for Wales, this is only the end of one | :34:04. | :34:11. | |
story. In years to come, thousands upon thousands will be able to | :34:12. | :34:20. | |
fondly say, I wasn't there. -- I was there. | :34:21. | :34:25. | |
It will always hurt whoever is the first to bow out. I didn't expect it | :34:26. | :34:31. | |
to her this much. They should be proud of themselves, the nation is | :34:32. | :34:35. | |
proud of them, and so am I. It is Oliver tonight, but they will look | :34:36. | :34:41. | |
back and should know how will they have done for the country. | :34:42. | :34:50. | |
Portugal would go on to win the Euros. The Welsh campaign was over. | :34:51. | :34:56. | |
But they had exceeded all expectations. Everybody knows Wales | :34:57. | :35:02. | |
now. Some people didn't know where Wales was, believe it or not. But | :35:03. | :35:06. | |
now we are a football nation. A big nation. | :35:07. | :35:12. | |
The team were given a hero 's welcome. | :35:13. | :35:20. | |
It feels that that message of being a team has come at and really | :35:21. | :35:26. | |
strongly and that pride and passion and, you know, good luck to them! I | :35:27. | :35:33. | |
hope this is a stepping stone for Wales to go on and do lots of other | :35:34. | :35:39. | |
really exciting things. They will never forget the Welsh story, they | :35:40. | :35:46. | |
were sublime on and off the field. The fans were great, the team spirit | :35:47. | :35:51. | |
has been fantastic. It's just been a pleasure to be Welsh. | :35:52. | :35:56. | |
It's just been fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's put the | :35:57. | :36:07. | |
nation on the world stage. It's been a fantastic couple of weeks. Washing | :36:08. | :36:13. | |
them and also followed them. Over 100,000 fans had made the trip to | :36:14. | :36:17. | |
France. Now it felt as if they had all come to Cardiff. Is what you | :36:18. | :36:25. | |
dream of as a kid. Drugs that your country want them but played a major | :36:26. | :36:29. | |
tournament and have got through to these other -- semifinal, is | :36:30. | :36:36. | |
surpassed all expectations. I never thought we'd see this in our | :36:37. | :36:39. | |
lifetime, but it's such a special occasion. Is a credit to a phone who | :36:40. | :36:45. | |
came out to support us. We couldn't have dream of something like this a | :36:46. | :36:48. | |
couple of years ago. Credit to the manager and the country for pulling | :36:49. | :36:50. | |
together and achieving something like this. Quite emotional, really. | :36:51. | :37:00. | |
It is one of pride, what the lads in the staff have achieved, to | :37:01. | :37:03. | |
celebrate with the fans like this makes me proud. Imagine if you'd | :37:04. | :37:09. | |
would it! We just said that, what would it be like if we'd won? This | :37:10. | :37:14. | |
was a part in nobody wanted to miss. There is Joe Ledley! Even for those | :37:15. | :37:25. | |
getting married in IB. -- I be so. I give up. | :37:26. | :37:30. | |
It's what it means to the whole country. It is nice to say thank you | :37:31. | :37:35. | |
for supporting us and being there with others and these amazing | :37:36. | :37:41. | |
scenes. It is something we will never forget. The Welsh European | :37:42. | :37:49. | |
journey ended where it began. Now, a World Cup qualifying campaign begins | :37:50. | :37:57. | |
in September. So stand by. This story is not over. The adventure | :37:58. | :38:00. | |
continues. For others to achieve what we have, | :38:01. | :38:34. | |
this speaks volumes for the players. It is not just about talent, you | :38:35. | :38:39. | |
have to have a hunger and a desire. That was with us throughout and | :38:40. | :38:42. | |
carried us in a lot of games. It has been a privilege to watch them, be a | :38:43. | :38:47. | |
part of them guide them and lead them. I could not ask for anything | :38:48. | :38:52. | |
more from any of them. We have to build on this and not let it be a | :38:53. | :38:56. | |
one-off. We can be proud of what we have them but it is what is next and | :38:57. | :38:58. | |
we must push on. | :38:59. | :39:02. |