Wales v Netherlands

:00:00. > 3:59:59Coleman's men have taken Welsh football from the shackles of their

:00:00. > :00:14.history. Football fever has gripped the

:00:15. > :00:20.nation. Just under 18 months ago, Wales were warm up fodder for the

:00:21. > :00:25.Netherlands. Wales were ranked 43 in the Fifa rankings. The Dutch almost

:00:26. > :00:30.reaching the World Cup final. 18 months on, Wales have made it to

:00:31. > :00:36.Euro 2016, the first major finals since 1958. Wales sit 15th in the

:00:37. > :00:39.Fifa world rankings above the Netherlands who amazingly have not

:00:40. > :00:45.qualified. The Dutch arrived at Cardiff City Stadium to help us with

:00:46. > :00:50.our preparation. Good evening to you. Welcome to the Cardiff City

:00:51. > :00:54.Stadium. It is a very damp Cardiff City Stadium and I hope that where

:00:55. > :00:59.ever we are based in France next year for Euro 2016 it will be a lot

:01:00. > :01:05.warmer and sunnier. A big test for Chris Coleman's side. Alongside me,

:01:06. > :01:09.Kit Symons, part of the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign before taking

:01:10. > :01:14.over the reins at Craven Cottage. We will talk about follow later. First,

:01:15. > :01:18.when you are Chris Coleman and you arrange a friendly like this, what

:01:19. > :01:23.do you want to get out of your side? A good test against a strong side.

:01:24. > :01:26.The Dutch are having a tough time at the moment but they have got quality

:01:27. > :01:30.players. A great work-out for the boys. You know the squad in the

:01:31. > :01:35.dressing room right now, when you are missing key individuals like

:01:36. > :01:42.Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey, what is the spirit like in the camp? They

:01:43. > :01:48.will be missed but the spirit is as if they were here. A good mood in

:01:49. > :01:52.the camp and it has been building. It is a solid environment we have

:01:53. > :01:56.got and it will be good. So much has been written about Chris Coleman as

:01:57. > :02:01.well. What does he bring to the side? He is a leader of men. From

:02:02. > :02:06.playing days when we were together years ago, people follow him. He is

:02:07. > :02:10.very honest, heart on his sleeve, the players respond. He is a really

:02:11. > :02:14.good leader. We have been talking to key members of the Wales team to

:02:15. > :02:28.find out what Chris Coleman brings to the Wales party. He came in in

:02:29. > :02:31.impossible circumstances. He treats every lap the same, he has got the

:02:32. > :02:38.best out of the lads and he has proved it on the pitch -- lad. We

:02:39. > :02:43.saw how tough it was and some of the stick he was getting, probably very

:02:44. > :02:50.undeservedly. To see how well he has done now is great for him, and as

:02:51. > :02:56.players, we are really happy. We are a tight group, team spirit is big. I

:02:57. > :03:05.am sure that shows on the pitch. Every performance we put in, only

:03:06. > :03:09.good things for us. He has got us working together, he has got us

:03:10. > :03:14.organised on the field and I think he has got the feel-good factor back

:03:15. > :03:18.about Welsh football, really. He has got a great personality and the

:03:19. > :03:23.players want to play for him. You can see they love him and they

:03:24. > :03:30.respond to him. His management is second to none. Also, he has

:03:31. > :03:33.developed tactically. He is very tactically astute. I do not think

:03:34. > :03:39.there is another international manager we have faced who has got

:03:40. > :03:45.the better of him. He has been absolutely magnificent. Could you

:03:46. > :03:47.understand that in the World Cup qualifying campaign, there were

:03:48. > :03:53.questions about you and Chris Coleman, could you understand the

:03:54. > :03:57.criticism? That is football, everything is down to results. They

:03:58. > :04:01.want them immediately. We did not get them. It was disappointing in

:04:02. > :04:05.the end. I am delighted Chris has been given the time to prove how

:04:06. > :04:09.good he is and people are seeing it now. Certainly the decision to stick

:04:10. > :04:14.with him has been absolutely vindicated. We are delighted to

:04:15. > :04:18.welcome Howell who was part of the Wales side as well, not here this

:04:19. > :04:22.evening playing because of injury, having a great season for Reading.

:04:23. > :04:29.How much would you love to be out in this wonderful Welsh rain?

:04:30. > :04:37.I would love to be out there. I got an injury against Andorra. The boys

:04:38. > :04:41.will be relishing this. It is against top competition. They have

:04:42. > :04:46.top-class players. It will be an opportunity for the boys who haven't

:04:47. > :04:51.played much to show what they can do. Chris Coleman has been talking

:04:52. > :04:59.to us. Chris, your team tonight. What does that show? We have gone as

:05:00. > :05:03.strong as we can be stopped. It is still tolerant -- Holland, so it

:05:04. > :05:10.will be tough. We are missing certain individuals, as we know, but

:05:11. > :05:13.the players we have got, as they have showed every time they have

:05:14. > :05:20.come out, they are always proud for us. The lads that we have got, they

:05:21. > :05:25.have set a precedent, they have set a level, and we must continue to it

:05:26. > :05:33.those levels. They will be giving their best. A big chance for Tom

:05:34. > :05:39.Lawrence? Tom has done very well. And without the normal front three.

:05:40. > :05:43.He has impressed us. He came on in the second half against Andorra and

:05:44. > :05:47.did well. He does a good job in Blackburn. He has been with us for

:05:48. > :05:53.most of the campaign. He didn't get much time on the pitch except the

:05:54. > :05:57.last game. There is no pressure on Tom tonight. He will want to do

:05:58. > :06:01.well, but no pressure. He will go out and enjoy the experience. In a

:06:02. > :06:09.lot of these games, that's what it's about. Let's talk about Tom

:06:10. > :06:13.Lawrence. If you read some of the newspapers, there are some

:06:14. > :06:19.suggestions that he may be joining Valencia on loan. How promising is

:06:20. > :06:23.he? A bright young talent. He has been around the squad a long time,

:06:24. > :06:28.always impressed in training. It has helped that he has been around this

:06:29. > :06:32.environment for a lot of time. He is playing very well at Blackburn. He

:06:33. > :06:39.is a confidence player and is confidence is up. He had a fantastic

:06:40. > :06:43.second half against Andorra. He came on and showed what you can do at

:06:44. > :06:47.this level. When you are young, it's important to take opportunities and

:06:48. > :06:51.impress, and he did that. Somebody else magnificent for Wales has been

:06:52. > :06:57.Ashley Williams, the captain. What do you make of the criticism of

:06:58. > :07:03.Ashley recently of his form for Swansea? Is that because he has been

:07:04. > :07:07.incredible internationally? In general, his standard is so high. He

:07:08. > :07:13.has been a rock for Wales and for Swansea. So I think it is doubly

:07:14. > :07:19.natural, any dip in form, people will jump on it. It is modern-day

:07:20. > :07:24.football, people expect standards to be incredibly high week in, week

:07:25. > :07:28.out, and that is almost impossible. What is he like on the pitch and in

:07:29. > :07:34.the dressing room as a leader of men? That is exactly what he is. He

:07:35. > :07:40.set the standard. There is no slackness in the team. He is an

:07:41. > :07:45.important part of the squad and he shows that. He will get back to

:07:46. > :07:52.despair in no time, I am sure. -- back to his best. Do you look at

:07:53. > :08:01.players on the referee? Will you be watching this closely? It will be

:08:02. > :08:05.good to see Joe playing against top-class opposition. He will be

:08:06. > :08:11.relishing a challenge. He has been fantastic for Wales. He is an

:08:12. > :08:16.excellent player. Let's find out more about the Dutch. They haven't

:08:17. > :08:21.qualified for Euro 2016. In the coach is under real pressure. They

:08:22. > :08:28.are now rebuilding for the World Cup.

:08:29. > :08:32.It is the finest of galleries, the Dutch masters, but next year 's

:08:33. > :08:38.exhibition in France will contain no orange. The Euro 2016 qualifiers

:08:39. > :08:43.were a disaster. This Dutch team are sort of down and out. We lost, and

:08:44. > :08:48.we didn't just lose just like that, but we hardly scored any goals. We

:08:49. > :08:55.are on our back and we need to get back. In the obligatory pre-match

:08:56. > :09:00.press it, all appeared rosy. There was talk of a blank canvas. The

:09:01. > :09:05.situation is different. They are going to be your rose, we are not

:09:06. > :09:10.going. It is disappointing and painful. But it is totally up to us.

:09:11. > :09:17.The only thing we can do is just trying to restart. Yeah, it isn't

:09:18. > :09:25.nice to say, but we have to start and prepare for September 2016.

:09:26. > :09:32.Manager Danny Blind's face, however, painted a different picture. He is

:09:33. > :09:37.under immense pressure. Next week, there is a friendly against Germany,

:09:38. > :09:43.reigning world champions. If Holland lose that, nobody will say, that is

:09:44. > :09:48.not a problem, but losing against Wales would be disastrous,

:09:49. > :09:53.catastrophic. Talking to the Dutch press in Brazil in 2014, they were

:09:54. > :10:05.surprised they got so far and almost made the World Cup final and lost

:10:06. > :10:10.against Argentina on penalties. Is this the start of your World Cup

:10:11. > :10:14.preparations? It is. It is a pity we didn't qualify for the European

:10:15. > :10:19.Championship in France this summer, so we had to look to be further

:10:20. > :10:24.future now. That is qualification for Russia 2018. How difficult is it

:10:25. > :10:31.to motivate your players after what has happened? Of course, it is

:10:32. > :10:34.difficult because you know you only play friendlies until the summer,

:10:35. > :10:43.but we have two years those games in a good way. -- we have had to use

:10:44. > :10:48.those games. I have to prepare the players in a professional way. We

:10:49. > :10:53.need to play good games. We play against Wales, we play against

:10:54. > :10:56.Germany next week, in March we play against France and England. They are

:10:57. > :11:04.good opponents so they are real tough games. But, of course,

:11:05. > :11:05.good opponents so they are real better to play friendly games in

:11:06. > :11:11.relation to the European Championships. It is difficult, but

:11:12. > :11:17.we have to deal with it. For you, what has happened to the Dutch? The

:11:18. > :11:23.wheels have come off. It has been a tough time. They have good players

:11:24. > :11:29.but there doesn't seem to be that gelling and cohesion. It is a

:11:30. > :11:36.process of rebuilding. It is a sign of the times that Arjen Robben, for

:11:37. > :11:41.buying unit, said this weekend, I want to go to Cardiff and play for

:11:42. > :11:47.my country. I don't think he would play against Germany because of his

:11:48. > :11:52.lack of match fitness, but they need to get a result against Wales. What

:11:53. > :11:58.do you think has gone on for the Dutch? At any level, you have to

:11:59. > :12:03.apply yourself week in, week out. If you are not doing that, you will get

:12:04. > :12:07.found out. Maybe they have been a bit slack since the World Cup and

:12:08. > :12:11.they have obviously learned their lesson. They are a top nation so it

:12:12. > :12:18.will be a matter of time before they are up there. One of the stars of

:12:19. > :12:23.the show has been van Dijk. He has been exceptional since moving to

:12:24. > :12:27.Southampton. Is defending has been top drawer. Some of the Dutch

:12:28. > :12:33.journalists were a bit surprised he has done as well as he has, but he

:12:34. > :12:38.has been excellent. As a central defender, what is so special about

:12:39. > :12:43.him? He is obviously a physical presence. He competes very well. He

:12:44. > :12:48.is aggressive. He plays on the front foot, which suits the Premier

:12:49. > :12:57.League, and he has been exceptional. Wales to win tonight? Absolutely.

:12:58. > :13:03.100%. Let's say good evening to our commentary team.

:13:04. > :13:13.The teams are in the tunnel, waiting to enter the arena. Not quite the

:13:14. > :13:17.atmosphere of Andorra just a few weeks ago, but how times have

:13:18. > :13:26.changed for Wales. The last time they played in the Netherlands in a

:13:27. > :13:33.friendly, Wales were the fodder so that the Dutch could head off to the

:13:34. > :13:40.World Cup in some style. But what a difference time makes.

:13:41. > :13:50.So, Arjen Robben and Ashley Williams, the two skippers, lead out

:13:51. > :13:58.the Jew teams whose form has been so contrasting. -- the two teams. Their

:13:59. > :14:06.form has been so contrasting in the last year or so. The eighth meeting

:14:07. > :14:14.between Wales and the Netherlands, and not one Welsh victory. And, of

:14:15. > :14:19.course, that Welsh line-up does not include Gareth Bale, error and

:14:20. > :14:27.Ramsey and, for tonight, our very own Hal Robson-Kanu. We start with

:14:28. > :14:31.the national anthems. First, the Netherlands.

:14:32. > :14:37.# Wilhelmus van Nassouwe ben ik, van Duitsen bloed

:14:38. > :14:48.# Den vaderland getrouwe blijf ik tot in den dood

:14:49. > :14:59.# Een Prinse van Oranje ben ik, vrij, onverveerd

:15:00. > :15:28.# Den Koning van Hispanje heb ik altijd geeerd

:15:29. > :15:52.# Mae hen wlad fy nhadau yn annwyl i mi,

:15:53. > :16:04.# Gwlad beirdd a chantorion, enwogion o fri;

:16:05. > :16:13.# Ei gwrol ryfelwyr, gwlad garwyr tra mad,

:16:14. > :16:23.# Tros ryddid collasant eu gwaed Gwlad, gwlad,

:16:24. > :16:39.# Pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad, Tra mor yn fur

:16:40. > :17:06.# I'r bur hoff bau, O bydded i'r hen iaith barhau. #

:17:07. > :17:15.Well, it is a filthy evening, but that won't diminish the enthusiasm

:17:16. > :17:24.of these Welsh supporters. So, the teams. Chris Gunter goes level with

:17:25. > :17:30.Ryan Giggs on 64 caps tonight with what could be called the first

:17:31. > :17:40.choice defence. How will Wales cope without Gareth Bale and Aaron

:17:41. > :17:45.Ramsey? That is the big question. The Dutch coach, Danny Blind, is

:17:46. > :17:51.starting his rebuilding job in readiness for next autumn's World

:17:52. > :17:55.Cup campaign, but still what's Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben

:17:56. > :18:03.provide the experience of more than 200 international appearances

:18:04. > :18:06.between them. A big night for Tom Lawrence, after an impressive cameo

:18:07. > :18:18.against Andorra. He starts for the first time in the Hal Robson-Kanu

:18:19. > :18:22.role. And Jonny Williams, one of the smallest players on the field, set

:18:23. > :18:28.to play where one Gareth Bale normally features. And Arjen Robben,

:18:29. > :18:30.returning as captain of the Netherlands to start what he calls

:18:31. > :18:58.the new project. The referee is from France. He is

:18:59. > :19:11.Benoit Bastian. France in their huddle. And Ashley Williams the rock

:19:12. > :19:15.upon which Wales's 2016 success was built, such a key figure at the

:19:16. > :19:21.heart of the Welsh defence. They call him a machine, and he shows no

:19:22. > :19:29.sign of slowing down. So it is the Netherlands to kick off, and no such

:19:30. > :19:34.things as friendlies now. The warm up for Wales's first final

:19:35. > :19:38.tournament for more than half a century starts here, on a wet, cold

:19:39. > :19:48.night in November at the Cardiff City Stadium. And the Netherlands

:19:49. > :19:54.playing with five at the back. This is Blind of Manchester United

:19:55. > :20:00.playing almost anywhere in midfield and defence. His dad has decided

:20:01. > :20:10.that he plays left side of the defence. This is van Dijk, one of

:20:11. > :20:20.two Southampton players in this Dutch side. Wales are keeping their

:20:21. > :20:28.shape. At the moment, the Dutch are quite happy to knock it around in

:20:29. > :20:39.their own half. Alongside me, former Wales striker Euan Roberts. Good

:20:40. > :20:45.challenge by James Chester. That was probably handball. They still have

:20:46. > :20:54.to defend. Euan Roberts, a big test for Wales. Don't be failed by their

:20:55. > :20:58.poor qualification campaign. -- don't be fooled. A big

:20:59. > :21:06.disappointment, finishing fourth, for the Dutch fans. But they have

:21:07. > :21:11.got some quality in their side. Looking at our back eight, Joe

:21:12. > :21:19.Allen, Joe Ledley, we have got loads of experience. We have got a good

:21:20. > :21:24.defensive platform to build on. But we do lack those players that are

:21:25. > :21:35.missing. Wales with one of the best defences in European qualifying will

:21:36. > :21:41.. At the moment, they have hardly touched the ball. That is OK. The

:21:42. > :21:47.Dutch back three have the ball, they just keep it among themselves. They

:21:48. > :22:04.have had a lot of possession in the opening couple of minutes.

:22:05. > :22:12.Van Dijk joined Southampton this summer.

:22:13. > :22:25.Good work by Joe Allen. Wales getting a bit of possession.

:22:26. > :22:38.Allen and Ledley were missing for the Andorra game because of injury,

:22:39. > :22:46.but they are key players. There is nobody better than those two in the

:22:47. > :22:50.midfield role. Then they give it to the likes of Aaron Ramsey and Gareth

:22:51. > :22:52.Bale to get great chances to score goals. They have such a disciplined

:22:53. > :23:06.job in this side, and they do it. Wales have not beaten the

:23:07. > :23:09.Netherlands in seven attempts. We already remember the nightmare in

:23:10. > :23:16.Eindhoven. I wasn't there, thank goodness! They have lost all seven,

:23:17. > :23:21.haven't they? It is the worst record they have against any nation that

:23:22. > :23:25.they have played more than seven times. It shows the job that they

:23:26. > :23:40.have tonight. Just looking at young Tom Lawrence,

:23:41. > :23:45.he will be on his own. It is important that Andy King and

:23:46. > :23:50.Jonathan Williams, who have got that slightly more attacking role in the

:23:51. > :23:53.middle, that they get in there in support. He can't be isolated up

:23:54. > :24:09.there or it will be a long match for him.

:24:10. > :24:13.Such a shock for them not to qualify. A good challenge by Ben

:24:14. > :24:20.Davies of Tottenham. Good speed by Neil Taylor, the

:24:21. > :24:38.Swansea City left-back. That will settle the nerves of Tom

:24:39. > :24:45.Lawrence on his first start. A really good turn. He impressed me

:24:46. > :24:50.when he came on the 25 minutes, half an hour against Andorra. Got the

:24:51. > :24:54.ball to his feet, good movement, good awareness, all the attributes

:24:55. > :25:02.he just showed them to threat that passed. Good defending in the end by

:25:03. > :25:12.Kongolo, just getting back. A challenge again by Lawrence, doing

:25:13. > :25:22.really well. Jonny Williams has made a run ahead of him. That was

:25:23. > :25:31.presented to the retweeting Kongolo. Good play by Tom Lawrence. The Wales

:25:32. > :25:41.fans excited by what they have seen when Tom Lawrence has the ball. It

:25:42. > :25:42.is on him again now. A solid challenge by Clasie, from

:25:43. > :25:57.Southampton. That will drift out, will it? Yes,

:25:58. > :26:03.it has for a goal kick. Just looking at the Dutch qualification, rob, I

:26:04. > :26:07.was looking last night, Arjen Robben only played four of their ten

:26:08. > :26:13.qualifying campaign games. Can you imagine if we don't get the bail for

:26:14. > :26:20.four vows, we could have been in big trouble. Maybe it isn't such a

:26:21. > :26:23.surprise that their star man only playing four games was a big

:26:24. > :26:29.influence on them not getting to France. He is such a big influence

:26:30. > :26:44.for this Dutch side. 28 goals for the Netherlands.

:26:45. > :26:54.The ball was for Dost, but Jonny Williams picked it up. Ben Davies

:26:55. > :26:59.has to be a bit more careful, in my opinion, on the left-hand side.

:27:00. > :27:05.Leave that to Neil Taylor. You are one of the three central defenders.

:27:06. > :27:13.The captain takes control. Neither goalkeeper yet tested.

:27:14. > :27:21.Joe Allen was sloppy with his pass, but he has more than atoned for his

:27:22. > :27:30.error. A warm round of applause from the Wales fans. It was sloppy. You

:27:31. > :27:31.can't do that when you have got the likes of Arjen Robben around on his

:27:32. > :27:53.toes. Williams won the header. Wesley Sneijder, one of the true

:27:54. > :27:59.greats of European football in the last ten, 15 years. Arjen Robben,

:28:00. > :28:03.one of the others, in this Dutch side. They win their first corner,

:28:04. > :28:09.thanks to their captain. They are in Munich were not very keen on him

:28:10. > :28:14.playing tonight, but he wanted to be there, although he will not play

:28:15. > :28:23.when they play Germany on Tuesday. Plenty of white shirts forward.

:28:24. > :28:36.Conflict on at the near post cleared now by Chris Gunter. -- flicked on.

:28:37. > :28:45.They could cause problems from set pieces. About six or 76 footers in

:28:46. > :28:50.their side. And Wales are not blessed with height. We are not. We

:28:51. > :28:56.are dependent on the likes of Ben Davis, Chester, Chris Gunter, but

:28:57. > :29:26.you can't give too many unnecessary free kicks.

:29:27. > :29:39.Arjen Robben has switched flanks. An ironic cheer by the Welsh fans when

:29:40. > :29:49.he still had the ball. It wasn't a dive!

:29:50. > :30:00.Chester not yet played for west Brom, despite his summer move. They

:30:01. > :30:05.have to be a bit better at possession. We can't give it away as

:30:06. > :30:19.cheaply or we will be without the ball for long periods of this game.

:30:20. > :30:31.Lawrence was in behind. Daley Blind went in with him. 64 caps, Chris

:30:32. > :30:41.Gunter, level with Ryan Giggs, 12th in the overall standings. Lawrence

:30:42. > :30:45.wins Wales's first corner. He just hesitated. He went to put it in then

:30:46. > :30:50.decided, we don't have enough bodies in there. By the time there are

:30:51. > :30:54.bodies arriving, Tom Lawrence goes to cross the ball, he is not

:30:55. > :30:59.offside, but by the time he goes to cross the ball into the six yard

:31:00. > :31:16.box, it is cut out. Joe Allen with the corner. Headed away by van Dijk.

:31:17. > :31:23.Just as Wales did a few moments ago, the Dutch easily defend a corner

:31:24. > :31:31.kick against them. And that is where Wales show their lack of height. You

:31:32. > :31:40.should make a comeback -- I should make a comeback! I never scored when

:31:41. > :31:44.I did play! A cagey opening, I think it is fair to say. You know, I think

:31:45. > :31:50.Chris will be more than happy with the opening 12 minutes or so. We've

:31:51. > :31:55.kept our shape, we've looked organised defensively. We have

:31:56. > :32:01.showed that we have got the legs to get in behind the Dutch back three.

:32:02. > :32:02.Wayne Hennessey hasn't had anything to do. Chris will be more than

:32:03. > :32:24.happy. Ashley Williams reads the situation.

:32:25. > :32:29.That is what he does so well. He reads things, he anticipates things.

:32:30. > :32:34.He can see where that ball is going to end up in the Welsh box, and who

:32:35. > :32:40.is the first one to react? The captain, the leader, Ashley

:32:41. > :32:46.Williams. Only England and Romania and better defensive records in

:32:47. > :32:55.qualifying for Euro 2016 than Wales, and only Albania as a qualifying

:32:56. > :33:00.side scored less goals. Albania scored ten, finishing second in

:33:01. > :33:01.their group. Wales scored 11. Not one of the European goal-scorers for

:33:02. > :33:23.Wales is on the pitch tonight. Chester does a good job. He had to.

:33:24. > :33:25.He came out of that middle maybe a little bit exposed. So he had to

:33:26. > :33:43.then come over and win that ball. Chris Gunter tried to slide up the

:33:44. > :33:49.line. Good work by young Jonny Williams. And Wales have the free

:33:50. > :34:03.kick. That was Quincy Promes. Wearing

:34:04. > :34:12.number seven, and is seventh cap tonight. Just looking at the way the

:34:13. > :34:15.Dutch side are formed, I think they leave Dost, the six foot five centre

:34:16. > :34:18.forward, up there on his own and then the others slip in and around

:34:19. > :34:40.him, picking the pieces up. Nothing on so they go back to

:34:41. > :34:46.Hennessey. There is a chance we will see Owain Fon Williams or Dan Ward

:34:47. > :34:49.in the second half. Which ever one Chris thinks is number two, it is

:34:50. > :34:52.important that they spend some time on this field against the Dutch

:34:53. > :34:57.because neither have a cap so far. We can't go to France with just

:34:58. > :35:00.Wayne Hennessey, the experience. What happens if he gets injured in

:35:01. > :35:10.they need a taster of international football, which ever it is, Owain

:35:11. > :35:15.Williams or Ward. The three will go. We will get an indication tonight

:35:16. > :35:21.who is the second choice. That is to come.

:35:22. > :35:30.16 minutes gone and no threat on goal. The Dutch have kept the ball

:35:31. > :35:31.better than we have. We have looked good on the counterattack, as we

:35:32. > :35:35.always do. The first threat does come from Bas

:35:36. > :36:01.Dost. He looks a handful. He does. I'm looking at Bas Dost, he is

:36:02. > :36:06.similar to Duric, big and strong in the air. If that is the case, you

:36:07. > :36:10.have to stop that cross. You have to get pressure on the man on the ball.

:36:11. > :36:15.Fourth cap for him tonight. No goals yet.

:36:16. > :36:52.He is in good goalscoring form for Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.

:36:53. > :36:56.It's those little strides from Robben... There he goes. King was

:36:57. > :37:05.watchful. That's a hard one for young Lawrence

:37:06. > :37:10.because he can't get hold of the ball. He's got two Dutch players

:37:11. > :37:13.around him. He has to lay it off first time for Jonathan Williams.

:37:14. > :37:35.Good work by Robben again. There's Chris Coleman. What a job

:37:36. > :37:44.he's done. I would say a man at the height of his powers. I don't think

:37:45. > :37:48.he's ever been more popular and ever stronger in a stronger position.

:37:49. > :37:55.He's done an incredible job. He lost his first four or five games.

:37:56. > :38:01.Lawrence into the penalty area. He can't get purchase on the shot!

:38:02. > :38:08.First real chance for us. I tell you what he does, he moves that ball...

:38:09. > :38:17.His first touch with the outside of his left foot is fantastic. He makes

:38:18. > :38:20.van Dijk go the other way which opens everything up. He can't get

:38:21. > :38:26.enough on the shot. It is a weak shot in the end by Nigella Lawson.

:38:27. > :38:34.-- by Tom Lawrence. Without the big man up front, they

:38:35. > :38:38.have to work their way into the penalty area, just like that. There

:38:39. > :38:42.is no point going long and high towards Tom Lawrence, he is not

:38:43. > :38:45.going to win his share in the air. He needs the right type of service.

:38:46. > :38:55.He needs the right service up to him so he can get hold of it.

:38:56. > :39:00.Encouraging signs for Wales. Particularly Tom Lawrence, his first

:39:01. > :39:11.start, and here he is again. He's enjoying himself, Rob. He is.

:39:12. > :39:19.He's in good form for Blackburn, on loan from Leicester City. That's

:39:20. > :39:22.sloppy by Ben Davies. Just a lack of concentration, trying to get that

:39:23. > :39:33.ball to Andy King who was on the touchline.

:39:34. > :39:44.That was good work by Bas Dost, who - I wondered how he got in front of

:39:45. > :39:52.James Chester so easily. Clearly, illegally.

:39:53. > :39:59.The Welsh fans are enjoying themselves, despite the horrible

:40:00. > :40:05.conditions. To be fair, Rob, the Cardiff City Stadium has filled up.

:40:06. > :40:09.I wouldn't say it was half-empty when we were singing the anthems,

:40:10. > :40:13.but there were lots of empty seats. But it's filled up since the start

:40:14. > :40:20.of the game. Lawrence again, he holds off van Dijk. 21-year-old is

:40:21. > :40:23.relishing this. Lovely bit of work by King, Lawrence red that one. Van

:40:24. > :40:29.Dijk has to scramble back and concede the throw. That's what I

:40:30. > :40:33.mean, he's got a good touch, he knows he's been pushed up, that

:40:34. > :40:37.first touch is good, he sorts his feet out quickly. He has made a

:40:38. > :40:47.bright start to this game, has Tom Lawrence. Van Dijk looks to be

:40:48. > :40:51.having a few problems here. This is the Tom Lawrence chance from

:40:52. > :40:57.earlier. That touch with the left foot. Van Dijk can't change

:40:58. > :41:00.direction. He is going to his left and that touch just opens everything

:41:01. > :41:04.out for Tom Lawrence. He probably had more time than he thought. He

:41:05. > :41:09.probably could have had another touch and taken it closer to goal.

:41:10. > :41:10.He decides to take it early and he didn't really get hold of the shot.

:41:11. > :41:25.A comfortable save in the end. Ronald Koeman, the Southampton

:41:26. > :41:30.manager, I'm sure will be concerned at Virgil van Dijk, who has been

:41:31. > :41:34.impressive for the Saints since arriving. He is a player John

:41:35. > :41:44.Hartson rates very early. He is still off and they are down to

:41:45. > :41:48.ten men at the moment. Wales are trying to work their way through.

:41:49. > :41:51.Danger here as Robben leads a counter.

:41:52. > :42:01.Finds Bas Dost. Covered back by Ben Davies. Brilliant covering back by

:42:02. > :42:07.Ben Davies, he spotted the danger, he spotted Robben. Dropped three or

:42:08. > :42:18.four yards to his right, and he cut that ball out.

:42:19. > :42:30.Up till now, it's been a typical Welsh performance. You can see the

:42:31. > :42:35.confidence, even without Ramsey, Bale, Robson Kanu. We are missing so

:42:36. > :42:39.much of an attacking threat, but I have been pleased with the opening

:42:40. > :42:43.23 minutes. We have done well. We have grown into the game. With this

:42:44. > :42:47.man making that run down that right-hand channel... Is that an

:42:48. > :42:48.indication that Virgil van Dijk is struggling? There wasn't much effort

:42:49. > :43:06.in that. Taylor is on the outside. He won't

:43:07. > :43:10.get that. Once that ball bounces, it's poured with rain in Cardiff

:43:11. > :43:14.today and that one bounced. There's only one place that ball is going to

:43:15. > :43:21.end - that's going out for a goal kick for the Dutch. There's the

:43:22. > :43:26.Dutch manager, Danny Blind, a stellar career as a player. But

:43:27. > :43:27.having to cope with the big disappointment, unlike that man, who

:43:28. > :43:38.will be in France next summer. Let's have a look at Chris Gunter. I

:43:39. > :43:42.thought it was a poor, late challenge by Terence Kongolo. I

:43:43. > :43:47.imagine the referee perhaps thought it was the conditions and he Plaid

:43:48. > :43:51.the advantage. It is slippery. A mistimed challenge.

:43:52. > :43:58.You would have made that challenge, Iwan Roberts! I would have gone in

:43:59. > :44:03.with my head, not my feet! A waste of a throw-in. Wesley Sneijder,

:44:04. > :44:28.another Dutch legend. That's outstanding. Determination,

:44:29. > :44:31.grit, watching the ball, making that tackle his. Everything that you want

:44:32. > :45:00.your player to do. 28 international goals, Arjen

:45:01. > :45:04.Robben. This is Sneijder. He is no slouch in that department, on 29

:45:05. > :45:06.international goals, from midfield. That is not bad, is it? Not bad at

:45:07. > :45:16.all. This is his 120th cap. Janmaat, of Newcastle United, back

:45:17. > :45:30.to the Bayern Munich flyer. Promes had gone beyond offside as

:45:31. > :45:34.well. He'd gone slightly early, but Ashley Williams, once again, he knew

:45:35. > :45:40.he was the last defender, he knew that he could hold his ground and

:45:41. > :45:43.then that meant that Promes had gone slightly early, he knew he was going

:45:44. > :45:51.to be caught offside. Brave defending by the captain once again.

:45:52. > :45:58.Just one defeat in ten for Wales. That came in Bosnia.

:45:59. > :46:02.The night Wales qualified, ironically, as Gareth Bale said,

:46:03. > :46:14."the best defeat ever!" And the defeat prior to that, was

:46:15. > :46:18.2-0 to the Netherlands. We have been good at home as well, Rob. We

:46:19. > :46:26.haven't lost in our last eight home games. We are growing in confidence.

:46:27. > :46:33.And you can see why... That was sloppy from Chester. Robben could be

:46:34. > :46:39.away here. Robben shoots! Just a little off the mark. It's that

:46:40. > :46:44.sloppy pass again. They are trying to force things. Just keep the ball.

:46:45. > :46:50.You can't make mistakes like that. You can't give the ball away as easy

:46:51. > :46:56.as what we did then. OK, we are fortunate because we have two

:46:57. > :46:59.defenders back. Had it been a one v one situation, he might have

:47:00. > :47:04.punished us. You have to take care of that football.

:47:05. > :47:11.This is Chester, who made his debut in that friendly against the

:47:12. > :47:23.Netherlands in Amsterdam. The pitch will inevitably be

:47:24. > :47:25.difficult, given the rain we have had in Cardiff over the last 24

:47:26. > :47:45.hours or so. Manchester United fans know Blind

:47:46. > :47:47.can play almost anywhere. That was a friendly pass rather than a

:47:48. > :47:58.competitive pass. The Crystal Palace number one now

:47:59. > :48:15.hammers it forward. That really is good. Hunting in

:48:16. > :48:18.packs. Neil Taylor, Jonathan Williams, Joe Ledley, putting

:48:19. > :48:20.pressure, winning the ball, forcing a mistake. Great pressure by those

:48:21. > :48:30.three. So much space on the left-hand side

:48:31. > :48:39.for Neil Taylor. He loves to get forward, Neil

:48:40. > :48:43.Taylor. It is easy from our vantage point, isn't it, high in the heavens

:48:44. > :48:46.here at the Cardiff City Stadium? You can see everything.

:48:47. > :48:56.Possibly the closest to heaven I'll ever get!

:48:57. > :49:01.It just squirmed wide. What a good impression Tom Lawrence is making.

:49:02. > :49:10.Once again, it is clever movement by the young man. It's a good,

:49:11. > :49:14.well-timed run. He leaves van Dijk and all he can do - it is not an

:49:15. > :49:20.easy chance for the young man. He has to cut it across that six-yard

:49:21. > :49:24.box. It's a cross-hit shot. It is a shame no-one had read what he was

:49:25. > :49:36.going to do and was following that shot in at the back post.

:49:37. > :49:46.Hal Robson Kanu will be shuffling uncomfortably at the way Tom

:49:47. > :49:50.Lawrence has been playing. At the minute, he's been outstanding,

:49:51. > :49:55.probably the stand-out player for Wales with his movement and his

:49:56. > :49:58.awareness, as I have said, making good runs, keeping defenders on

:49:59. > :50:04.their toes, and he is up there on his own. It is such a difficult job.

:50:05. > :50:16.That was a vital touch from Andy King of Leicester City. How well are

:50:17. > :50:34.they doing this season? Williams was looking for Gunter.

:50:35. > :50:55.Dost has scored! Wales lacked height at the back and the Netherlands made

:50:56. > :51:08.them pay. It was a lovely move down the middle. Janmaat made the run and

:51:09. > :51:14.it is a goal from Bas Dost. We were talking about his aerial ability. He

:51:15. > :51:18.starts the move. Williams is sleeping down the left-hand side,

:51:19. > :51:23.that enables Daryl Janmaat to make that run. I thought he was going to

:51:24. > :51:30.shoot. It is a lovely ball. Dinked to the back post. As you should do,

:51:31. > :51:35.big Dost, he heads it down. He gives Wayne Hennessey an opportunity, but

:51:36. > :51:42.on this slick, wet pitch, as soon as it bounces off that pitch, it is a

:51:43. > :51:46.hard one for Wayne to save. Bas Dost, and a good chance for him to

:51:47. > :51:55.score, and he wasn't going to miss that one. It's such a rare

:51:56. > :52:03.occurrence for Wales to concede, but they are behind. Williams just gets

:52:04. > :52:06.caught sleeping. He doesn't open his body out. He can't see the whole

:52:07. > :52:16.picture. Taylor can't make anything of the

:52:17. > :52:20.ball out wide. Heads into the cameraman. He has to get the weight

:52:21. > :52:24.of pass right. We have spoken about how wet this pitch is. The weight on

:52:25. > :52:25.that ball through, especially when it is lifted, it's got to be

:52:26. > :52:37.perfect. The Dutch fans may be a little wet

:52:38. > :52:41.and soaking, but they are enjoying this as the Netherlands look to

:52:42. > :52:49.start their rebuilding for the World Cup and Robben is on the ball again.

:52:50. > :52:58.Davies with a vital interception. Wales are on the rack. It needed it.

:52:59. > :53:03.That vital interception by Ben Davies otherwise Robben was in for a

:53:04. > :53:06.second. We need to rally now. We need our skipper, Ashley Williams,

:53:07. > :53:17.the organiser, to tell players to calm down.

:53:18. > :53:31.Hennessey has hit it so far, it is easy for Cillessen. Wayne needs to

:53:32. > :53:36.take more time there. He spotted Lawrence, he's been picked up by two

:53:37. > :53:40.defenders. We are under pressure, just keep hold of the ball, roll it

:53:41. > :53:47.out to your defenders, let us get a bit of possession.

:53:48. > :53:55.Promes was offside on one occasion, but he does make effective runs

:53:56. > :53:59.beyond the front men Robben and Dost.

:54:00. > :54:23.The Netherlands have lost four of their last six games, but they have

:54:24. > :54:27.made a solid start here. Robben has gone through the middle. Hennessey

:54:28. > :54:29.had to be out quickly. Well done, Wayne Hennessey. Great starting

:54:30. > :54:38.position. It's a good ball by Sneijder. Robben

:54:39. > :54:41.got the wrong side of both Ben Davies and James Chester, but

:54:42. > :54:52.fantastic goalkeeping by Wayne Hennessey. This is testing times for

:54:53. > :54:59.Wales. They trail to Bas Dost's first goal for his country. The rain

:55:00. > :55:05.teems down at the Cardiff City Stadium.

:55:06. > :55:14.Robben has been really busy, he's led by example, the captain. He

:55:15. > :55:22.doesn't stand still, he is always moving, so hard to pick up.

:55:23. > :55:32.Nine minutes to go in the half. And Chris Coleman has a good few things

:55:33. > :55:46.to think about. Lawrence is the outball. Full of

:55:47. > :55:51.confidence, but runs into Bruma. That is where we need to get support

:55:52. > :55:54.up to him quicker. He has three defenders picking him up, he has to

:55:55. > :56:05.be all on his own, that is nearly impossible. As I said, without Bale,

:56:06. > :56:10.Ramsey, Robson Kanu and David Cotterill, all four who accounted

:56:11. > :56:13.for the goals in the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, the big

:56:14. > :56:20.question was always going to be, where would a goal appear from for

:56:21. > :56:24.Wales? I have to say, he's created two opportunities himself tonight,

:56:25. > :56:29.has Tom Lawrence. Just the end product, the shot on goal, hasn't

:56:30. > :56:37.been up to standard. But his general play has been outstanding. Williams.

:56:38. > :56:39.Sees a little opening. Sometimes you need a player to stand still and

:56:40. > :56:58.give it to him. All Gunter can do is relieve the

:56:59. > :57:03.pressure momentarily. That is not the worst ball I have ever seen

:57:04. > :57:09.going into a six-yard box by Janmaat. Just the one real target

:57:10. > :57:15.for the Dutch, that was that man, Bas Dost once again. Had they had

:57:16. > :57:20.more bodies in there, that could have been number two. One is enough

:57:21. > :57:26.for the Dutch at the moment. You have to say they are good value for

:57:27. > :57:30.it. They are. They are. They haven't created too many chances, but they

:57:31. > :57:37.have had the majority of possession. I still maintain just the one lapse

:57:38. > :57:44.of concentration has cost us. They have looked the more threatening,

:57:45. > :57:50.Rob, haven't they? They seem to have found openings easier to engineer

:57:51. > :57:55.than Wales. Yes. When you have the likes of Sneijder and Robben, you

:57:56. > :58:01.know, absolutely world-class players, then that was always going

:58:02. > :58:10.to be the case coming here tonight. Over 200 caps between them.

:58:11. > :58:19.Sneijder took a knock then. There didn't seem too much wrong with the

:58:20. > :58:23.challenge that Joe Allen put in. He did look accusingly at Allen. The

:58:24. > :58:39.ref has had a word in Joe's ear as well.

:58:40. > :58:53.He had to check his run. That ball has to be played into Neil Taylor

:58:54. > :58:58.five seconds before it has. Neil made a terrific run down that

:58:59. > :58:59.left-hand side, but the lads were slow in getting the ball out of

:59:00. > :59:16.their feet and getting it wide. Danny Blind, the Dutch coach, said

:59:17. > :59:20.he wanted to make his side better defensively. Wales have had to work

:59:21. > :59:40.hard to even hint at a threat. Lawrence brings in Allen. Chester

:59:41. > :59:44.managed to get there. The referee is unimpressed. Dost sends Promes over

:59:45. > :59:57.halfway. Wales have people back now. The

:59:58. > :00:20.Netherlands will have to start again.

:00:21. > :00:27.I'd like to see Jonathan Williams starting a bit further up, giving

:00:28. > :00:32.himself a bit more space. He is dropping a bit too deep for me. He's

:00:33. > :00:36.probably the one playing in that Aaron Ramsey role. At the minute,

:00:37. > :00:42.there is too much of a gap between the midfield players and Tom

:00:43. > :00:47.Lawrence. Will this inhibit Chris Coleman's capacity to make

:00:48. > :00:51.substitutions, Iwan Roberts? I don't think he's that keen to make

:00:52. > :00:54.substitutions in all honesty. I think he will make a few tonight

:00:55. > :01:02.because it's a friendly. He wants to have a look at players who haven't

:01:03. > :01:12.featured as much as they would have liked in the qualifying campaign.

:01:13. > :01:17.Lawrence felt he was bundled over there by Daley Blind.

:01:18. > :01:22.You want to test yourselves in these friendlies. We have four friendlies

:01:23. > :01:27.before we fly out to France. You don't want easy games where you are

:01:28. > :01:30.winning comfortably. You want to test yourself and that's what

:01:31. > :01:34.picking the likes of Holland, that is what is going to happen. They are

:01:35. > :01:40.a very talented side. But what you don't want, you don't want to lose

:01:41. > :01:44.heavily. You want to stay in the game, you want to try and create

:01:45. > :01:52.that chance that we might be able to take if it comes our way, get back

:01:53. > :01:54.in the game. Especially with two-and-a-half minutes, three

:01:55. > :02:00.minutes before the interval. Keep your shape now. Don't make any silly

:02:01. > :02:07.mistakes to give the Dutch an added advantage. It is vital they don't

:02:08. > :02:16.concede again, Wales. They have been disciplined. They have been opened

:02:17. > :02:19.up once. And Bas Dost will remember this stadium for the rest of his

:02:20. > :02:24.life. That was his first international goal.

:02:25. > :02:35.Some people might think that Wayne Hennessey might have done better. I

:02:36. > :02:41.think the only excuse I would give him is this wet surface. He did make

:02:42. > :02:48.good contact with his header, did Bas Dost. It was a perfect ball for

:02:49. > :02:50.him, wasn't it? Come and attack it! It was asking to be headed home.

:02:51. > :02:55.Yeah. There he is. 6ft 5in, made every

:02:56. > :03:12.inch count! Sneijder turns. Promes has drifted offside. Promes

:03:13. > :03:24.has found a good position here. Hennessey is tested. That would have

:03:25. > :03:29.been a mountain to climb for Wales had that one gone in. It's good

:03:30. > :03:35.passing, and Robben in the heart of things, him and Sneijder. Quincy

:03:36. > :03:39.Promes hasn't scored for the Netherlands. He had one arm up then

:03:40. > :03:43.thinking he had. Ben Davies did everything correctly. He closes him

:03:44. > :03:47.down. How many times do you see forwards shooting and it goes

:03:48. > :03:52.between a defender's legs and it causes the goalie problems? Luckily

:03:53. > :03:59.for Wayne Hennessey, that was straight at him.

:04:00. > :04:12.A difficult half coming to a close for Wales.

:04:13. > :04:23.They have had glimpses of the Dutch goal. Can they get one here? He is

:04:24. > :04:29.putting himself available every time we have been in possession. Too many

:04:30. > :04:34.times tonight, we haven't spotted that run that Neil Taylor has made

:04:35. > :04:41.on the left-hand side. He has been such a winning run. We have to seek

:04:42. > :04:47.is runs earlier in the second half. This would be a great time for Wales

:04:48. > :04:49.to equalise. Jasper Cillessen plunges it away, and Davies is on

:04:50. > :05:16.the deck. -- punches it away. May get one last chance, Wales. Are

:05:17. > :05:22.they going to win another corner? They will, if there is time. Good

:05:23. > :05:31.ball by Neil Taylor. Put it into an area causing problems.

:05:32. > :05:42.Allen takes the Welsh corner. Last chance of a replay in this half.

:05:43. > :05:53.Williams gets the header. It is a penalty! Handball. Davies had the

:05:54. > :06:00.volley. I think it was Kongolo who put his arm up. What a bonus this

:06:01. > :06:04.could be for Wales. All that I will say, there are not too many

:06:05. > :06:09.complaints. He is having a word with the referee, but the culprit,

:06:10. > :06:22.Kongolo, a yellow card. What a chance this is now. Joe Allen has

:06:23. > :06:35.never scored for Wales. But he has taken responsibility air. Taking his

:06:36. > :06:44.time. Saved by Cillessen, but Ledley tips it in! Joe Ledley! He doesn't

:06:45. > :06:49.dance that time, but he has set the crowd dancing and he spares the

:06:50. > :06:54.blushes of Joe Allen. The Crystal Palace midfielder reacting first and

:06:55. > :07:01.he made no mistake with the follow-up. Wales are back in the

:07:02. > :07:05.game on the stroke of half-time. Not the best penalty I've seen in my

:07:06. > :07:11.life by Joe Allen. He wanted it, we put it down. Didn't take much of a

:07:12. > :07:16.run. A good height for the goalkeeper. All credit to Joe

:07:17. > :07:22.Ledley, following in. He wanted the rebound more than anybody. He makes

:07:23. > :07:31.good contact. He gets his left hand to it, but there was enough power on

:07:32. > :07:37.the shot to bring Wales level. A dramatic finale to that first half.

:07:38. > :07:44.Joe Ledley's first goal for five years in a Welsh side. That man,

:07:45. > :07:49.Dost, had given the Netherlands the lead. There he is. He is a

:07:50. > :07:54.trendsetter now and he will be a Giroux in the half-time break for

:07:55. > :08:00.the Wales fans. -- he will be a hero. Leslie Snyder is complaining

:08:01. > :08:06.bitterly to the fourth official as he is walking off. -- Wesley

:08:07. > :08:13.Sneijder. He is not happy with the penalty decision. Arjen Robben has a

:08:14. > :08:18.wry smile at what has happened. Half-time, Wales-1, the

:08:19. > :08:23.Netherlands-1. A pretty dramatic end to that half.

:08:24. > :08:28.The Netherlands completed their preparations for last summer's World

:08:29. > :08:32.Cup by beating Wales 2-0. Wales gave a good account of themselves that

:08:33. > :08:37.night but they lacked any cutting edge. This same story tonight. It

:08:38. > :08:41.was the last time before tonight's match that they were without errors

:08:42. > :08:48.bail and Aaron Ramsey. Tonight, Wales have lacked the quail of

:08:49. > :08:58.Gareth Bale and Aaron Lenzie. -- Aaron Ramsey. The match that showed

:08:59. > :09:04.that the Netherlands have had all the possession. We always knew that

:09:05. > :09:07.would be the case. Wales are going to Euro 2016 and the Netherlands are

:09:08. > :09:14.not, that is the most important thing. But a disappointing first 45.

:09:15. > :09:17.The fans are delighted that Wales have scored. It was a tough game.

:09:18. > :09:25.Very difficult conditions for the players. It wasn't brilliant, but we

:09:26. > :09:29.defended quite well. We looked fairly solid throughout. Arjen

:09:30. > :09:33.Robben is a big threat, a quality player, but overall I thought we did

:09:34. > :09:41.OK without being sparkling and at our best. We have two of our top

:09:42. > :09:43.players missing. It is an opportunity for other people and

:09:44. > :09:48.some of the boys have stepped up well. When you are playing the

:09:49. > :09:51.Netherlands, you know they are going to have a lot of the ball and you

:09:52. > :09:56.have to change your tactics or put up with it. It is a typical

:09:57. > :10:01.international friendly. Holland have had a lot of the possession, but

:10:02. > :10:06.they haven't really penetrated us. Getting the goal in the end shows

:10:07. > :10:10.that we deserved it. Will Wayne Hennessey be wondering whether he

:10:11. > :10:17.should have done better for the Dost macro goal? I think so, because he

:10:18. > :10:23.is a top-class keeper. He might be a bit disappointed. Arjen Robben was

:10:24. > :10:27.involved in the play. There was a lucky ricochet, but he was pulling

:10:28. > :10:32.the strings. Jonny Williams switches off a bit. They have got one player

:10:33. > :10:38.in the box, all those Welsh defenders. We would expect to do

:10:39. > :10:46.better with that. Disappointing. He allows Dost to get the header. It is

:10:47. > :10:49.a difficult one, he had it down, which makes it difficult for the

:10:50. > :10:57.keeper. Not enough to keep out the goal. First international goal for

:10:58. > :11:01.Dost. He took it well. Indeed, unmarked in the box, and he put it

:11:02. > :11:04.in the back of the net. We will be disappointed with the depending on

:11:05. > :11:09.that side. We could have done better. From your time with Wales,

:11:10. > :11:17.you know that Chris Coleman and you work time on the pitch on

:11:18. > :11:20.organisation and hard work. We have looked solid and resolute tonight.

:11:21. > :11:28.The defence has been good, looking solid. Arjen Robben is the one

:11:29. > :11:31.threat, looking to run beyond, he is keen for them. Overall, we defended

:11:32. > :11:39.well. That isolated incident cost us. Good pressure from Wales at the

:11:40. > :11:43.end. Is it a penalty? I think it struck his hand. They are

:11:44. > :11:47.complaining bitterly that it wasn't intentional, but a good header by

:11:48. > :11:52.Ashley Williams, getting up well, very aggressive in the air. And he

:11:53. > :11:56.certainly put his hand up. I don't think they can have too many

:11:57. > :12:03.complaints. He is quite close, but his arms are up. A decent strike

:12:04. > :12:07.from Ben Davies, isn't it? The lad put his arms up in the air, but it

:12:08. > :12:11.was moving quickly. They will think it is not a penalty, but it

:12:12. > :12:16.definitely is. Joe Ledley finished well. Joe did something you

:12:17. > :12:21.encourage all midfielders to do, to get in the box. You have to follow

:12:22. > :12:27.in, all the time. A decent strike for the penalty, but Joe Ledley

:12:28. > :12:30.followed in and got us the game. Joe Allen looked remarkably confident

:12:31. > :12:34.when he stepped up for the penalty. He did, he had to step up for a

:12:35. > :12:39.penalty and the best players in the world miss penalties. He made a good

:12:40. > :12:47.save, the keepers, and Joe Ledley followed in. Arjen Robben is getting

:12:48. > :12:51.booed here this evening. He is at the heart of all their good play,

:12:52. > :12:55.really. Wesley Sneijder has been fairly quiet, but Arjen Robben has

:12:56. > :13:01.been excellent. He is looking to run forward. Dost is never going to run

:13:02. > :13:07.in behind. A lot of the impetus is down to Arjen Robben to do that. He

:13:08. > :13:13.is the main threat, right at the heart of all of their good play. He

:13:14. > :13:17.is so direct and aggressive. When you think that he hasn't been

:13:18. > :13:25.playing a lot of football lately, he has looked very sharp. How do you

:13:26. > :13:30.stop somebody like Robben? Do you man mark him and lose a man to play

:13:31. > :13:33.against him? We will look to defend better against him in the second

:13:34. > :13:38.half and we will go into it confident. We picked out Tom

:13:39. > :13:44.Lawrence before the match this evening. How impressed have you been

:13:45. > :13:49.with his first 25 -- 45 minutes? Very impressed. It is a difficult

:13:50. > :13:56.role, isolated. Good support for him could benefit him. He has really

:13:57. > :14:00.taken to that role. His movement here has been particularly good. He

:14:01. > :14:05.is looking to play on the shoulder, which is important for that role.

:14:06. > :14:10.Joe Allen, great pass and a fantastic touch with his left foot.

:14:11. > :14:15.Unfortunately couldn't put it away. He has to stay high up the pitch and

:14:16. > :14:19.make sure we have got that threat in behind. When he has done that, he

:14:20. > :14:24.has but a few good chances. I'm sure Chris will be pleased. What was

:14:25. > :14:29.impressive about that last clip is the way that he holds the ball up as

:14:30. > :14:33.well. Of course, I know that better than anybody else in this team, you

:14:34. > :14:37.have to be able to hold the ball, limit the play and bring other

:14:38. > :14:42.players in. The chances he has had, Bo... When he looks back at the

:14:43. > :14:48.highlights, it is a remarkable first touch. A fabulous first touch that

:14:49. > :14:54.set up the opportunity. It was on his left foot. Great play from Joe

:14:55. > :14:59.Allen initially, but he is so clever and bright with his movement. He

:15:00. > :15:02.could have taken it on inside again, but he took the shot early and

:15:03. > :15:10.didn't quite get hold of it with his weaker left foot. Would you have

:15:11. > :15:14.taken it? Of course, he could have taken another touch to take him into

:15:15. > :15:24.the box and put it away. Big game for Wales this afternoon for the

:15:25. > :15:30.U21s against Armenia. It has been an excellent start for the European

:15:31. > :15:36.Championship campaign for the U21s. Geraint Williams's side unbeaten in

:15:37. > :15:40.the last 21 matches. Wes Burns fail in the area and a penalty the

:15:41. > :15:47.result. Ellis Harrison of Bristol Rovers, the man who stepped up and

:15:48. > :15:51.stroked it home coolly. Wales almost doubled their lead in the first

:15:52. > :15:55.half, Declan John of Cardiff City with some excellent work on the

:15:56. > :16:02.left-hand side, setting up Pat Burns who was inches away from making it

:16:03. > :16:07.2-0. It was Armenia who scored next, Wales failing to deal with the

:16:08. > :16:16.corner and the shot heading past the goalkeeper. Geraint Williams's team

:16:17. > :16:21.were not discouraged and they came close again. Wales had to work hard

:16:22. > :16:29.at the back, with skilled field midfield work by Armenia almost

:16:30. > :16:33.leading to another goal. Just as Wales thought they would have to

:16:34. > :16:38.settle for a point, Harry Wilson made amends for his earlier miss and

:16:39. > :16:44.struck home a late winner. 2-1 for Wales, and they are now top of the

:16:45. > :16:50.group. It is an important three points. The lads dug themselves out

:16:51. > :16:54.of a bit of a whole. In the first half, totally in control. If we had

:16:55. > :16:59.kept that possession and been a bit more clinical in the final third, we

:17:00. > :17:04.could have had a good win. I thought we were very poor. -- in the second

:17:05. > :17:25.half. Here is the Wales U21 table. Romania have been beaten by Denmark

:17:26. > :17:32.3-0. Lots of other football this weekend. Some very big games in the

:17:33. > :17:38.European Championship qualifying play-offs. The latest from

:17:39. > :17:41.Bosnia-Herzegovina, in Wales's group, 0-0 against the Republic of

:17:42. > :18:07.Ireland at half-time. Our graphics team struggling to keep

:18:08. > :18:10.up with the pace of today's game! Wouldn't it be wonderful if the

:18:11. > :18:16.Republic of Ireland could join us in Euro 2016. It would be great to see

:18:17. > :18:22.them there. They have it tough to night. Are you surprised that Bosnia

:18:23. > :18:30.give -- Bosnia-Herzegovina are still in there? They quality team. They

:18:31. > :18:33.took points of us in the group and they are showing what they can do.

:18:34. > :18:37.It will be tough for Ireland but I'm sure they can do it. You know Chris

:18:38. > :18:44.Coleman well. What will he be saying now? He will be reasonably pleased.

:18:45. > :18:46.Keep going with more of the same. A bit more penetration up front, we

:18:47. > :18:51.are looking for. We have defended quite well. Hopefully a bit more

:18:52. > :18:57.going forward. Would you expect to see a lot of changes? Not

:18:58. > :19:03.necessarily at half-time but during the second half. A lot of game time

:19:04. > :19:08.for people. A few tired legs out there, because the pitch is very

:19:09. > :19:17.heavy. Let's hear from Ian Hunt. I am here with Barry Pawn. Your

:19:18. > :19:20.assessment of the first half, pretty dramatic stuff. As international

:19:21. > :19:25.friendlies go, that is about as friendly as it gets. The Netherlands

:19:26. > :19:32.putting it all into the game. They were shaky at the staff full -- at

:19:33. > :19:36.the start. Tom Lawrence has been a real bright spot for Wales. Then the

:19:37. > :19:41.Netherlands took control, I felt. What is worrying for them is that,

:19:42. > :19:45.if Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben are the two players they are trying

:19:46. > :19:51.to phase out, they are the best two players. The goal was mostly

:19:52. > :19:56.created. Wales will be disappointed with the defence. Then Wales came

:19:57. > :20:01.back into it. I think it was a penalty, most referees would give

:20:02. > :20:05.it. They are all square. A really good 45 minutes. Tom Lawrence

:20:06. > :20:09.definitely be bright spot from Wales, but some lovely football from

:20:10. > :20:15.the Dutch. Good to hear from Barry Horne. Lots

:20:16. > :21:02.of great sport to come over the next few weeks on BBC One.

:21:03. > :21:08.Some great sport coming up over the next few weeks. We are delighted

:21:09. > :21:11.that Kit Symons is with us this evening. I'm pretty sure he would

:21:12. > :21:16.have been here anyway if he was still in charge of Fulham. We were

:21:17. > :21:21.all saddened to hear you have lost your job at Fulham, yet you had been

:21:22. > :21:25.on such a good run. Just a bit of inconsistency, to be there. We had

:21:26. > :21:29.some great results and then a disappointing one. But of a mixed

:21:30. > :21:34.bag. Disappointed with the way it has finished, but I walk away with

:21:35. > :21:39.my head held high, proud of what I have done for the club both on and

:21:40. > :21:42.off the pitch. You played for them, you coached the youngsters and you

:21:43. > :21:48.have been in charge of the first team, does it all feel a bit final

:21:49. > :21:53.for you? It is the end of my time with Fulham, certainly for the very

:21:54. > :21:57.near future anyway, without a doubt. It is disappointing. I have got

:21:58. > :22:03.great memories of that club. I walk away with my head held high. When

:22:04. > :22:06.you were 2-0 down against Reading and you won that Game 4-2, I

:22:07. > :22:11.honestly thought maybe you would still be in charge. I would have

:22:12. > :22:16.thought so. We followed it up with a 4-1 win against Bristol City but

:22:17. > :22:22.then we lost the two games after that losing to Birmingham last

:22:23. > :22:26.Saturday. It is a tough call but this is how football is these days.

:22:27. > :22:30.We said about Chris earlier, he got given time and he has shown people

:22:31. > :22:38.what you can do. I will dust myself down. Are you available in France

:22:39. > :22:42.next year, if Chris needs you? Yeah, I have got my boots! I wasn't

:22:43. > :22:51.talking about playing! Always available. Play is due to restart

:22:52. > :23:15.very shortly. Let's rejoin the commentary team.

:23:16. > :23:29.And a change for Wales. It is James Collins on for Ashley Williams. And

:23:30. > :23:43.the Dutch are going to make a change as well. Replacing van Dijk is

:23:44. > :23:54.Veltman. Van Dijk took an injury in the first half. We saw him

:23:55. > :23:58.struggling a little. So Joel Veltman slips into the heart of the Dutch

:23:59. > :24:05.defence. James Collins returns to the line-up for Wales. It's been a

:24:06. > :24:10.long old time, and it's great he will be part of this one. Finally

:24:11. > :24:17.reaching a major tournament. Fair play to Chris Coleman, taking his

:24:18. > :24:22.captain, Ashley Williams... Put under a bit of unnecessary pressure

:24:23. > :24:28.by the likes of Garry Monk and Tony Pugh list in the week, with some of

:24:29. > :24:32.the comments they made on players playing in this type of frenzy,

:24:33. > :24:38.which are hugely important for Chris in the lead up to France. -- this

:24:39. > :24:43.type of friendly. All credit to Chris, keeping people on the right

:24:44. > :24:52.side, good relationships with club managers. That is what it is all

:24:53. > :24:57.about. Garry Monk will be pleased that Ashley Williams is having a

:24:58. > :25:03.well-deserved break. He has been phenomenal. C and Wales. He, Chris

:25:04. > :25:11.Gunter and Wayne Hennessey played every minute of every qualifier. He

:25:12. > :25:17.will be happy to come off! I didn't say he would be happy, I said Garry

:25:18. > :25:21.Monk will be happy. Garry Monk will be delighted. A massive game for

:25:22. > :25:27.them coming up a week tomorrow. Yes, Bournemouth. As Jonny Williams takes

:25:28. > :25:34.a tumble, takes the free kick quickly as well. It will be

:25:35. > :25:39.interesting to know with Ewan Roberts... Oh,! That was high from

:25:40. > :25:43.Wesley Sneijder, but Allen didn't complain. I wonder what you think

:25:44. > :25:51.Chris Coleman said to be team at half-time. The way we played in that

:25:52. > :25:55.first half is probably the way Chris sent them out to play. That is how

:25:56. > :25:59.we play, and that is probably how we are going to play in France, because

:26:00. > :26:04.we will come up against some very good side who can hurt you if you

:26:05. > :26:09.throw too many men forward. We kept our shape, we were solid

:26:10. > :26:14.defensively, caught out once by a lack of concentration. I don't think

:26:15. > :26:17.he will be too downhearted with that first half performance. He will be

:26:18. > :26:22.delighted to be going in level with that equaliser in the very last

:26:23. > :26:28.minute of that half. I don't expect too much to change in the second

:26:29. > :26:31.half. We will get men behind the ball, we will try and frustrate the

:26:32. > :26:38.Dutch, and hopefully we can hit them with a bit more quality going

:26:39. > :26:51.forward. Good save by Hennessey! Had to react quickly. The two Dutch

:26:52. > :27:03.masters, Sneijder and name 20 player, -- Robben, are their two

:27:04. > :27:08.best players. Terrific save. A real grapple going on in that penalty

:27:09. > :27:15.area. I don't think he spotted the main one, actually. That was Bruma

:27:16. > :27:20.and Chester. Getting to know each other just a little bit better. I

:27:21. > :27:28.don't know how good James Chester's Dutch is.

:27:29. > :27:52.Ledley has joined an elite band of Welsh players who have scored

:27:53. > :27:56.against the Netherlands for Wales. Jonathan Williams did very well to

:27:57. > :28:00.win the ball. He carried it forward. Both Chris Gunter and Tom Lawrence

:28:01. > :28:05.have made terrific runs down the left-hand side. He has to release

:28:06. > :28:08.the ball slightly earlier. If we could switch play from right to left

:28:09. > :28:20.and left to right quicker, I think we will catch this Dutch side. Wet

:28:21. > :28:30.turf at the Cardiff City Stadium. The fans are keen. They are a big

:28:31. > :28:34.part of the Welsh success, the supporters. There is a real

:28:35. > :28:39.connection between the Welsh team and the fans who are so loyal to

:28:40. > :28:43.them. I can't wait to see thousands in France next summer. We have

:28:44. > :28:48.waited a long time to see the success of reaching a major

:28:49. > :28:56.tournament for the first time since 58. A big part of it. Robben has

:28:57. > :29:10.wriggled his way through again. 20 of red shirts back this time. --

:29:11. > :29:17.plenty of red shirts. Clasie, with an easy header away for Collins. You

:29:18. > :29:25.need those up! Lawrence does all he is expected to do in that position.

:29:26. > :29:31.Ledley had to be strong flare. -- had to be strong flare. Plenty of

:29:32. > :29:35.space down the Welsh left-hand side. The back five of the Dutch are

:29:36. > :29:43.pushing up very high. There is space to drop that ball in behind them.

:29:44. > :29:54.Joe just spotted that slightly earlier. Maybe that is a tactic they

:29:55. > :29:59.could use as this game goes on. Only mark Bowen and two goals from Dean

:30:00. > :30:02.Saunders. They are the only other scorers against the Netherlands in

:30:03. > :30:04.the history of meetings between these countries. Dean Saunders got

:30:05. > :30:27.two. The Southampton manager has been

:30:28. > :30:34.mentioned as a possible contender for the Dutch job. There is some

:30:35. > :30:41.talk that, if Danny Blind fails here, his job prospects could be

:30:42. > :30:47.affected adversely. Joe, why didn't you pass it to your right hand side?

:30:48. > :30:54.I think he has got too many options. In the end, he has a heavy touch

:30:55. > :31:01.which allows Daley Blind to go out and get a clincher for the Dutch. It

:31:02. > :31:03.is really open, Rob. The referee, Benoit Bastien, deserves some

:31:04. > :31:09.credit, because he has let things go. He isn't a fussy referee, which

:31:10. > :31:20.you tend to see at international level. Good spot for the handball.

:31:21. > :31:24.Trying to threaded through to Lawrence. Good play again by

:31:25. > :31:34.directory. Tried to play the advantage but there wasn't one to

:31:35. > :31:39.have for Wales. He has called over Robben and Sneijder. Autographs?

:31:40. > :31:44.They have always got a lot to say. When you have played in the games

:31:45. > :31:48.and won the trophy is that those two have, I suppose they are entitled to

:31:49. > :31:52.a word in the referee's air, as long as it is in the right manner. Wesley

:31:53. > :32:00.Sneijder is only one behind the Dutch record. That is held by Edwin

:32:01. > :32:09.Balthasar. This is his 120th appearance here tonight. -- Edwin

:32:10. > :32:21.Van Der Saar. The Dutch qualify for European cups

:32:22. > :32:26.on a regular basis, and that is something that we have to do,

:32:27. > :32:31.qualify for the World Cup in Russia, be consistent. The likes of Chris

:32:32. > :32:38.Gunter will soon not be off 100 caps.

:32:39. > :32:51.Oh, a beauty! Arjen Robben! He wants to lead the Netherlands comeback,

:32:52. > :33:00.and he is leading by example here. Raced away and tucked home goal

:33:01. > :33:05.number 29 for his country. You have seen him do it over the years. A

:33:06. > :33:11.great run down the right hand side. Then there is only one thing he

:33:12. > :33:18.wants to do. Was he offside? Maybe by half a yard. Ben Davies, show him

:33:19. > :33:22.on his right foot, don't let him cut inside of his left. That's what he

:33:23. > :33:27.wants to do. Once he has that ball on his left foot, you are in

:33:28. > :33:33.trouble. Time and time again, we have seen it in the back of the net.

:33:34. > :33:37.A great goal by Robben, but I wish Ben Davies and forced him to go down

:33:38. > :33:45.the line onto his right and crossed that goal. He is a quality act, you

:33:46. > :33:53.have to say, Arjen Robben. And he scored in the last two appearances

:33:54. > :34:06.against Wales. As Joe Ledley makes way. It is a debut for Emyr Huws.

:34:07. > :34:15.Sorry, not a debut, a fifth cap for Emyr Huws. He plays the Huddersfield

:34:16. > :34:19.and he will slip into that midfield. I have got a lot of friends in

:34:20. > :34:24.Huddersfield who go to the games and they sing the praises of this young

:34:25. > :34:28.lad. Made a great start, scored something like four goals in his

:34:29. > :34:33.opening matches. He has a good stature, he likes a goal. He timed

:34:34. > :34:39.his run into the penalty box. He will have to be a bit more

:34:40. > :34:43.disciplined tonight, though. They like their Welsh internationals at

:34:44. > :34:50.Huddersfield. They have had a Jew, haven't they! Steve Jenkins was a

:34:51. > :34:58.Welsh international at Huddersfield. -- they have had a few. Steve

:34:59. > :35:42.Jenkins was the manager at Merthyr Tydfil, of course. Good work by

:35:43. > :35:48.Jonny Williams. By the way. A great effort by Chris Gunter. He has

:35:49. > :35:55.changed a lost cause, Chris Gunter. I think we have got to be really

:35:56. > :35:59.careful now that we don't chase this game and leave ourselves exposed

:36:00. > :36:05.defensively. Through men forward willy-nilly trying to get the

:36:06. > :36:07.equaliser... There are plenty -- there is plenty of time left. Keep

:36:08. > :36:29.your discipline, keep your say. Well done, Ben Davies this time.

:36:30. > :36:37.There was no way on this planet that he was letting Robben get that all

:36:38. > :36:44.back onto his left. He was forcing him down onto his right foot. -- get

:36:45. > :36:54.that ball back. So Wales trailed 2-1. You wouldn't say they are out

:36:55. > :37:02.of it. Chester is not happy with that pass. I think he expected Tom

:37:03. > :37:07.Lawrence to stand back into the defender, so he could play the ball

:37:08. > :37:13.into his feet. Young Tom had seen a gap down the right-hand side for

:37:14. > :37:17.Wales and he expected Chester to put the ball into that area. Just not on

:37:18. > :37:22.the same wavelength, those two. After this friendly, Wales go into

:37:23. > :37:28.international hibernation, like the rest of the nations. A big date on

:37:29. > :37:43.December the 12. Yes, that is the draw for the European Championships

:37:44. > :37:50.it was Kongolo who slid in Wales are opened up yet again. That is the

:37:51. > :37:55.danger when you go chasing. The Dutch have pace and quality they

:37:56. > :38:03.never substitute coming on. Nearly grabbing a third had there been a

:38:04. > :38:14.Dutch player in the six yard box, by the back post, it could have been a

:38:15. > :38:18.flat in. Jonathan Williams makes way for George Williams. A big night for

:38:19. > :38:24.him. He has been sidelined with an injury. Last appeared on a football

:38:25. > :38:32.pitch in March against Chesterfield. He damaged his cruciate limit -- he

:38:33. > :38:38.damaged his cruciate ligament. Part of his comeback is another Wales

:38:39. > :38:43.cap. Once he has had the opportunity to come off the bench for Wales,

:38:44. > :38:46.great balance, loves running at people, twisting and turning, but he

:38:47. > :38:54.had been sidelined with a horrific injury. Glad to see he is back of a

:38:55. > :38:55.fully fit. Hopefully he can now find the form that he had before the

:38:56. > :39:08.injury. What about Jonathan Williams? He is

:39:09. > :39:12.young, he will learn. If you are given a job, you have to stick to

:39:13. > :39:17.it. You cannot let people overlap you. He has been neat and tidy. He

:39:18. > :39:28.has not played as well as he is capable of. James Collins big left

:39:29. > :39:38.boot behind it. Wales was struggling. He is everywhere at the

:39:39. > :39:46.minute. Dropping deep. He is in the left. Considered Bayern Munich were

:39:47. > :39:52.not keen on him to play and he will not play against Germany in the next

:39:53. > :39:59.friendly... He really is anxious to make an impression. He has had his

:40:00. > :40:07.injury problems as well, Arjen Robben. That is what you get, an

:40:08. > :40:08.athlete like that, so quick. You get these muscle strains and they do

:40:09. > :40:33.take a while to come back. Well, I thought Tom Lawrence was

:40:34. > :40:36.impeded there. The arm came out. He got his body in front of him. Good

:40:37. > :40:55.pace by Lawrence. The coaches are watching with

:40:56. > :41:02.interest. It was George Williams, what an impact that would have

:41:03. > :41:05.been. The smallest players in the Welsh squad sliding in in the six

:41:06. > :41:10.yard box. Great play down the right-hand side. Great ball in.

:41:11. > :41:20.Slight deflection from a Dutch defender. Had George Williams left

:41:21. > :41:25.it, Neil Taylor might have scored. But Williams in the six yard box was

:41:26. > :41:31.never going to let it happen. He saw the goal but could not quite direct

:41:32. > :41:37.the ball on target. That would have been a collectors item had Neil

:41:38. > :41:44.Taylor got there. His last goal was for Wrexham in 2010. Good memory! I

:41:45. > :41:57.was there. Good memory and good prep.

:41:58. > :42:34.In have lost shape slightly. Looking

:42:35. > :42:37.for the goal. We have got sucked into an open game which will suit

:42:38. > :42:43.the Dutch with the pace they have got. Plenty of time. We will create

:42:44. > :42:51.a couple of opportunities. We just have to make sure we do not concede

:42:52. > :42:55.again. However we do it, I am looking at the outfield for Wales, a

:42:56. > :43:01.good shape about them, working as a good shape about them, working as

:43:02. > :43:19.asides defensively. The Welsh subs are lining up.

:43:20. > :43:27.They need to keep possession for a while. A chance for the two Welsh

:43:28. > :44:05.substitutes. his country. Not as country by

:44:06. > :44:21.birth, he was born in Tennessee. A proud moment for the young man. Neil

:44:22. > :44:25.Taylor was outstanding. He has not had as much of the ball as he

:44:26. > :44:37.deserved the energy and runs he made. Lawrence is still full of

:44:38. > :44:41.running two. He wins the free kick. Giving players an opportunity and a

:44:42. > :44:47.chunk of time, not the odd couple of minutes, five minutes here, plenty

:44:48. > :44:55.of time to make an impression. Players are vying for a place in the

:44:56. > :45:03.squad for France. 24 players are used in the Euro is. You would think

:45:04. > :45:09.every play we have seen tonight is having a good chance of being on the

:45:10. > :45:14.squad for France. He knows the starting line-up, if everyone is fit

:45:15. > :45:19.he has a good idea of what a squad of 18... Will we get someone who

:45:20. > :45:20.breaks through, Tom Lawrence who has every chance after this performance

:45:21. > :45:39.tonight. Wales have conceded twice in their

:45:40. > :46:23.last seven matches. They conceded twice tonight.

:46:24. > :46:33.Best performer so far, Tom Lawrence. I think so. He was decent against

:46:34. > :46:38.Andorra. This is a different kettle of fish, to do it at this level

:46:39. > :46:44.against these types of defenders. He has given them a torrid time with

:46:45. > :46:48.his pace and movement. The Dutch haven't qualified but it is possible

:46:49. > :46:56.Wales could be drawn against a team and not as good as the Netherlands

:46:57. > :47:02.when they go to France. They draw on December 12 in Paris. Late

:47:03. > :47:11.afternoon. I am sure you will be there. Never take anything for

:47:12. > :47:36.granted. Chris Coleman is going. A few others as well.

:47:37. > :47:45.Lawrence, you could see what he was trying to do. I think it is the

:47:46. > :47:50.wrong side for Lawrence. His left foot, the defender will come in and

:47:51. > :47:53.put the challenge. Adam Hanley needs to play to his right foot so his

:47:54. > :48:48.body protects it from the challenge. It is a beauty! What's an important

:48:49. > :48:54.substitute. He will remember this moment for the rest of his life Emyr

:48:55. > :49:14.Huws! We took the corner nice and early. A

:49:15. > :49:23.great header. A great ball in as well. We have spoken about the

:49:24. > :49:29.strength of Emyr Huws when he makes runs into the penalty box but you

:49:30. > :49:34.have to keep your head. That is what the young Welshman does. A fantastic

:49:35. > :49:44.header. No chance for Silloth on in the Dutch goal. A terrific goal. For

:49:45. > :49:48.the Wales team, they lack their best quality players but they do not lack

:49:49. > :49:53.anything in heart and determination and togetherness. And that takes you

:49:54. > :49:59.along way, togetherness and team spirit. Everyone going in the right

:50:00. > :50:02.direction. They have grown up together, they are good friends,

:50:03. > :50:09.they love being in each other's company. And once again they show

:50:10. > :50:14.the character you need to come back. That is twice now in this

:50:15. > :50:23.game, having gone behind to sloppy goals. The man who replaced the

:50:24. > :50:27.goal-scorer gets on the goal sheet himself. Emyr Huws. Fantastic

:50:28. > :50:40.header. Really good move. Chris Coleman will be happy.

:50:41. > :50:46.Why didn't you shoot? Very unselfish by George Williams. He spotted the

:50:47. > :51:05.run of Lawrence. Just keep the discipline, lads. Keep

:51:06. > :51:09.your shape and backs of five. Not for the first time in the last year

:51:10. > :51:19.or so, the stadium is bouncing again.

:51:20. > :51:30.There was no danger that time. He is making some great runs. Three or

:51:31. > :51:38.four in the second half. He is running from deep, Joe Allen

:51:39. > :51:46.goes... They have to give an early shout to Collins or Chester. What a

:51:47. > :52:12.moment this is as well. He has waited for so long, six years

:52:13. > :52:17.he has been in squads, a loyal loyal attender of Wales games. He is also

:52:18. > :52:24.a dab hand on the guitar. He is a great lad. Pure Welsh speaker. He

:52:25. > :52:29.deserves these next 20 minutes with time added on. I am delighted he has

:52:30. > :52:38.been given the opportunity to win his first cap. He will treasure this

:52:39. > :52:39.for the rest of his life. Owain Fon Williams of Inverness Caledonian

:52:40. > :52:51.Thistle. What a great moment for Owain Fon

:52:52. > :52:58.Williams. And what an atmosphere in the stadium. He has turned up

:52:59. > :53:04.religiously. Knowing best he will be on the bench and will not get on

:53:05. > :53:13.unless there is an interest -- injury to Wayne Hennessey. He has

:53:14. > :53:19.been rewarded for it. 15 minutes to go. I said at the start there are no

:53:20. > :53:24.friendlies any more. They are warm up games. This has not been treated

:53:25. > :53:33.like a friendly other than the substitutions.

:53:34. > :53:42.This friendly has been anything but that's! As the Dutch rebuild, you

:53:43. > :53:49.have to say there is something vibrant about this young Welsh side.

:53:50. > :53:56.It is a young side. It goes to show the strength in depth in the Chris

:53:57. > :54:01.Coleman squad. He has some tough -- tough decisions to make until

:54:02. > :54:04.December 12. The young lads have come on and started the game and

:54:05. > :54:23.caused a big impression. It was always going wide. Andy King

:54:24. > :54:54.and Lawrence in support. The Dutch have been pegged back

:54:55. > :54:55.twice by these never say die approach from Wales. A great

:54:56. > :56:01.atmosphere as well. Some fans... He made a great start of the season,

:56:02. > :56:07.some quality goals, Davies. He has presence about him. And the way he

:56:08. > :56:13.makes those runs into the box, he is hard to pick up. He is a powerful

:56:14. > :56:24.lad. Great great header. It really was. Textbook header.

:56:25. > :56:32.Inside the last 13 minutes. And there is plenty to like about the

:56:33. > :56:37.Welsh performance. They have been tested defensively, no doubt.

:56:38. > :56:42.And the Dutch look slightly nervous now. They are the ones that have

:56:43. > :56:49.slowed the tempo down. They know what a big game this is for the

:56:50. > :56:57.manager. If the Dutch were to lose tonight, this would be his last game

:56:58. > :57:00.in charge. 13, 40 minutes to go, there is a nervousness creeping into

:57:01. > :57:10.the Dutch play. Extraordinary turnaround. They almost thought once

:57:11. > :57:24.Robben gave them the lead that they would not give up. He put it wide.

:57:25. > :57:42.He has got to score. Chester doesn't deal with it at all. He throws his

:57:43. > :57:48.body and hope more than anything. Hoping that will be enough to stop

:57:49. > :58:04.the shot from Robben hitting the target. And it was.

:58:05. > :58:17.45th cap for James Collins. He could make a 50. How old is he? Early 30s.

:58:18. > :58:35.32, James Collins. They are not finding their passes,

:58:36. > :58:42.the Dutch. Collins knows he will start on the bench even though we

:58:43. > :58:46.play with central defenders. It will be an injury that enables him to get

:58:47. > :58:56.more time on the pitch and more caps. If we play with three, Chris

:58:57. > :59:04.Gunter fitted in the three... Richards is injured at the moment.

:59:05. > :59:05.Adding to the list of people. Sam Vokes we haven't mentioned is

:59:06. > :59:19.missing. A big chance for Arjen Robben. He

:59:20. > :59:24.strikes again. Twice Wales have recovered but Robben is determined

:59:25. > :59:31.to have the last word. They were exposed down the middle. Williams

:59:32. > :59:39.was powerless to stop Robben. Just when I said the Dutch were looking

:59:40. > :59:51.nervous! A great ball in between Collins and Davies. Davies is too

:59:52. > :00:01.far afield than he should be. He was missing that one. That is his 30th

:00:02. > :00:06.international goal. Sloppy defensively from the Welsh point of

:00:07. > :00:12.view. Chris Coleman would be happy with that. No pressure on the man

:00:13. > :00:23.who had the ball threaded it through. How an Arjen Robben got

:00:24. > :00:31.himself in between Collins and Davies, a couple of yards and you

:00:32. > :00:32.can read the past coming in. He is number nine in appearances and the

:00:33. > :00:54.goal-scoring charts. Bruma was trying to plead innocence.

:00:55. > :01:24.Unconvincingly. So, Tom Lawrence stands over this.

:01:25. > :01:32.Collins and Chester are up from the back. A picture of concentration.

:01:33. > :01:58.I think you tried to do the Cristiano Ronaldo bit. He got hold

:01:59. > :02:04.of the shot but not on target. We have been brilliantly defensively

:02:05. > :02:09.but we have looked dangerous going forward, especially in the second

:02:10. > :02:14.half. They are sloppy at the back. You don't normally say that about

:02:15. > :02:18.the Welsh side under Coleman. Another feature of the Wales

:02:19. > :02:24.campaign, the anthem sung by the fans, when the going gets tough.

:02:25. > :02:34.Never forget the night against Belgium. Here at the stadium. The

:02:35. > :02:39.anthem was sung by the fans inspiring the Welsh side to hold on

:02:40. > :02:43.to the lead. Passionate stuff, wasn't it? June 12. A special night,

:02:44. > :03:03.that was. Does the second-half show how

:03:04. > :03:06.important Ashley Williams is? It probably does. He is the

:03:07. > :03:12.organiser. He is the voice, the leader in the

:03:13. > :03:19.back. The organiser. And it is always hard as a defender when you

:03:20. > :03:51.come on, easier for a forward. Here comes Clasie.

:03:52. > :03:59.The fans are having a good time. Despite the scoreline. Still hoping

:04:00. > :04:35.there is one last twist in the tale. Ready to make another substitution,

:04:36. > :04:44.the Dutch. Yes, Bazoer is ready to come on. Janmaat again, down the

:04:45. > :05:01.right side. Collins, safety first, thumps it away.

:05:02. > :05:11.He is going to replace Jordy Clasie of Southampton, who has been quietly

:05:12. > :05:20.effective. Another young 19-year-old coming on now for Holland. Yes,

:05:21. > :05:27.debut for Bazoer of Ajax. The last three or four minutes. Of what has

:05:28. > :05:32.been a very entertaining encounter. Not going the way of Wales at the

:05:33. > :05:43.moment, but there have been encouraging elements. Dost was

:05:44. > :05:57.looking for a second goal there. He started it all. Robben scored

:05:58. > :06:02.twice, then Emlyn Hugh pulled back the scored twice. -- Emyr Huws. We

:06:03. > :06:07.have been sloppy tonight, but what we have shown is that we have got

:06:08. > :06:14.players are coming that can score goals and create chances. A mistake

:06:15. > :06:22.by Davies, and Robben up for a hat-trick. It must be a nightmare

:06:23. > :06:33.for defenders, seeing Robben running at you!

:06:34. > :06:42.Danny Blind, Daley Blind's manager and father, will be, I think,

:06:43. > :06:49.relieved by this, as much as anything. He is under big pressure.

:06:50. > :06:53.The Dutch don't expect to not qualified for European

:06:54. > :06:58.Championships. It is the first Euros since 1984, and, of course, they

:06:59. > :07:07.finished third in the World Cup. They finished runners-up in the 2010

:07:08. > :07:14.World Cup. Since 1992, seven of the top ten placed World Cup sides have

:07:15. > :07:18.failed to qualify for the Euros. It will be strange not seeing them at

:07:19. > :07:24.the Euros, with the players they have got. They would be down for

:07:25. > :07:31.long. No, they won't. They have got too much talent in their club sides

:07:32. > :07:34.in Holland and, across Europe. They have got a young squad. It is a

:07:35. > :07:41.transitional period for them and their manager. They won't be down

:07:42. > :07:53.for too long. I have said it before, it is quite possible that Wales will

:07:54. > :07:58.face inferior opponents in France. Huws has made a big impression as a

:07:59. > :08:06.substitute. A goal he will never expect -- forget. And Lee tried to

:08:07. > :08:13.control it with his shoulder, may just have done enough. -- Henley. He

:08:14. > :08:19.looks appealingly at the referee's assistant, who looks unimpressed. If

:08:20. > :08:25.he had stayed on the touchline, he could have taken it on his chest,

:08:26. > :08:30.but he comes five yards in field, the perfect pass. Because Henley has

:08:31. > :08:42.come inside, he is stretching to keep the ball in play. Of those

:08:43. > :08:49.Quincy Promes, and this is Georginio Wijnaldum of Newcastle. Six goals in

:08:50. > :08:57.the north-east in his opening 12 games. Mind you, for those were

:08:58. > :09:01.against my, Norwich. The worry for Wales is that he has scored in two

:09:02. > :09:07.of his last three away games for the Netherlands. He has still got time

:09:08. > :09:12.here. Three minutes of added time. Three minutes for Wales to recover

:09:13. > :09:21.for a third time. That would simply be extraordinary, but you never

:09:22. > :09:33.know. They are in the right half, although that might change quickly.

:09:34. > :09:40.The crowd is 25,699, and that is almost double the attendance that

:09:41. > :09:46.was here for Iceland, the last friendly at this stadium. Very

:09:47. > :09:56.respectable crowd on a horrendous night in the capital. Oh, a mistake!

:09:57. > :10:02.A big mistake by Jeffrey Bruma. And Wales have a corner. We scored from

:10:03. > :10:07.a corner in injury time in the first half. Can it happen again? We scored

:10:08. > :10:13.from a corner in the second half, too.

:10:14. > :10:26.Allen took the corner. Collins was the target, just taken off the top

:10:27. > :10:33.of his head, but he was fouling anyway. He went to get more hike in

:10:34. > :10:40.his job, James Collins, but raised his elbow. -- more hike in his job.

:10:41. > :10:51.He started as a striker at Cardiff, James Collins. As a lot of strikers

:10:52. > :10:55.bit older, their legs get weaker. He was a goal-scorer in that friendly

:10:56. > :11:01.against Iceland that we were talking about. That was his last goal for

:11:02. > :11:04.Wales. He scored three times. There is about a minute left for one of

:11:05. > :11:14.these Wales players to make a difference again. So, overall, Ewan

:11:15. > :11:18.Roberts... It looks like defeat. What have you made of it? It has

:11:19. > :11:29.been a really good, entertaining game. Yes, some sloppy defending,

:11:30. > :11:34.lots of things we normally do, we are normally solid defensively, but

:11:35. > :11:37.we have scored two good goals, Joe Ledley with that rebound on that

:11:38. > :11:45.missed penalty from Joe Allen, and then Emyr Huws scoring a fantastic

:11:46. > :11:48.goal with that header. Maybe one last time for Williams to move

:11:49. > :11:54.forward, just as it was in the first half.

:11:55. > :12:07.Allen tried to turn. Lawrence was there as well.

:12:08. > :12:17.The final whistle goes. Defeat for Wales, but Chris Coleman won't be

:12:18. > :12:27.too downhearted. He has learnt plenty tonight. Most of all, maybe

:12:28. > :12:34.he has learnt that the Dutch haven't looked bright for Euro 2016, and

:12:35. > :12:40.just as well. But Wales will be there. Joe Ledley put Wales back in

:12:41. > :12:46.the game with a late equaliser in that first half after Joe Allen's

:12:47. > :12:51.missed penalty. But two goals from Arjen Robben in the second half

:12:52. > :12:57.proved decisive for the Netherlands. Not least because the youngster,

:12:58. > :13:05.Emyr Huws, made a big impression as a substitute by powering home his

:13:06. > :13:12.first goal for Wales. Ewan Roberts. Some good performances. Roberts

:13:13. > :13:16.starting for the first time in a Welsh shirt tonight. Very

:13:17. > :13:22.impressive. Cause problems on his own. It is a tough job against

:13:23. > :13:30.defenders. He got hold of the ball, showed good movement and good

:13:31. > :13:41.running. You shoes came on, score one. We were coming into this game

:13:42. > :13:45.without four big players. Attacking players. We have scored two goals,

:13:46. > :13:51.created chances against a good Dutch side. OK, they haven't disqualified

:13:52. > :13:56.-- they haven't qualified for France in the summer. I am disappointed

:13:57. > :14:05.with the aspects of some of our defending but, overall, I am going

:14:06. > :14:13.away satisfied. So let's get a view from pitch side. We are with one of

:14:14. > :14:18.the goal-scorers, Joe Ledley. Joe, you are not used to losing at

:14:19. > :14:22.home, Wales. It has been two years since you were beaten here. What is

:14:23. > :14:25.the feeling at the end of the game? Obviously we are gutted with the

:14:26. > :14:34.result, but we are missing key players. I thought we put in a good

:14:35. > :14:40.performance. They are a good team. Some defensive errors tonight. Would

:14:41. > :14:43.that be fair to say? I'm not sure. I haven't seen what was going on in

:14:44. > :14:48.the second half. We need to play a bit better than we did and,

:14:49. > :14:52.hopefully, on another day, we would have got the result. The pitch

:14:53. > :14:59.didn't really help that much. A lot of players slipping. We just need to

:15:00. > :15:04.be better at home. Your goal got Wales right back into it on the

:15:05. > :15:07.stroke of half-time. Absolutely delighted. I happened to scored for

:15:08. > :15:14.a while for Wales. I was happy to get on the scoresheet. To get a

:15:15. > :15:20.result, we need to move on quickly and look forward to the next match.

:15:21. > :15:24.We saw the Ledley dance as well, the celebration. Arjen Robben, very

:15:25. > :15:28.difficult to play against. He is world-class. We could have a

:15:29. > :15:32.hat-trick. It is hard to defend against someone like that, and that

:15:33. > :15:35.is what he's up there with the best winners in the world. Great to be on

:15:36. > :15:44.the pitch with and hopefully we can learn from this. Thank you.

:15:45. > :15:47.So often, these international friendlies at this stage of the

:15:48. > :15:53.season are pretty drab, but not this one. Very entertaining, settled by

:15:54. > :15:56.the class of Arjen Robben, you have to say, but Wales were the

:15:57. > :16:01.architects of their own downfall. Pity poor defending all round. Tom

:16:02. > :16:06.Lawrence showed a bit of class tonight. Joe Ledley is absolutely

:16:07. > :16:15.right, no doubt that they missed the class of Gareth Bale. Any side with

:16:16. > :16:23.Aaron Ramsey. I'm done by this man, Arjen Robben of Bayern Munich. --

:16:24. > :16:29.undone. Wales beaten by 3-2. The Dutch had a lot of the ball. Wales

:16:30. > :16:32.created some chances, but not enough to see off the Netherlands. Let's

:16:33. > :16:40.talk to Ashley Williams, the Wales captain. Thank you for joining us.

:16:41. > :16:44.Your reaction to this defeat. Obviously, it is not nice to lose,

:16:45. > :16:48.especially at home, but I think it was worthwhile. We learnt a lot

:16:49. > :16:52.about some of our guys. We performed well against a good team. I don't

:16:53. > :16:56.think we deserved to lose, although we didn't have much of the ball. I

:16:57. > :17:02.still think that we performed well and it was a worthwhile exercise.

:17:03. > :17:06.This is very much squad mentality. Important that some of the fringe

:17:07. > :17:11.players got some time today. Definitely. I was impressed by a lot

:17:12. > :17:15.of players, especially Tom Lawrence. George Williams came on and did

:17:16. > :17:20.well, Emyr Huws. The guys that don't get to play often got a chance to

:17:21. > :17:25.run out. It was a proud moment for the guys on the pitch. What will you

:17:26. > :17:30.be saying in the dressing room now? It was important... Before the game,

:17:31. > :17:34.I said it was important that we tried to keep our momentum going.

:17:35. > :17:38.That is not just in our result but in the manner of our play. I think

:17:39. > :17:42.we did that. It was a difficult game, with a few players out. The

:17:43. > :17:46.gaffer had a chance to look at some of the other guys. We come back in

:17:47. > :17:52.in the next friendly in March or whatever it is and pick up where we

:17:53. > :17:56.left off. Top man. Good luck for Swansea on Saturday. Ashley

:17:57. > :17:59.Williams, live from just outside the Welsh dressing room. You have to

:18:00. > :18:05.admit that Wales were undone by the class of Arjen Robben. It was a

:18:06. > :18:13.difficult pitch. He seemed to glide over the surface. The exploited it.

:18:14. > :18:20.We were undone, as you say, we created our own downfall, because we

:18:21. > :18:25.got the equaliser. Difficult to get back into it, and then Emyr Huws

:18:26. > :18:30.scored. You said, it looks like we are going to win. It did look like

:18:31. > :18:36.that but we had to stay defensively solid. We may have switched off

:18:37. > :18:40.towards the end. Robben is a world-class player. How many coaches

:18:41. > :18:45.around the world have said, don't give Arjen Robben any time on the

:18:46. > :18:50.ball? It is that time on the ball in that space in behind. He is very

:18:51. > :18:55.experienced, getting on a bit, but still lightning quick. It comes from

:18:56. > :19:03.our throw in. Suddenly, he has got space in behind. " As to whether he

:19:04. > :19:08.was offside, but give him that much grass and he will be exploiting it.

:19:09. > :19:14.-- a close call as to whether he was offside. Bodies back behind the

:19:15. > :19:19.ball, but we think we are safe. A great finish, from their point of

:19:20. > :19:25.view. The uncharacteristic for us. Still a great finish, isn't it? How

:19:26. > :19:30.many times have we seen him do this? The key is to keep him onto his

:19:31. > :19:37.right foot. Then tried his best, but he is a world-class player. -- then

:19:38. > :19:42.tried his best. What is the mood in the dressing room? Disappointment,

:19:43. > :19:48.naturally. In some ways, it shows how far we have come to lose against

:19:49. > :19:51.Holland three - two and to be that disappointed, especially after

:19:52. > :19:58.coming back from a goal down at 2-1 down. But a player like Robben can

:19:59. > :20:02.do that to you. And a team like the Dutch. There are positives that we

:20:03. > :20:07.will take, I am sure. It is good preparation for next summer. You

:20:08. > :20:09.will take, I am sure. It is good your finger on it. You can't give

:20:10. > :20:14.the likes of Arjen Robben that much space in and around the box. No, he

:20:15. > :20:21.is lethal. He has been for years. He is world class. We will be

:20:22. > :20:25.disappointed to concede any goals, especially with our record. Slightly

:20:26. > :20:30.disappointing, but that is international football for you. What

:20:31. > :20:36.about the character of the site, to come back twice in that match? Yes,

:20:37. > :20:41.I think we have the type of players in the squad that have got that. We

:20:42. > :20:46.never give up, we have a never say die attitude. Just a shame that we

:20:47. > :20:49.didn't hold onto that draw. But a great group of players here. Team

:20:50. > :20:56.spirit is fantastic. The setup is perfect. We will have learned a lot.

:20:57. > :20:59.Thank you for joining us. A big night for Joe Allen because, no

:21:00. > :21:04.doubt, we need to find out whether he will feature in Jurgen Klopp's

:21:05. > :21:12.plans. On the evidence of the signal? What do you think? Very

:21:13. > :21:17.good. He was very good tonight. I'm sure he will impress Jurgen Klopp

:21:18. > :21:23.and get his way into that squad. With players like Joe Allen, we want

:21:24. > :21:26.all our players to play as high as possible, it is important Joe Allen

:21:27. > :21:31.stays at a club like Liverpool. It is, because he is worthy of that

:21:32. > :21:36.level. He is a top player, hardly ever gives the ball away. His ball

:21:37. > :21:41.retention is exceptional. He worked his socks off for the team, a real

:21:42. > :21:45.team player. He doesn't have a selfish bone in his body. He

:21:46. > :21:52.epitomises the spirit we have got in the Welsh camp. A fantastic headed

:21:53. > :21:56.goal from Emyr Huws. I think that he will remember it for the rest of his

:21:57. > :22:03.life, his first international goal. Joe Allen, a short corner. He is not

:22:04. > :22:08.marked. Great movement in the box. Four people, he sneaks in right

:22:09. > :22:13.behind them, arrives in the box and scores. Fantastic. Terrific header.

:22:14. > :22:19.He came through the ranks of Manchester City. He did. A bright

:22:20. > :22:21.young talent for them. He is at Huddersfield now, a good

:22:22. > :22:30.goal-scorer. Good goal from him tonight. Let's look at Arjen

:22:31. > :22:34.Robben's winner. This reminded me of you, that goal you scored against

:22:35. > :22:40.Cyprus. At the beginning, we thought, he is going to go round him

:22:41. > :22:46.here. Yet, he has a lot of time with the run. In the end, he slotted by

:22:47. > :22:51.the keeper. A simple finish, but he is patient. World-class.

:22:52. > :22:56.Defensively, Wales all over the place. A little bit. We were looking

:22:57. > :23:00.to try and score the winner. The boys have broken forward a bit too

:23:01. > :23:05.soon, really, and you can't give him that time and space stop

:23:06. > :23:10.uncharacteristic defending from Wales this evening. It was a bit,

:23:11. > :23:15.but we will be disappointed with all three goals. We have been so tight

:23:16. > :23:20.defensively, done a lot of work as a team, so a bit sloppy from us. But,

:23:21. > :23:24.overall, I think Chris will be delighted. He has got an awful lot

:23:25. > :23:29.of positives out of it and it was a decent performance. We ended up

:23:30. > :23:33.losing because we went to try and win the game. That shows, after all

:23:34. > :23:37.the changes, all the players missing, how good we are. There were

:23:38. > :23:41.glimpses of Dutch brilliant this evening. Does it make it even more

:23:42. > :23:47.baffling that they haven't qualified? Of course, they have

:23:48. > :23:50.world-class players. But you have two apply yourself week in, week out

:23:51. > :23:58.at any level, especially international. At the end, they

:23:59. > :24:02.haven't qualified, and we have. We talk about the team spirit that we

:24:03. > :24:07.have got, maybe that is what we have, that is what they are lacking.

:24:08. > :24:11.They have got the players. We have really got ourselves going by this

:24:12. > :24:16.team spirit. But the Dutch have never had a great team spirit, in

:24:17. > :24:19.the build-up to a World Cup or European Championship. They have a

:24:20. > :24:25.great history of the European Championship. Something always

:24:26. > :24:30.happens in the build-up. They do love a drama! Certainly seems to be,

:24:31. > :24:37.but maybe they were better before and they could carry that. Danny

:24:38. > :24:41.Blind is the coach and you have got somebody like Ruud van Nistelrooy on

:24:42. > :24:48.the bench as well. Quite crazy that they haven't qualified. It is. They

:24:49. > :24:52.are a good side. People like Robben, he was the difference tonight. It

:24:53. > :24:59.will be interested to see how they are against Germany this week,

:25:00. > :25:06.because he was their key player. A big day for Welsh football today,

:25:07. > :25:10.because the U21s two, Armenia. An excellent start to the European

:25:11. > :25:16.Championship campaign for the U21s. Geraint Williams went into this one

:25:17. > :25:22.unbeaten after qualifying matches. It took 20 minutes for them to take

:25:23. > :25:27.the lead in Bangor. A penalty. Ellis Harrison of Bristol Rovers, the man

:25:28. > :25:34.who stepped up and stroked it home coolly. Wales almost doubled their

:25:35. > :25:38.lead in the first half. Declan John of Cardiff City did some excellent

:25:39. > :25:43.work on the left-hand side, setting up Burns, who was inches away from

:25:44. > :25:49.making it 2-0. But it was Armenia who scored next, Wales failing to

:25:50. > :25:54.deal with the corner. Their player headed past goalkeeper Billy

:25:55. > :25:57.O'Brien. Terrence Williams's team were not discouraged, and

:25:58. > :26:02.Liverpool's Harry Wilson, who has senior squad experience, came close.

:26:03. > :26:05.Wales had to work hard at the back, with skilful midfield work from

:26:06. > :26:15.Armenia almost resulting in another goal. Just as Wales thought they

:26:16. > :26:19.would have to settle for a point, Harry Wilson made amends for his

:26:20. > :26:26.earlier miss and struck home a late winner. 2-1 for Wales, and they now

:26:27. > :26:30.sit top of the group. It is an important three points. To be there

:26:31. > :26:34.to be lads, they dug themselves out of a bit of a hole there. First off,

:26:35. > :26:38.totally in control of the game. If we had kept that the session up and

:26:39. > :26:43.been a bit more clinical in the final third, we could have had a

:26:44. > :26:50.good win. But second half, I thought we were very poor. Quite similar to

:26:51. > :26:54.Wales's performance here. Nevertheless, they are top of the

:26:55. > :27:00.table as it stands, Denmark beating Romania 3-0 earlier today. Let's

:27:01. > :27:06.bring you up-to-date with the other international matches tonight.

:27:07. > :27:10.Hungary beat Norway last night in the Uefa European Championship

:27:11. > :27:15.qualifying play-off. The Republic of Ireland roaring in Bosnia. They now

:27:16. > :27:20.have a great chance of making one of the play-off places. -- roaring in

:27:21. > :27:28.Bosnia. France have just beaten the world champions, Germany, bike 2-0.

:27:29. > :27:35.Let's hear from the Welsh manager, Chris Coleman.

:27:36. > :27:41.Wales don't have much luck against the Dutch, do they? Your assessment.

:27:42. > :27:46.Of course, Holland didn't qualify, and a lot was made of that. Whatever

:27:47. > :27:53.team they play, they are going to have very good players. We saw the

:27:54. > :27:56.world class of Arjen Robben tonight. But you are always disappointed to

:27:57. > :28:01.lose, but I thought we were all out of the game, in terms of the lot of

:28:02. > :28:06.our lads who have not been playing at big clubs, one or two coming back

:28:07. > :28:11.from injury. I was happy with the way we went about it. I thought that

:28:12. > :28:16.our fans were fantastic. The second half, we were trying to score, we

:28:17. > :28:24.opened up and they don't pass on a couple of counterattacks. We got a

:28:25. > :28:28.lot out of it. You must have been disappointed defensively, Chris. If

:28:29. > :28:34.we defended every game, we are going to play like the ten games we

:28:35. > :28:38.defended in the campaign... It is nice, but that isn't football.

:28:39. > :28:40.Sooner or later, you will be up against a good team and they are

:28:41. > :28:46.going to open you up and you concede. So we will go back and, the

:28:47. > :28:51.next time we play, the next time we come together, we will work on the

:28:52. > :28:54.things maybe we didn't do as well as we have been doing tonight. But you

:28:55. > :28:58.are not going to get a positive result every time. You are going to

:28:59. > :29:04.concede goals sooner or later. You have to be realistic. Overall, I

:29:05. > :29:09.can't say I am disappointed with the players. We were up against a tough

:29:10. > :29:14.team. Almost a wounded animal, they are very much rebuilding. A good

:29:15. > :29:18.performance by Holland. But not too shabby by us also. For periods in

:29:19. > :29:23.the second half, we were trying to get in behind them and hurt them. We

:29:24. > :29:26.were a bit rusty in certain areas because a lot of our players haven't

:29:27. > :29:31.had minutes on the pitch, and they needed that night, but overall, it

:29:32. > :29:38.was a worthy performance from the lads. Hard luck.

:29:39. > :29:42.I suppose, in many ways, when you listen to Chris, the Dutch haven't

:29:43. > :29:46.qualified but that is the type of class they will come up with against

:29:47. > :29:51.France. That is right. They are a very good side. But we are missing a

:29:52. > :29:55.lot of players. We are disappointed not to get anything out of the night

:29:56. > :30:03.with all those players out. That shows how far we have come. When you

:30:04. > :30:08.take Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey out of the squad, it has a massive

:30:09. > :30:14.impact. It is like taking Arjen Robben at that team today, Wales

:30:15. > :30:18.when it 2-1. All of our staff know how important that game was today.

:30:19. > :30:22.It was important for players to get minutes on the pitch. What will

:30:23. > :30:26.Chris be saying in the dressing room? It is important and we will

:30:27. > :30:31.take a lot of positives from the game. The manager and we will have

:30:32. > :30:35.learnt a lot. Moving forward, losing to Holland three - two, we are

:30:36. > :30:41.disappointed, it shows how far we have come. What about you? People

:30:42. > :30:45.like Tom Lawrence are stepping up to be played. George Williams, Jonny

:30:46. > :30:50.Williams... Looking good for the future of Welsh football. You will

:30:51. > :30:57.be back in two or three weeks after your injury. I will. Good luck.

:30:58. > :30:59.Wales, beaten by the Dutch masters. But there is still half a year away

:31:00. > :31:56.before France. Good night. I'm here today to tell you

:31:57. > :31:58.the truth. Are you sure you want to continue

:31:59. > :32:01.down this road? Lots of people think they have

:32:02. > :32:04.nothing to lose. They just haven't thought it

:32:05. > :32:06.through. You have the very particular stink

:32:07. > :32:10.of a man out of his depth. You blunder further into a situation

:32:11. > :32:14.you simply do not understand.