Thursday, June 30, 2016

Wales warms to pressure of history-making Belgium game (The Associated Press)

Wales coach Chris Coleman points during the Euro 2016 round of 16 soccer match between Wales and Northern Ireland, at the Parc des Princes stadium in Paris, Saturday, June 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

The last time the spotlight was on Wales in the way it is now at the European Championship, a 17-year-old Pele scored the only goal for Brazil in a World Cup quarterfinal. On Friday, Wales can go one stage further than it did in 1958 - the last time it made the finals of a major tournament - when it takes on Belgium for a place in the semifinals of Euro 2016. ''You have to put this down as the biggest game our country has ever been involved in (since),'' Wales coach Chris Coleman said on Thursday.


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