It beat a strongly-favored Belgium side 3-1 on Friday to line up a semifinal against Portugal, the national team's biggest achievement since reaching the quarterfinals of the 1958 World Cup. Over the past five years, the Welsh squad and its supporters have been coping with the sudden death of its coach, Gary Speed, who was found hanged in his home in 2011 at the age of 42. Speed's progressive methods were starting to pay dividends when he died, a blow to Welsh football lovers who saw the young coach as a role model.
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