Goals from Aaron Ramsey, Neil Taylor and Gareth Bale, his third in consecutive games at Euro 2016, ensured that Wales won Group B ahead of England, which could only draw 0-0 with Slovakia.
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Wales can not afford to become complacent or distracted as they prepare to play in the last 16 of Euro 2016, Chris Coleman has said. The ultimate goal is we want to try and win the tournament.
Of the possible upcoming fixtures, Chester said: “It’s far too confusing for me”.
“That obviously created space that made me and Rambo (Ramsey) and all the midfielders get on the ball more and, ultimately, when you do that, you get more opportunities to do what we do best”, he added. “I had time to prepare and find players and if we weren’t able to succeed, it’s definitely my mistake”. Since leaving the Soviet Union, Russia have qualified for nine major tournaments, and have only got past the group stages on one occasion.
Gareth Bale, the scorer of a direct free kick in each of the two previous games to equal a European Championship record, was close with several fine efforts before becoming the first player since Milan Baros in 2004 to score in three successive games at the European finals.
“I’m so lucky to be experiencing something now as a manager, at a tournament, and to see the team perform like that, it’s really pleasing”, he said.
“I can understand that”. It’s a little bit embarrassing that we’ve played three games and in each of the three games it’s been attack versus defence.
He also said they had asked Russian Federation before the match if Wales could play in their red home kit, despite being designated the “away” team by UEFA.
“He understands the help he gets around him from his team-mates, he enjoys the style of play we’ve implemented”.
On his first worldwide goal, Taylor said: “It was an unbelievable feeling and to get it in the Euros as well and in the last game of the group stage is very special”.
“We said after the England game that we needed to keep the ball a lot better and we did that tonight”, the Real Madrid star said. “We know our side of the draw”.
He said: “We have to have feet firmly on the ground here, even if everyone is talking about this possibility or that possibility”. Slutsky said after that another manager would have to be in place when Russian Federation host the 2018 World Cup.
“It is a game we can win, we will concentrate on ourselves as we usually do and take it from there”.
“I don’t want to focus on the players, I would rather talk about my responsibility”.
The last time Wales was at a major tournament, the 1958 World Cup, it bowed out at the start of the knockout phase.
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The final round of group matches continues with four matches today.
