“I know my team are good enough to perform against anybody”.
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“It feels incredible to have made the semi-final, but we said it in all our interviews, we aren’t just here to make up the numbers”. “The whole experience is uncharted”.
“It was a sort of natural reaction and I knew straight away it was a yellow”, said the Arsenal player, who set up two of Wales’ three goals and has recorded four assists at the finals.
“I thought we dominated the first half, we kept the ball very well and we felt very comfortable. It’s not worrying about giving our best and failing”.
“And three fantastic goals”, he added of well-taken efforts by skipper Ashley Williams, Hal Robson-Kanu and Sam Vokes, all of which came after Radja Nainggolan gave Belgium a 13th-minute lead. “The performance today is a credit to everyone”. It’s nice. We’ve been through a lot as a team and we’ve worked ever so hard to get here.
“Obviously he’s a world-class player”.
But Acton-born Robson-Kanu, who represented England at U-19 and U-20 level before switching allegiance to Wales due to a Caerphilly-born grandmother, admits it was his decision to leave Reading and take his chances with a move elsewhere.
A fine individual goal against Belgium on Friday night, which put the Dragons ahead for the first time in a game that they went on to win 3-1, only helped to strengthen the interest in Robson-Kanu’s services.
BELGIUM’S supporters showed real class after last night’s shock defeat by giving Welsh fans a touching guard of honour.
“I pointed the finger where it had to be pointed after the game”, he told Rtbf.
The celebrations were tinged with disappointment however, after Aaron Ramsey and Ben Davies received bookings which will rule them out of Wednesday’s contest in Lyon.
“I don’t want to say it’s “once in a lifetime stuff” because I want to see us up there in tournaments in the future”.
Gareth Bale is being one of the best players of the tournament.
Referee Damir Skomina, left, books Wales’ Aaron Ramsey, right, during the Euro 2016 quarterfinal soccer match between Wales and Belgium, at the Pierre Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve d’Ascq, near Lille, France, Friday, July 1, 2016.
“Amazing performance, awesome result”, tweeted Prime Minister David Cameron.
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And Newport-born centre-back James Collins could come in for Ben Davies, who is also suspended, in the heart of the Wales defence.
