Wales topped Group B ahead of a disappointed England, who will need to step their game up if they want to get any further into the latter stages of the tournament.
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After a campaign tainted by football hooliganism, Russian Federation dropped out of the European Championship finals following defeats by Slovakia and Wales.
And Bale wants Wales to capitalise on the opportunity they have created for themselves.
But Ramsey and Taylor scored within the opening 20 minutes and Bale became the tournament’s top goalscorer with his third strike in as many games. Bale then made it 3-0 in the 67th minute with an audacious shot that makes him the tournament’s leading scorer. “If we did not succeed it is truly my mistake”, Slutsky said after watching his side taken apart in a 3-0 defeat by Wales on Monday.
“Geographically, we’re small, but if you judge it on passion, we’re a continent”, Coleman said in a statement that his Northern Ireland counterpart could also make his own.
Born in Cardiff in July 1989, Bale first came to the attention of Southampton at age nine. To give kids the belief they can go out and play football. Bale moved to Tottenham Hotspur in 2007.
Asked what the win and progress to the knockout stage meant to him personally, Coleman replied: “This is the best because whether you’re a player or a manager or a coach, it’s all about the points”.
But former Wales global Saunders, who also had a spell as assistant manager of the national team when John Toshack was in charge, feels Gareth Bale and his team-mates have proved they mean business with their exploits across the channel.
In 2011 and 2013 he was named PFA (Professional Footballers’ Association) players’ player of the year, and was named in the UEFA Team of the year. Is he going to be the leader of Real Madrid as well in the future? So far, he scored 58 goals in 123 appearances for the Zinadine Zidane-coached club.
“I had enough time to find players”. He has since earned over 50 caps and scored 22 global goals.
Bale said it had probably been his best match with Wales, who are appearing in their first European Championship finals.
Chris Coleman’s men will face the third-placed team from either Group A, C or D in the next round at the Parc des Princes in Paris at 5pm on Saturday.Albania are among the possible opponents for Wales (Michael Sohn/AP) It’s possible for Wales to meet Group C’s Northern Ireland should Michael O’Neill’s charges finish as one of the four best third-placed teams.
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