00:00 Well of course, not just for me, for the players, they are the ones who worked so hard for it,
00:05 the staff, but the supporters, you know, it's fantastic. It is that transition, it is that
00:12 transition. What I mean by that is we qualified in 2016 against all the odds, got the semi-finals,
00:16 but because of the success of that has enabled us to invest the money and give us the opportunity
00:21 to qualify for the next Euros, which is what we did. Again, work in progress, we qualified
00:28 against all the odds for a World Cup. Disappointed when we got there, but again, it's stepping
00:32 stones. We've gone forward two, back one.
00:35 Wales have beaten a few playoffs before and none were ever as big as the last time around
00:39 when Wales needed to beat Austria and then Ukraine to qualify for the World Cup. In those
00:43 games Gareth Bale was the star man and shone to help us qualify. This time around, without
00:49 Bale, Ben Davies is still confident in the players that we have.
00:53 It's different times, I guess. We don't have Gareth Bale this time, that's obviously a
01:00 big loss for Wales. He's probably our greatest ever player. It's different, but that doesn't
01:05 mean that there's any different feeling within the camp. We've got a very motivated group,
01:11 boys that have been there before, boys that have experience and boys who are playing at
01:15 the top of their game. We're more than confident in the squad that we've got.
01:23 Wales are often the underdogs and usually play better when we're up against it. This
01:27 time against Finland at home though, we're arguably the favourites. That can put pressure
01:30 on a team, but Rob Page says that Finland are a good, solid team and Wales will need
01:35 to be at their best if they're to come away with a win.
01:39 We know they're going to be a big physical team and they will pose a threat. The front
01:43 three are very good, they're working really well together, so they will be a threat. And
01:46 they're here for a reason because they're a good team, so we're going to have to be
01:48 at it. I said earlier, irrespective of who we're playing against, if we bring our A game
01:54 up, we know we can play and I'm confident that we can take care of ourselves.
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