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Don't Take Me Home (2017) is a powerful and emotional sports documentary film that follows the incredible journey of the Wales national football team during their unforgettable UEFA Euro 2016 campaign, directed by Jonny Owen.
This inspiring documentary gives fans an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at one of the greatest underdog stories in football history. Featuring rare footage, locker room moments, and emotional interviews, the film captures how Wales, led by Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey, shocked the world by reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2016 for the first time in their history.
From struggles and setbacks to national pride and glory, Don't Take Me Home showcases the unity, passion, and determination of a team that brought an entire nation together through football.
Movie Information
🎬 Title: Don't Take Me Home (2017)
🎭 Featured Players: Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey, Chris Coleman, Ashley Williams
🎥 Director: Jonny Owen
🎞 Genre: Documentary, Sports, Football, Biography
🌍 Country: United Kingdom
📅 Release Year: 2017
⚽ Event: UEFA Euro 2016 (Wales National Team Journey)
Why Watch Don't Take Me Home?
✔ Inspiring true football story
✔ Wales’ historic Euro 2016 run
✔ Emotional behind-the-scenes access
✔ Features Gareth Bale & key players
✔ Perfect for football and sports fans
✔ One of the best modern football documentaries
If you love football documentaries, underdog sports stories, national team journeys, and emotional real-life sports moments, Don't Take Me Home (2017) is a must-watch.
This inspiring documentary gives fans an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at one of the greatest underdog stories in football history. Featuring rare footage, locker room moments, and emotional interviews, the film captures how Wales, led by Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey, shocked the world by reaching the semi-finals of Euro 2016 for the first time in their history.
From struggles and setbacks to national pride and glory, Don't Take Me Home showcases the unity, passion, and determination of a team that brought an entire nation together through football.
Movie Information
🎬 Title: Don't Take Me Home (2017)
🎭 Featured Players: Gareth Bale, Aaron Ramsey, Chris Coleman, Ashley Williams
🎥 Director: Jonny Owen
🎞 Genre: Documentary, Sports, Football, Biography
🌍 Country: United Kingdom
📅 Release Year: 2017
⚽ Event: UEFA Euro 2016 (Wales National Team Journey)
Why Watch Don't Take Me Home?
✔ Inspiring true football story
✔ Wales’ historic Euro 2016 run
✔ Emotional behind-the-scenes access
✔ Features Gareth Bale & key players
✔ Perfect for football and sports fans
✔ One of the best modern football documentaries
If you love football documentaries, underdog sports stories, national team journeys, and emotional real-life sports moments, Don't Take Me Home (2017) is a must-watch.
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00:08:10Because you know, then I'm doing his job.
00:08:12The only way sort of was down after doing so well.
00:08:15And when you look at it, it's not often a manager has to replace somebody that was doing well.
00:08:18They had good results.
00:08:20And it'd been working.
00:08:21So why would you want to change that?
00:08:22You know?
00:08:23They've won four out the last five games.
00:08:25And it's not just the wins.
00:08:28It's the philosophy and the style of play.
00:08:30Which I think we all agree is being refreshing and you know, we've enjoyed it.
00:08:35I can't believe how hard it must have been for him just to step in there.
00:08:38I'm sure the job was always a dream for him, but not in these circumstances.
00:08:43It's not going to be easy. I know that. It never is.
00:08:48Certainly in this situation, maybe a little bit more difficult,
00:08:51but it's something I'm prepared for.
00:08:53If I didn't think I could affect the situation, I wouldn't have taken the job.
00:08:57I suppose Gary Speed's legacy will be what happens next, in a sense. Is that right?
00:09:03I knew it would be tough, but I didn't think it would be as hard as it became, you know?
00:09:09It just seemed a bit, I don't want to be disrespectful, but a bit meaningless to play football.
00:09:14It was just, well, what's the point?
00:09:16You know, even in the office, in Cardiff, sitting in the office, certainly in the early days,
00:09:20I didn't like to sit in the chair. I didn't like to be in that office by myself.
00:09:24You know, Speedo had been there only a month or whatever, two months before.
00:09:28We didn't have that drive, and we all wanted to because we wanted to do it for him.
00:09:33But at the same time, it seemed like we couldn't, you know, we didn't have enough.
00:09:37We just didn't have enough inside of us to get going again.
00:09:43The nation was in mourning. Certainly the players were in mourning as well.
00:09:49And I was pushing the players, I think, too hard.
00:09:52What I should have been a bit more understanding of what they were going through as well.
00:10:01You know, results weren't good.
00:10:03And that wasn't nothing to do with the players, it was everything to do with me.
00:10:07The atmosphere in the camp wasn't great at times.
00:10:10You know, I came into the camp for the first time for the Serbia game,
00:10:14where we lost 6-1, and you could still feel the burden.
00:10:18One of the persons I would have spoke to in a situation like that would have been him.
00:10:24Of course you can't, he's not there.
00:10:27I didn't have enough courage to change what he'd been doing around to what I wanted to do.
00:10:36I remember travelling back from the game on the bus, completely lost in my thoughts.
00:10:44It just hits you and you say, right, that's it.
00:10:47That's the end of that.
00:10:50I had to stand up really and start being myself more and show a bit of courage
00:10:56and do exactly what I wanted to do rather than what Speedy was doing.
00:11:01You know, I spoke to one or two members of my immediate staff
00:11:04about, you know, changing this and changing that, and they were sceptical.
00:11:08But I was adamant that it was the way to go.
00:11:10And of course the big thing was to change Aaron with Ashley, the captain.
00:11:17I knew Aaron was very close with Speeds, but I could see it having an effect on his game
00:11:21on the pitch, which was the last thing we needed.
00:11:25And yeah, maybe I was one of the most affected in the team.
00:11:29Looking back now, I think it was the right thing to do probably
00:11:32and help me, you know, overcome that.
00:11:36Everyone always asks, like, what was it like of Aaron?
00:11:38And it was completely fine.
00:11:39You know, I've seen him.
00:11:40When we returned up to the next camp, we just didn't even mention it, to be honest.
00:11:45We've never mentioned it.
00:11:46Aaron could have gone another way.
00:11:49Had he taken a different approach, shown a different attitude towards
00:11:54Ashley getting the captaincy, we probably wouldn't have achieved
00:11:58what we've just achieved because he is that important to us, Aaron, you know.
00:12:26He needs to make it into his team, which he has, and this is Chris Coleman's team.
00:12:38Now or never?
00:12:40No, it's not now or never.
00:12:41You know, the teams in the future can qualify whenever, but, you know,
00:12:44for this group now, I think the time's perfect, the time's right, we're settled.
00:12:49We want to get it done this time.
00:12:50We needed the first game to get the campaign up and running.
00:12:54We needed to get the win, no matter how we did it.
00:13:03I wasn't saying, you know, we've got to finish first or second.
00:13:06I just thought after five or six games, if we're third, we're going to shout.
00:13:13And it was all about making sure we were in touching distance, and that meant we needed
00:13:19to stay in games.
00:13:26We're not going to settle.
00:13:27There's not going to be a campaign where we settle for nearly doing it, and I'm a pat
00:13:31on the back for nearly doing it.
00:13:33This has to be we've done it.
00:13:35I just felt we were too nice.
00:13:37And we are, as a nation.
00:13:38The Welsh people are nice people.
00:13:40If we need to play ugly for ten minutes, that's what we do.
00:13:44That's what teams do to us.
00:13:46Teams don't come to Cardiff and lie down for us.
00:13:49And when we go to their backyard, they make it as difficult as they can for us.
00:13:53The biggest impact, I would argue, was the fans.
00:13:57They got stronger and stronger, believed even more, carried us through difficult moments
00:14:02in games.
00:14:04I could sense the excitement, sort of the passion was really there.
00:14:07That's when we really started to take off, because the fans were unbelievable.
00:14:13And I did that because they saw what the players were bringing.
00:14:16It was the fact that they looked at the players who were ready, ready for anything, ready for
00:14:21the challenge, ready to do anything for Wales.
00:14:24And it was definitely a switch that went on and everybody's thinking that, you know, we're
00:14:30on to something here.
00:14:31Everything just seemed like it was in the right place.
00:14:34And every game, getting that bit more belief, that bit more momentum.
00:14:37And this team was just realising exactly what we were capable of doing.
00:14:41Mark gave me the news, and I forgot to actually borrow anything else.
00:14:46I just wanted to go over to where our boys were, all our supporters were.
00:14:50The players all joined in.
00:14:52What does this mean for Wales, for these people, Chris?
00:14:55It means everything.
00:14:56They've dreamed of, we've all dreamed of all this.
00:15:01This is what it's all about.
00:15:02This is what we've always wanted.
00:15:03We're going to the tournament.
00:15:04The first finals in 58 years to go to France was amazing.
00:15:07And our Welsh supporters, our fans, our comrades, as we kept going, we've been waiting a long
00:15:12time for this.
00:15:13I just keep looking at the table, it's always nice to see.
00:15:17You know, you never spell Wales with a Q.
00:15:19You do, but now you look at it, it's got a Q and Wales.
00:15:25We've had this target for such a long time, and for it to happen, it was more of a relief
00:15:29than anything.
00:15:30But no, some team had to do it, and I always believed that we had the talent in the squad
00:15:34to do it.
00:15:35There's quite a few in Wales that thought that they'd never see that day.
00:15:39The decision to expand the European Championship has already proven it's worth.
00:15:45Several nations will be making their first ever appearance at the Euro, and we are all
00:15:50firmly convinced that this will be a fantastic tournament for everyone involved.
00:15:55And the first team drawn in pot number one, Angleterre.
00:16:02L'Angleterre.
00:16:03England.
00:16:04England.
00:16:04England.
00:16:04And after pot one, as we said it, we have pot four.
00:16:09Four.
00:16:12Wales.
00:16:14Wales.
00:16:15Also for Wales, this is the first ever participation.
00:16:20They participated in 58 in the World Cup, and they will play England, as you have already
00:16:25seen.
00:16:26Next team.
00:16:28Group B.
00:16:29England and Wales.
00:16:31Slovakia.
00:16:33La Russia.
00:16:34La Russia.
00:16:45I remember watching the World Cup.
00:16:48My earliest recollection was 1978 in Argentina, you know.
00:16:54Also, I've always dreamed about being in our tournament, and missed out as a player.
00:16:57So then to get it as a manager, it was the most exhilarating feeling.
00:17:05It's difficult to explain to anybody that hasn't been what we've been through as a nation.
00:17:11You know, where it was something we've always wished for.
00:17:13And to get it, yeah, incredible.
00:17:26We deserve all this intrusion and all this pressure.
00:17:31We deserve it. We've been asking for it long enough.
00:17:34Now we can't say, oh, it's a little bit, you know, this is what we've been screaming for.
00:17:45Six months prior, you know, we had families and friends all the time.
00:17:48It's about their plans and the trips and the money that's being spent
00:17:51and the camper vans that are selling out and everything like that.
00:17:54So we started to get the feeling of how big a tournament it was.
00:17:57I'm off to France tomorrow, flying over to Bordeaux.
00:17:59I'm ridiculously excited.
00:18:01They heard my missus' words to me this morning.
00:18:03She said, you're ridiculously excited.
00:18:05The atmosphere in France, in Bordeaux, in Toulouse, wherever you went,
00:18:08there was somebody Welsh there.
00:18:10They embraced the tournament.
00:18:12I mean, I think the story of the tournament was of the Welsh supporters.
00:18:24I woke up to people drinking and singing and chanting,
00:18:28so you could look out your window,
00:18:29you could see them all in the pub across the road.
00:18:31It was an unbelievable atmosphere.
00:18:34Johnny Owen, who's been on his own tour de France following Wales.
00:18:38How many people do you think will go, whether they've got tickets or not?
00:18:42It's kind of a once-in-a-lifetime trip.
00:18:44Everybody that I know who's into football is going.
00:18:47Everybody.
00:18:48So what it's going to be like walking down Bordeaux High Street?
00:18:50Like Merthyr High Street, I think, you know, when I'm walking down there.
00:18:53So when we travel to the game,
00:18:55then you know, you know, you arrive in the city in Bordeaux
00:18:57and you're going to feel it.
00:19:00It probably hadn't sunk in prior to that, that we were actually going to be at a major tournament.
00:19:05There was like, you know, there was thousands of people all right round the bus,
00:19:09just screaming at us, you know, willing us to do well.
00:19:13There was just red jerseys, taffs everywhere.
00:19:17It was unbelievable.
00:19:25We've had good home crowds and we take the faithful away.
00:19:29But France was something different.
00:19:31We know it's a tough test against a very tough Slovakian team
00:19:35who will probably be favourites because, you know, they're a good team.
00:19:41They've been getting some great results.
00:19:43And if you look at the four teams in the group, then we are the underdogs.
00:19:46You still have to look around and enjoy the surroundings because it means something, you know.
00:19:52It means we have arrived at a tournament and we need to save a lot.
00:19:57That game was talked about for months.
00:19:59It was the first one.
00:20:00The name Slovakia was just constantly being thrown at you.
00:20:03You could sense that excitement, that anticipation.
00:20:06You know, we just stood in the corridor listening and it was, you know,
00:20:09sort of a surreal moment, unbelievable feeling.
00:20:12And I remember looking at the players because sometimes you can be affected by that.
00:20:16But there wasn't a sign.
00:20:17There wasn't a sign of that on our lads, you know.
00:20:20And I knew we wouldn't get beat and I knew we'd perform.
00:20:25Obviously, I've experienced big games before and big crowds outside.
00:20:28And it was just one of those feelings again, just a massive game.
00:20:30The atmosphere was right up.
00:20:32If you're playing for Real Madrid, then every week, you know, it's a circus, isn't it?
00:20:37You can't.
00:20:38Everywhere he walks, he's got one of these in his face and cameras everywhere.
00:20:42Some of our players, you know, play championship football.
00:20:45You know, one or two are a little bit lower than that they've been playing.
00:20:49So they won't be used to all of this.
00:20:50So it's nice to have somebody like that, that's at the other end,
00:20:53with all the attention and all the pressure.
00:20:59He was just a positive vibe to be around.
00:21:01He was showing his nerves at any stage.
00:21:05Big pressure on him as well.
00:21:06I think everybody just fed off the energy of the fans and was just really looking forward to the game.
00:21:12And, yeah, what happened after that was amazing.
00:21:14And that still gives me goosebumps thinking about it now.
00:21:16We turn up, we went out to Walmart and we could just see a massive sea of red.
00:21:25I think everybody who gets interviewed for this will tell you about Bordeaux's anthem.
00:21:29How emotional it was.
00:21:30I think that's when it hit home that, you know, exactly what it meant to the Welsh people.
00:21:41All right.
00:21:42Can I have a word?
00:21:44Tomorrow.
00:21:49Time.
00:21:51Time.
00:21:54There.
00:21:57Things.
00:21:58Things.
00:21:59They.
00:22:00Time.
00:22:01Things.
00:22:03Things.
00:22:05Things.
00:22:05Things.
00:22:05They.
00:22:05Things.
00:22:31CHOIR SINGS
00:22:52If you could press pause and stay in that moment, he'd be there forever.
00:23:35CHOIR SINGS
00:23:37Ben Davis kicked it off the line. You know, it could have been a lot different for us.
00:23:43And after that, we settled down really quickly into the game.
00:23:48You need the loving behind the football and the experience of it.
00:23:52You represent your country and you get it. You understand what it means.
00:23:56Or you don't. You know, there's no such thing as a life in between.
00:24:00Luckily, we've got one of the best players in the world. Totally gets it.
00:24:22That was a moment where I think we'd all been waiting for.
00:24:31The noise levels were just through the roof.
00:24:34And it was like, oh, we're here.
00:24:36You know, this is what it's all about. This is what we've always wanted.
00:24:40It really felt like the tournament had started for us.
00:24:54They were firmly on top of us. We can't get out of our own half.
00:24:58We're too big. We're hanging on to a 1-1 here.
00:25:00They get the equaliser and then you're thinking, no, come on, can we just hold on?
00:25:06You know, you get to the 70-minute mark and, you know, the lads are getting tired.
00:25:09Obviously, tough games, playing against world-class players.
00:25:11You hear the anthem that's come from the fans and it does give you that action, 10%.
00:25:15I've been fortunate to play football for a long time now.
00:25:17I've never seen a connection between the team and a set of fans like that first game.
00:25:22We need to get up the pitch. We need to get behind the Slovakian defence.
00:25:26We brought Hal on and we brought Joel Ledley on.
00:25:29And as it worked, it was a move straight off the training ground.
00:25:33In that system, we tried to go from side to side as much as we can to move the opposition
00:25:36round.
00:25:38Threaded pass from Joel Ledley, Grip, or to the perfect player you want in that situation,
00:25:42which doesn't think twice.
00:25:59The way that just slid into the corner flag and, yeah, it was just, it was just an overwhelming experience.
00:26:08All the atmosphere there on the pitch with the players, with the supporters, again, it's gone up another level.
00:26:17You could just sense the relief, the excitement, that feeling of,
00:26:21that we're going to win our first game in the European Championships.
00:26:34To score early on in the game and go on and win it in a very difficult game, emotions are
00:26:39high, you know,
00:26:40showed that this group was a very special group, that, you know, getting there wasn't going to be enough.
00:26:52We talked about the fact, and we kept saying it, and we believed it.
00:26:55We weren't saying it for a cliche to, you know, get the focus off the England game.
00:26:58The first game is the biggest game in the tournament.
00:27:00If you can win that, especially in a group stage,
00:27:02you set yourself up perfectly to take the pressure off the rest of the games.
00:27:07Have things changed?
00:27:08The fact that you are top of the group, you have three points, England have one point.
00:27:13Has that changed any of your preparations, any of your thinking of the game?
00:27:17No.
00:27:19Group B, England's first opponents have just been drawn, and it is Wales.
00:27:24Oh, what a draw that is.
00:27:26England against Wales.
00:27:28Come on.
00:27:29I'm born and bred Swansea.
00:27:32You know, very passionate Welshman.
00:27:34So I've got a chip on my shoulder.
00:27:36As soon as we mention England, the sport, I want to beat England.
00:27:41The build-up to the group stage was all about England.
00:27:44That's all people talked about was England game, the England game,
00:27:46and what's going to happen, and who's going to win,
00:27:49and that's going to be the game of the group.
00:27:50I was worried about the spotlight, the scrutiny,
00:27:53just the bigger picture, just everything that would go along with the tournament, you know,
00:27:56and if we'd be able to cope, because it was something new to us.
00:27:59It was a circus, that game, it really was.
00:28:01It was everything that had come around it for just 90 minutes of football.
00:28:04Things are going to be said, this thing was going to be a little bit of tuna throwing.
00:28:10And actually, you know, who says what, why?
00:28:13Once the whistle's gone, that's where all the questions will be asked,
00:28:17and you've got to make sure you've got the answers.
00:28:19It was all about getting enough points to get through.
00:28:21That's all that mattered.
00:28:24England was the second game of three,
00:28:26and that's how we tried to approach it, you know.
00:28:28I think our boys enjoyed the fact that the English media printed everything we said,
00:28:33you know, and then complained back to us.
00:28:40England bigged themselves up, passion, pride, patriotism.
00:28:43Did you say all that, and did you quite mean it?
00:28:45And are you quite surprised how the way that maybe some of the England camp have bitten?
00:28:51I saw the interview with Baylor, he was giggling, you know.
00:28:55The media are going to try and put words in his mouth at times.
00:28:58How would England players get into this current Welsh team?
00:29:00No.
00:29:02It's a massive statement.
00:29:04You know, we are a small country.
00:29:05We haven't got a lot of players to pick from,
00:29:07and it's a bit like us against the world, you know,
00:29:09sort of like siege mentality, and that's what we have.
00:29:12We knew that the press were going to ask these sort of questions,
00:29:15so we were just like, let's play up a bit for them,
00:29:18and let's just, you know, tell them how it is.
00:29:21I never said they didn't have passion or pride.
00:29:23I just feel my opinion that we have more.
00:29:27I couldn't care less, to be honest with you.
00:29:28Who are, who takes their corners, or whatever.
00:29:32You know, we were just, all we were saying,
00:29:34we want to play for Wales.
00:29:35We were proud of being Welsh.
00:29:38It's not like we don't respect England, they're a great team.
00:29:41People seem to see the love or hate, the way we were going about it,
00:29:45but it was working for us.
00:29:47There was always going to be something on it,
00:29:49because it was the middle game of the group.
00:29:51We know how hard it is for Wales.
00:29:53For England, the pressure on you at the tournament,
00:29:56we could feel it on you, you know,
00:29:58we could feel it, it was incredible.
00:30:11You know, I was really looking forward to it.
00:30:12I thought, you know, this was going to be the time
00:30:14where, you know, we can get one over them.
00:30:41I remember coming in at half-time,
00:30:42and we were a goal up against England, the Euros,
00:30:45and still you could sense that we weren't quite happy
00:30:47with the way we were performing,
00:30:48and we knew if maybe things didn't improve
00:30:51and we didn't start playing a bit better,
00:30:52then it would come back to bite us.
00:30:55Our goal in the first half probably didn't help us.
00:30:58I think that's when we had something to hang on to,
00:31:01and the team just wanted to try and protect that.
00:31:08We didn't play how we should have,
00:31:09and maybe the occasion got to us a little bit.
00:31:35We sat there with 30 seconds to go on four points,
00:31:39which probably didn't have to take this week,
00:31:41and then within a space of seconds,
00:31:46we'd miss that opportunity.
00:32:01To concede later on was hard to take.
00:32:03And I was disappointed that we hadn't showed England
00:32:06how good we are.
00:32:08We didn't put it all on the line.
00:32:15I always look at myself first.
00:32:17I think maybe I should have worked differently through the week.
00:32:19Maybe my messages to the players
00:32:20was too much fighting and not enough expression.
00:32:24It was horrible feelings.
00:32:25It was one of the worst I've had in football.
00:32:27It was just, I don't think it was a fact
00:32:28that we lost last minute.
00:32:29I think it was, we just didn't give the account
00:32:32of ourselves we should have.
00:32:35Just before they scored,
00:32:38I checked the screen to see the time,
00:32:40and I think it was two minutes to go.
00:32:42See, 1-1 at the time.
00:32:43There was a guy in the Welsh end crying.
00:32:47I just thought, if I wasn't a player,
00:32:49I'd probably be in that end with the fans anyway,
00:32:52and maybe something just come over me to think,
00:32:55and almost to give a message of saying,
00:32:57you know, come on, keep your chins up,
00:32:59because, you know, it isn't over.
00:33:01As much as this hurts now,
00:33:02we've still got another game in a few days.
00:33:04We need you.
00:33:08As long as that England game was done,
00:33:10the whistle had gone, we'd lost.
00:33:12It didn't matter. It was finished.
00:33:13All gone. All that matters was Russia.
00:33:15We got away from the hotel.
00:33:16We didn't go anywhere near the training pitch.
00:33:19We had to walk on the beach.
00:33:20We had to bite to eat, and it was a good vibe.
00:33:22Can I just ask, how long did you talk about
00:33:24the England game, or maybe to put it another way,
00:33:27how long were you allowed to talk about the England game?
00:33:30What England game?
00:33:30I think it spoke volumes about the players
00:33:32that they were able to deal with that situation,
00:33:36and then box it off, put that in isolation,
00:33:39and they say, right, no, we've got Russia now.
00:33:54It just showed the other side of the team.
00:33:56We'd dealt with adversity far greater than that prior,
00:33:59so we knew the strength of the group.
00:34:01It's always going to be sad that every team gets on grid,
00:34:04but there's something special we go year away.
00:34:06Yeah, and we've got boys from different backgrounds,
00:34:09everything, but everyone seems to just click.
00:34:16A lot of us, I suppose, have grown up together as well,
00:34:18coming through a similar sort of age group.
00:34:20This is what we always wanted to do as kids.
00:34:23Now to be playing on the highest level with each other,
00:34:27having a laugh, enjoying it, is what we all want to be doing.
00:34:33This generation of ours, the Ramseys, the Bales,
00:34:36they're all in the same sort of age group,
00:34:38and they would have started through the mini-football,
00:34:40junior players, sort of primary school children,
00:34:43getting away from the 11 players in a giant field,
00:34:45in a very heavy ball, and trying to kick the ball,
00:34:48it's hard to come in one direction instead of passing it.
00:34:51I just think that has given us a bedding
00:34:54where we can have a play in the school, play football,
00:34:55because we like to pass the ball.
00:35:00The younger players in the UK
00:35:03don't get as much exposure to the ball
00:35:06as maybe the players in Spain.
00:35:08A lot of that has to do with weather and facilities.
00:35:10It's not because we don't want to coach them,
00:35:12we don't want to work with them.
00:35:13We can't.
00:35:14They've got nowhere to play.
00:35:15They haven't got the surface.
00:35:18You make the younger players better
00:35:20by the younger players having better facilities,
00:35:23and coaches who want to progress as coaches.
00:35:27The earlier you get them
00:35:28and the better you work with them,
00:35:30the better chance that you've got.
00:35:31The key is to be able to see the roots of the first team.
00:35:34At some football clubs and in some nations,
00:35:36you probably can't see that,
00:35:37or you're many, many years away,
00:35:39but I think at Wales you can see, you know,
00:35:40if you've done well for the 21s or the 19s,
00:35:43or even no victory shield level,
00:35:45there was a fast track there available
00:35:46where Wales weren't afraid to throw you in at the deep end,
00:35:49no matter how young you were.
00:35:50You know, we've seen that with Gareth.
00:35:52It's starting to show now that
00:35:54what we started to do maybe 10 years ago
00:35:57is coming to fruition,
00:35:58and we're seeing the results.
00:36:01Obviously it started under Gary Speed,
00:36:02going back to basics
00:36:03and making it more professional
00:36:04around the place with Wales,
00:36:05and then obviously this gaffer come in
00:36:07and done incredible things,
00:36:08and I think we started to feel like
00:36:10there was a turn in the fortunes
00:36:12and a turn in team spirit as well.
00:36:13It's gone full circle
00:36:15where players want to come to the Welsh camps
00:36:17even if they're injured,
00:36:19and that's where we are now,
00:36:19and Chris has taken on that again
00:36:21and has made it one of the best
00:36:25international setups there is, really.
00:36:28There's a logo, Together Stronger.
00:36:30It comes from the players
00:36:32and us as a staff
00:36:33being in some real tough situations
00:36:36where we have been in,
00:36:38and sticking together and coming through it.
00:36:40It's not about going out for a few beers
00:36:42and having a laugh and a jog.
00:36:43It's easy, that is,
00:36:44but that lasts for five minutes.
00:36:46It's all the other stuff
00:36:47when you've been in real tough situations
00:36:50and people don't turn their back
00:36:51on that situation,
00:36:52don't turn their back on you.
00:36:54We always speak about Ash and Rambo
00:36:56and Baleau and Joe Allen.
00:36:58There's other players
00:37:00who are so important,
00:37:01you know, Joe Ledley,
00:37:02Andy Kings,
00:37:03Sam Vokes,
00:37:04Simon Church.
00:37:05Chris Gunter's got 70-odd caps.
00:37:07Unbelievable.
00:37:09You want, mate?
00:37:13This is what it's like
00:37:14to play with a 90 million pound player.
00:37:18I could go through them all.
00:37:20They're always there.
00:37:21They don't miss games.
00:37:22Sometimes they don't always play,
00:37:24but they always play a huge part.
00:37:26And they're massive.
00:37:27But they run the dressing room.
00:37:29I don't run the dressing room.
00:37:30It's their dressing room.
00:37:31The guys who haven't been on the grass
00:37:32or haven't been starting,
00:37:34you know,
00:37:34they're chomping at the bit
00:37:36and they're not very happy
00:37:37that they haven't been on the grass
00:37:38and I like that.
00:37:39The first instinct is disappointment
00:37:41that you're not playing,
00:37:42but then there's no point dwelling on that
00:37:44because you can't change
00:37:45the manager's decision.
00:37:45You've got to be there
00:37:46and you've got to try and help the boys
00:37:48and make the boys relax,
00:37:49you know,
00:37:50for such big games.
00:37:51The days building up
00:37:52to the Russia game
00:37:53was very, very positive
00:37:55when I think a lot of people
00:37:55were expected to be negative.
00:37:57It was a good time to just,
00:37:59I suppose,
00:38:00try and get over the England defeat
00:38:01as quick as possible
00:38:02because I didn't feel
00:38:03we played that bad.
00:38:04It was just,
00:38:04especially to lose in the last minute,
00:38:06it really does take the wind out of you.
00:38:08But I think just to make sure
00:38:09everybody was on the same page
00:38:10was still ready to go.
00:38:11We've got everything to play for
00:38:12and yeah,
00:38:13I think it definitely helped.
00:38:15It's freezing.
00:38:16My hands are freezing.
00:38:18No, no, no.
00:38:19It's not too much.
00:38:20It's just 80.
00:38:2180.
00:38:22This is the time of your life.
00:38:25You don't know it,
00:38:26but it is.
00:38:27Go and express yourself.
00:38:29Go and enjoy it.
00:38:29You know your job.
00:38:31You know what it is.
00:38:32You're a good player,
00:38:33otherwise you wouldn't be here.
00:38:34That was a real turning point for us
00:38:36where we said,
00:38:37OK, so what?
00:38:38We just lost to England.
00:38:39It was a massive game,
00:38:40but we're still in a position
00:38:41where we know if we win,
00:38:42we go through.
00:38:42So we would have taken that before.
00:38:44So it's not,
00:38:45you know,
00:38:45it's not all doom and gloom.
00:38:46The credit's got to go
00:38:47to the manager for that,
00:38:48the psychologist
00:38:49and all the stuff
00:38:49we've got around
00:38:51because to pick us up
00:38:51after that England game
00:38:52because it's an honest group,
00:38:53this group of players
00:38:54and when we lose
00:38:55and don't play well,
00:38:56you know,
00:38:56the boys really feel it.
00:38:57When they're in camp,
00:38:58it's tough.
00:38:59The camps are hard,
00:39:00very serious,
00:39:01but at the same time
00:39:02they enjoy it
00:39:02because they've got that
00:39:04respect for each other
00:39:05and they've got that bond
00:39:06with each other.
00:39:07I think you did that all day.
00:39:08Oh, yeah.
00:39:08I wouldn't go very far.
00:39:10Just like this,
00:39:11all the way.
00:39:11Another wing.
00:39:13Bomba.
00:39:13Bomba.
00:39:14Bamboozle the air defence.
00:39:16Bamboozle.
00:39:16Good with bamboozle.
00:39:18We tend to forget
00:39:19these players are human beings
00:39:20and they've got to enjoy
00:39:22this experience as well.
00:39:23They don't enjoy playing football
00:39:24for their country.
00:39:25Sometimes you put
00:39:26too much pressure on them.
00:39:34We did a video,
00:39:35we did a song for the tournament
00:39:36with the boys
00:39:37and we did a video
00:39:37with the team
00:39:38about two months ago
00:39:39and you could tell then,
00:39:40you know,
00:39:41I was chatting to Joe Allen
00:39:42saying how great,
00:39:43I thought it was new
00:39:44he was and stuff
00:39:45and we were joking
00:39:45and laughing
00:39:47and you could just tell
00:39:48there was such a bond there
00:39:49straight away,
00:39:50you know,
00:39:51and by the end of the video
00:39:52they were jumping up
00:39:52and down with it.
00:39:53I was watching the Rocky,
00:39:54was it Rocky 4
00:39:55with the Russian in the day
00:39:56and that set it up nicely.
00:39:58I think a few boys
00:39:58might have watched that.
00:40:00Strange really
00:40:01because going into it
00:40:01a lot of us felt
00:40:02that it could possibly
00:40:04be the last game
00:40:04of the tournament
00:40:05if it didn't go our way
00:40:05so I think
00:40:06that spurred everyone on.
00:40:08Can't decide the result almost.
00:40:10The result will be
00:40:11whatever it is.
00:40:12You decide how you want
00:40:14the performance to go.
00:40:15within our dressing room
00:40:16we knew that
00:40:17we can beat this team.
00:40:18If we're going to go out
00:40:19in the tournament
00:40:19we'll go out on our terms
00:40:20playing our way.
00:40:21We knew exactly
00:40:22what we wanted to do.
00:40:23Have a go.
00:40:39Do you know why
00:40:43You've got feelings in your heart
00:40:48and the first whistle
00:40:51just all clicked into place.
00:40:54Not often
00:40:55as a coach
00:40:56do you sit on the sideline
00:40:57and watch the team play
00:40:59and really enjoy it.
00:41:01Our performance
00:41:02I think is
00:41:02from the best in a Welsh
00:41:04to talk is easy
00:41:06but to show what we can do
00:41:07is the hard bit.
00:41:10I was looking at the boys
00:41:11in front thinking
00:41:11this is a good team
00:41:12these are good players
00:41:13especially the way
00:41:14the forward players
00:41:15attack the game.
00:41:17We were going for those
00:41:19passes that sometimes
00:41:20don't come off.
00:41:21If you don't try them
00:41:22you're never going to know.
00:41:24Joe Allen has it back
00:41:25plays it through for Aaron Ramsey
00:41:26who's onside
00:41:28Ramsey!
00:41:30Wales 1-1
00:41:32Ramsey!
00:41:34Gareth Bale's got a bit of space
00:41:35the players to his left
00:41:36if he wants to try and use
00:41:37Neil Taylor
00:41:38oh Taylor's in
00:41:39a chance for two for Wales
00:41:40well it's saved by the keeper
00:41:42Taylor at the second in 10
00:41:43makes it two!
00:41:51Chris Gunters on my side
00:41:52on the dugout side
00:41:54he's playing brilliantly
00:41:55no one of them
00:41:56he turned around
00:41:56and said to me
00:41:57enjoy this gaffer
00:41:58because this doesn't
00:41:59happen often
00:41:59and I thought
00:42:00you know
00:42:01this particular game
00:42:03there's everything on it.
00:42:05And Ramsey leaves it
00:42:06for Chris Gunters
00:42:07who can scamper
00:42:08towards the
00:42:08rushing penalty area
00:42:09gives it to Ramsey
00:42:10who's towards the edge
00:42:11of the D
00:42:12he's got options
00:42:12inside the area
00:42:13Bale is one of them!
00:42:14And no one else
00:42:17can harm me
00:42:18the way that you
00:42:20can harm me
00:42:21I need to know
00:42:24Bale!
00:42:25And that's the Bale!
00:42:27at one last
00:42:30Gareth Bale gets a goal
00:42:32on the night
00:42:32three in three
00:42:34group stage games
00:42:35round of 16
00:42:37here they come
00:42:39Wales 3
00:42:40Russia 0
00:42:41and almost inevitably
00:42:43it's that man again
00:42:44Gareth Bale!
00:42:52I wanted to make sure
00:42:54everybody realised
00:42:55who Wales were
00:42:56and what we're capable of
00:42:58We can only imagine
00:42:59what it was like
00:42:59back in Wales
00:43:00I'd love to have been there
00:43:01myself
00:43:02the celebrations
00:43:03after that game
00:43:03were great
00:43:04because to finish top
00:43:05and to be able
00:43:06to call ourselves
00:43:06the best team
00:43:07in that group
00:43:07was unbelievable
00:43:08and it was
00:43:09you know
00:43:09it was a dream
00:43:10it was a massive dream
00:43:10for us
00:43:11I felt like a lot of times
00:43:12that every person
00:43:13in Wales was there
00:43:14it didn't seem real
00:43:15that there were
00:43:15so many people out there
00:43:18but we were really proud
00:43:19of our fans
00:43:20not just in the stadiums
00:43:21outside the stadiums
00:43:22everybody seemed to
00:43:23seemed to love
00:43:24the Welsh fans there
00:43:25and we left a good impression
00:43:26on France I think
00:43:27everywhere we went
00:43:28we've seen them
00:43:28in their numbers
00:43:29we heard them
00:43:30Don't take me home
00:43:31and everywhere you went
00:43:32the players singing in the hotel
00:43:33it was just very infractious
00:43:35because people were there
00:43:36to enjoy themselves
00:43:37you see support like that
00:43:39and it does give you
00:43:41extra motivation
00:43:42I mean it's back in Merth
00:43:43I mean drinking red wine
00:43:44for the rest of their lives
00:43:46they thought it was
00:43:47vinegar until then
00:43:49we're in France
00:43:50we're enjoying it
00:43:50what's next
00:43:51I'm going to Toulouse now
00:43:52I'm going to get there
00:43:53I don't know
00:43:53I'll get there
00:44:01the likes of Germany
00:44:03England
00:44:03Spain
00:44:04all these kind of big nations
00:44:06are in the other half
00:44:07of the draw
00:44:08so you must see this
00:44:09as a great opportunity
00:44:11potentially to go
00:44:12much further in the tournament
00:44:13it doesn't matter
00:44:14who comes out of the hat
00:44:14it's going to be a tough game
00:44:16I think because of
00:44:17what's at stake
00:44:19just running
00:44:20a lot of the time
00:44:22on pure emotion
00:44:43it was a hot day in Paris
00:44:47it was a tough game
00:44:49two very organised teams
00:44:52it felt at times
00:44:53a little bit from the fans
00:44:54that it was the first game
00:44:55we're happy to be there
00:44:57loving the experience
00:44:58but we're favourites
00:45:01we need to get through
00:45:02again there's that expectancy
00:45:04where we'd come through
00:45:04the first three games
00:45:05where people didn't expect us
00:45:07to perform
00:45:08or you know
00:45:09I think one or two people
00:45:11said we would do well
00:45:11to score a goal
00:45:13so we came through that
00:45:15and the weather team
00:45:16they're expected to go through here
00:45:19you could almost feel the pressure
00:45:20in the stadium
00:45:21from both sides
00:45:22because it was somewhere
00:45:23we'd never been
00:45:23and off the back of the Russia game
00:45:25everyone expected us to have
00:45:25another game like that
00:45:27football's not like that
00:45:27it's never like that
00:45:30probably our hardest game
00:45:31and I
00:45:34some people may find that
00:45:36strange for me to say that
00:45:39I could feel the nerves
00:45:42and the edginess on everybody
00:45:44on our supporters as well
00:45:45even the red wall
00:45:46I think felt it on the day
00:45:50they've been on a
00:45:51a great unbeaten run
00:45:52going into the tournament
00:45:54we played them not long ago
00:45:55before that
00:45:56and I think we drew 1-1
00:45:58so we knew it was going to be a battle
00:46:00they don't give away as he goes
00:46:02they're prepared to sit in
00:46:03and grind you down
00:46:05they've certainly done
00:46:06their homework on us
00:46:07as we had on them
00:46:09yeah there's no complacency
00:46:11on our part
00:46:11we knew we'd have to be right on it
00:46:13and that the chances
00:46:14would be few and far between
00:46:19they'll defend on a low block
00:46:20where there won't be a lot of space
00:46:22the space will be in front of them
00:46:23and they'll allow us to have the ball
00:46:31I've been in that position before
00:46:32you just have to keep going
00:46:33be patient
00:46:34move the ball as quick as you can
00:46:37it was a different game
00:46:38it wasn't a team trying to score against us
00:46:40it was a team trying to stop us from scoring
00:46:42so we struggled for periods of it
00:46:48it wasn't an easy game playing at all
00:46:50we didn't want to overcommit going forward
00:46:52and get caught on the counter
00:46:53because that's their game
00:46:56they were sold at the back
00:46:57and they were tough
00:47:04they were more comfortable than we were in the game
00:47:07their game plan was working
00:47:08so we said half time
00:47:09calm down
00:47:10they do this to every team
00:47:11it'll be one by one goal
00:47:13maybe a little bit of luck
00:47:14with us or them
00:47:15make sure it's with us
00:47:17stay in the game
00:47:25it looked like going to actual time
00:47:27possibly leaving penalties
00:47:30we knew with Gareth and Aaron and Hal up top
00:47:33we would get a chance
00:47:36Rambo got it
00:47:37he played a little one to us
00:47:38Hal
00:47:39then he slid Bale in
00:47:40the whole stadium I wrapped it
00:47:55you could feel relief
00:47:59helps when you've got some players
00:48:01who can produce some magic
00:48:02and obviously Gaz did
00:48:03yeah and the way the goal came
00:48:05I think summed up
00:48:06the type of game it was
00:48:07and the type of performance
00:48:09that was needed from us
00:48:11there wasn't much between the teams
00:48:13we were asked a different question in that game
00:48:19I was in Paris in the stadium
00:48:20I've always wanted to play
00:48:25I actually remember trying to get out of the way
00:48:27I ended up hitting in full pelt
00:48:29and a big car crashed for my fist
00:48:31my shoulder was injured
00:48:33we had about eight minutes left
00:48:34I wanted to see the job out
00:48:36I felt like I could do it
00:48:38but yeah I was in a lot of pain
00:48:40he's the rock
00:48:41he's the captain
00:48:42he's the one everyone looks to
00:48:43when you need a voice
00:48:45and he leads by example on the pitch
00:48:46he puts his body on the line
00:48:47as you see
00:48:48and you won't want to come off for any game
00:48:52you know looking back
00:48:53maybe that was the wrong decision
00:48:55it's hard in the game sometimes
00:48:57you know you're so caught up in it
00:48:58that you are thinking straight
00:49:04the Northern All-Island fans were screaming
00:49:07I think they felt
00:49:08they sensed that
00:49:09they got a chance here
00:49:15in all the games we played
00:49:16that game lasted the longest
00:49:30that one goal decided the game
00:49:32but for us it was massive
00:49:34obviously then going into a quarterfinal
00:49:38for us we got through it
00:49:39because we had a play on the pitch
00:49:40yeah it could make the difference
00:49:42when we came through it
00:49:43and we won the game
00:49:44it was fantastic
00:49:47to share it with all the families
00:49:48and the kids
00:49:49coming on the pitch after
00:49:50was amazing
00:49:51and definitely worth a find
00:49:53from the FAW
00:49:58we have took
00:49:58too many hours off work
00:50:00we've spent too much money
00:50:01but do we care
00:50:02no
00:50:03because we're in the quarterfinals
00:50:04hey
00:50:06Joe Allen
00:50:06I read it on Facebook
00:50:08right
00:50:09two thirds of the World Service
00:50:11is covered in water
00:50:12the rest is covered by Joe Allen
00:50:15almost right
00:50:34how do you keep fresh
00:50:35it's a long old tournament
00:50:37yeah it's great that you're here
00:50:38but even for players
00:50:39it can get boring
00:50:40mentally you can start
00:50:42to get a bit stale
00:50:43how do you ward against that
00:50:45it was important for us
00:50:46to get the environment right
00:50:48from the start
00:50:48because
00:50:50none of us had any
00:50:51sort of
00:50:53expectations
00:50:53or knowledge
00:50:54of what
00:50:55atonement was going to be like
00:50:56when we actually got there
00:50:58three Ben Davises
00:51:00and one Josh
00:51:01William
00:51:02we were a family
00:51:03we were a family
00:51:04it was like living together
00:51:05well we were living together
00:51:06for six weeks
00:51:07ready
00:51:10get in
00:51:12get in
00:51:13what are you doing
00:51:18I can see a reflection
00:51:19behind me
00:51:20the lads will get on so well
00:51:22it wasn't a chore
00:51:23to sort of be away
00:51:24with each other for that long
00:51:24we loved every minute of it
00:51:26like being with your mates
00:51:27all the time
00:51:27being on holiday
00:51:28and just enjoying the occasion
00:51:30we're doing quizzes
00:51:31all the time
00:51:32we're playing table tennis
00:51:33we're watching games
00:51:34where we do everything together
00:51:36we have a round of golf
00:51:39I'm getting cramp in my forearm
00:51:41the hotel was the relaxation area
00:51:43we had to eat
00:51:44sleep
00:51:45play table tennis
00:51:46darts
00:51:48the younger lads
00:51:49played on the
00:51:50playstations or xbox
00:51:51or whatever they was playing
00:51:52the fact that we all enjoy
00:51:54spending so much time
00:51:55with each other
00:51:55it really does help
00:51:56in the downtime
00:51:57when maybe other teams
00:51:58would be bored
00:51:59I think the standard
00:52:00of table tennis
00:52:00improved dramatically
00:52:01from the start
00:52:02to the end of the tournament
00:52:05the rest of the staff
00:52:06are a bit scared
00:52:07to take a point
00:52:07off the gaffer
00:52:10the gaffer thinks
00:52:11he's a good player
00:52:12he's horrendous
00:52:18they used to be on it
00:52:19all the time
00:52:19couldn't even get a go
00:52:20could we
00:52:21trying to keep
00:52:2223 players
00:52:25happy and involved
00:52:26for four to five weeks
00:52:28was always going to be
00:52:28a challenge
00:52:30Wales aren't the sole
00:52:32home nation left
00:52:33at Euro 2016
00:52:34you dispatched
00:52:35Northern Ireland
00:52:36England
00:52:37well they did their own
00:52:39thing against Iceland
00:52:40surprised
00:52:41happy
00:52:41all of the above
00:52:42ready
00:52:43go throw
00:52:44ready
00:52:45ready
00:52:46oh yeah
00:52:47oh yeah
00:52:48oh yeah
00:52:50oh yeah
00:52:50oh yeah
00:52:50oh yeah
00:52:52oh yeah
00:52:57oh yeah
00:52:57oh yeah
00:52:59oh yeah
00:53:01oh yeah
00:53:02oh yeah
00:53:02oh yeah
00:53:02oh yeah
00:53:03it's got out
00:53:03someone's leaked it
00:53:04or sent it to someone
00:53:05and you know
00:53:07before I know
00:53:07it's all over Twitter
00:53:08and I'm starting to panic
00:53:10because I can't quite believe that
00:53:11Bruce!
00:53:12Bruce!
00:53:13Bruce!
00:53:14They come out
00:53:15and that was that
00:53:16you know
00:53:18nothing we could do
00:53:19about it
00:53:19you know
00:53:20just
00:53:20I think they're just confident
00:53:22young lads playing football
00:53:24enjoying themselves
00:53:24being away together
00:53:25you know
00:53:26and there's no disrespect to anybody
00:53:28it was just the fact
00:53:28the event
00:53:29the time
00:53:30when it happened
00:53:31who it was
00:53:49you know
00:53:50you can't really describe
00:53:51to be in that environment
00:53:53again
00:53:53like you say
00:53:53after such a long time
00:53:54playing for Wales
00:53:55to be part of it
00:53:56was something
00:53:57I'll never forget
00:53:58Chris Gunter's gonna
00:53:59potentially miss
00:54:00his brother's wedding
00:54:01Neil Taylor
00:54:02is missing Beyonce
00:54:03tomorrow night
00:54:04which he's very annoyed about
00:54:05what are you missing out on
00:54:07or what do you hope
00:54:07you could miss out on
00:54:10I planned everything
00:54:11for after the final
00:54:12so
00:54:14I was
00:54:14I was the clever one
00:54:15in the group I think
00:54:17I am experiencing
00:54:18feelings that I didn't know
00:54:19I was potential
00:54:20or I had potential
00:54:21to feel
00:54:22it's sensational
00:54:23I mean
00:54:23none of us can quite believe it really
00:54:25in terms of experiences
00:54:26that you've had in your life
00:54:27where does this rank already
00:54:29it's
00:54:29it's on a par
00:54:30with my daughter's birth
00:54:31I'd say
00:54:32um
00:54:33so
00:54:34better than any wedding
00:54:35that I've
00:54:35that I've
00:54:36that I've
00:54:36been to and said
00:54:37yes
00:54:37uh
00:54:38this is
00:54:41so
00:54:44just being caught
00:54:46in absolute
00:54:46downpour
00:54:49there's John Murray
00:54:50John
00:54:51John Murray
00:54:53voice of Five Live
00:54:55predictions for tonight
00:54:56please John
00:54:57predictions for tonight
00:55:00I'm going to go
00:55:02four
00:55:02be honest John
00:55:03yeah I'm going to be honest
00:55:04I'm going to go for
00:55:052-1 to Belgium
00:55:09as I've said
00:55:10John used to be the voice of Five Live
00:55:12there's far better people on it than him
00:55:27I think the Belgian public thought when they saw they were going to play Wales
00:55:30they were probably rubbing their hands and thought yeah
00:55:32because the Belgian were a fantastic team
00:55:34I think they're ranked second in the world
00:55:36I think if you were asked the Belgian players themselves
00:55:38they may have given you a different insight into what they were thinking
00:55:41because we've had some good games with them
00:55:43and we've matched them
00:56:08it felt like an away game I suppose
00:56:10although we took loads of fans over there
00:56:11the size of the stadium
00:56:12the amount that Belgium bought it felt like an away game
00:56:14I mean it was a nice British night
00:56:16it was raining
00:56:16it was a bit cooler
00:56:20you know Belgium started strongly
00:56:21but they're a quality side full of great individuals
00:56:28you know they had a couple of chances
00:56:30a few blocks on the line
00:56:34three or four men chucking themselves
00:56:35in front of the ball
00:56:36and you know we were just clinging on
00:56:43sometimes you play against good teams
00:56:45who are good with the ball
00:56:45and you have the tendency to sit back
00:56:48and watch them
00:56:48and say yeah they are good with the ball
00:56:50rather than stepping in and affecting it
00:56:53and upsetting them
00:57:10you know in a game of that magnitude
00:57:12the first goal is key
00:57:13I think most people thought it's the end of that
00:57:15because we're going to have to attack
00:57:17they'll exploit the space we leave
00:57:22well it just shows that
00:57:23that's not always the case
00:57:26we bossed the game
00:57:28from that point on
00:57:29to the end of the first 45 minutes
00:57:31we bossed that game
00:57:41and the gaps in the game
00:57:42I was just looking around
00:57:43thinking we're having a really good game
00:57:45and we're giving these
00:57:46the favourites of the tournament
00:57:47a run for their money
00:57:49between the goal and half time
00:57:51they just didn't know what to do
00:57:52they couldn't live with us
00:57:54we had them under pressure at the time
00:57:55and I thought there's a chance
00:57:56we're going to get a goal here
00:57:57I'd seen Neil Taylor score
00:57:59in the Euros
00:57:59he never scored
00:58:00so I was thinking
00:58:01I'd love to get a goal
00:58:07see Ash run away
00:58:08his head really like that
00:58:09his class for him
00:58:10it's
00:58:11couldn't happen to a better
00:58:12broken out team
00:58:15yeah
00:58:15the quickest I've seen
00:58:16in front
00:58:17his celebration
00:58:18that was unreal
00:58:19typical sort of captain performance
00:58:21he comes up when we needed him
00:58:22he pulled us out
00:58:23from underneath Belgium
00:58:24and got us on the way
00:58:25half time we get in
00:58:28total confidence
00:58:29that we were going to go on
00:58:30and score again
00:58:31and I think they do that as well
00:58:34you know they're going to get chances
00:58:36but we were making chances
00:58:37I just remember being put in by
00:58:39and I just made my way into the box
00:58:47I was standing and looking at him
00:58:48and I could see his options
00:58:51we were all shouting for him just to pass their tails
00:58:52and he was in acres of streets
00:58:53but I just thought hold on a minute
00:58:56I can generate a bit of space
00:58:58and he did something I never thought he was going to do
00:59:08definitely the best goal of my life
00:59:10definitely the best goal of my life
00:59:14what a feeling in that corner was
00:59:15it was amazing for Harlan for the team
00:59:17he sensed it was on to do it
00:59:19he took the gamble
00:59:20paid off
00:59:21the noise the eruption
00:59:22that happened at the time
00:59:24like I said
00:59:25there was only a quarter
00:59:26probably of Welsh fans in the stadium
00:59:28but it went crazy
00:59:28I'd like to sit here and say
00:59:30you know
00:59:30I drilled him on it
00:59:31two or three days running
00:59:34but I can't
00:59:39we're probably 25 minutes away from
00:59:42going to a semi-final
00:59:43and they had one or two moments
00:59:51we had a drinks break
00:59:52and I was having a drink
00:59:52and Sean tried to throw a gel on to Rambo
00:59:55lobbed it on
00:59:56and Tails looked the other way
00:59:57and is sitting clean on the side of the head
00:59:59the bench said afterwards
01:00:00it sort of broke the pressure a little bit
01:00:02that we had a chance to laugh at something
01:00:03because we were obviously really nervous
01:00:05at 2-1
01:00:05we were sort of pen backer
01:00:07for the last sort of 10 minutes or so
01:00:08and I think it came from a free kick
01:00:12Chris Gallop off
01:00:13down to the right
01:00:15I think it was only five minutes ago
01:00:17and I'm thinking the don't across it
01:00:23it wasn't as if we were in the last minute or so
01:00:26so you've seen Sam
01:00:29it was perfect for me to go and attack
01:00:30when it's left his head
01:00:33I'm thinking this is going in
01:00:43what a header by the way
01:00:48the thing that lived most for me is
01:00:51the fact that it was in that corner
01:00:53it was like a wave that came rushing down
01:00:55and they were just going
01:00:57completely crazy
01:00:59knowing that
01:01:00we've got two goals on them here
01:01:02and there's only a couple of minutes to go
01:01:03we're probably going to win the game
01:01:04not the best feeling I've had
01:01:06on a football pitch
01:01:08you'd give anything to try and relive
01:01:11it was all a dream honestly
01:01:13it was all a dream for us
01:01:13for it to have gone like that
01:01:14you know I've played for Wales
01:01:16for eight and a half years now
01:01:17and I've never seen a Welsh team play so well
01:01:19I think I sort of collapsed on the floor
01:01:20and just feeling the energy
01:01:22sort of zap out of me
01:01:23in terms of you know
01:01:24we've done it
01:01:45to beat Belgium
01:01:46favoured to the competition at the time
01:01:48and to beat them 3-1
01:01:50in the quarterfinals
01:01:51you're going into the semifinals
01:01:52you're one game away from the final
01:01:54I'm a grown man
01:01:55and I don't cry a lot
01:01:56but we are in the semifinal
01:01:58Wales
01:01:59it didn't make any sense at the time
01:02:00I remember
01:02:01after the game
01:02:02we just said it so many times
01:02:03like what are we doing?
01:02:10so we've gone to a tournament
01:02:13job done
01:02:13can we get out of the group
01:02:15job done
01:02:15hold on a minute
01:02:16now we're in the semifinal
01:02:17and it's like
01:02:18wow
01:02:19it's a wonderful back story
01:02:20with yourself
01:02:21your contract
01:02:22ran out
01:02:231st of July
01:02:24without a club
01:02:25at the moment
01:02:25has your representative
01:02:27been a bit busy
01:02:27in the last few days?
01:02:30yeah
01:02:37they were absolutely awesome
01:02:39and this is the
01:02:41it's the best time
01:02:43of my life
01:02:43I never thought
01:02:45I'd try this day
01:02:47Wales
01:02:50there's a real party
01:02:51whenever Wales go away
01:02:52even when we didn't qualify
01:02:53there's a real
01:02:54spirit of decor
01:02:55amongst the fans
01:02:56and that's a lot
01:02:57to do with what Chris Coleman
01:02:58and SM Gary
01:02:59before that
01:03:00tried to engineer
01:03:00and the Welsh FA
01:03:01and the Welsh FA
01:03:02will be brilliant
01:03:03in trying to create this atmosphere
01:03:04that when you go away
01:03:05to watch Wales
01:03:06we're all a big family
01:03:07going
01:03:08I don't think we could
01:03:09take any of it in
01:03:09because we weren't
01:03:10in the big cities
01:03:11out in France either
01:03:12other than when it was
01:03:13the matches
01:03:14Dinal is a very quiet
01:03:15little town
01:03:25I don't think any of us
01:03:27understood how big it was
01:03:28back home
01:03:28speaking back to my wife
01:03:30when she was talking about
01:03:30everybody in the village
01:03:31with the Welsh flag
01:03:32out the window
01:03:33and everybody's watching the game
01:03:34and all going on
01:03:35from early early
01:03:37you heard about the fan parks
01:03:39and you know
01:03:40before the first game
01:03:41you were like
01:03:41there's not even going to be one
01:03:43but to see the videos
01:03:44after the game
01:03:45you know
01:03:46it was just another
01:03:47spine tingling moment
01:03:48you know
01:03:48you're seeing all the drinks
01:03:49going up in the air
01:03:50and all the people celebrating
01:03:53people who had never really
01:03:54followed football
01:03:55you know
01:03:56just got grossed in it
01:03:58you just don't understand
01:04:00how much it was affecting
01:04:01people back home
01:04:02and how crazy it was
01:04:04you know
01:04:04you're watching those fan parks
01:04:05growing and growing
01:04:06and everybody in Wales
01:04:07was involved
01:04:07and that was great
01:04:08but where we were
01:04:09we were just very quiet
01:04:25so how long have you been in France
01:04:27when did the tournament start
01:04:29I can't remember
01:04:29no
01:04:3010th of June
01:04:32was it
01:04:32yeah
01:04:32we came over for the first game
01:04:35so you wouldn't believe this
01:04:36we went over to Toulouse
01:04:37for the England game
01:04:38on a Thursday
01:04:38they only shut the bloody fan zone
01:04:40hadn't they
01:04:40but we got to see the game
01:04:42in a bar called
01:04:43the Four Monkeys
01:04:44for the Ireland game
01:04:45we were in the Ireland end
01:04:46fantastic fans
01:04:47unbelievable fans
01:04:48so that was a real experience
01:04:50you know
01:04:51and we come here
01:04:52and there's all you guys
01:04:53around
01:04:53and all the squad
01:04:55walking down
01:04:55for a blinking ice cream
01:04:57you can't believe it
01:05:00it's far exceeded
01:05:02everything that I would
01:05:03ever ever want
01:05:03you know
01:05:04so
01:05:05and this has just put a cherry
01:05:06on the top
01:05:06really hasn't it
01:05:07so thanks guys
01:05:08thanks very much
01:05:14I think they've surpassed
01:05:15anything that any rugby team
01:05:16has ever done before
01:05:17for Wales
01:05:18because football is such
01:05:19a global game
01:05:20you know rugby is
01:05:21one of a dozen countries
01:05:22take it seriously
01:05:23whereas football
01:05:23obviously there's so many
01:05:24so obviously we've got
01:05:26the semi-finals
01:05:26of World Cups
01:05:27in rugby
01:05:28but this
01:05:29you know
01:05:29the country's never been
01:05:30caught up in a sporting event
01:05:32like this
01:05:32so in fairness
01:05:33the unthinkable
01:05:34one better
01:05:35it'll be truly amazing
01:05:57I'm sure you've got lots
01:05:58I'm sure you've got lots to work on now
01:05:59in the few days before the game
01:06:01without Aaron Ramsey
01:06:03without Ben Davis
01:06:04just how big a loss
01:06:05are those two players
01:06:06because they
01:06:08we knew they were good players
01:06:09beforehand
01:06:09but they have been
01:06:10very very good for you so far
01:06:11I remember looking at Aaron Ramsey
01:06:13and Ben Davis
01:06:14straight away after the Belgium game
01:06:16when the whistle went
01:06:17and they're laughing and crying
01:06:19that must have hurt both players
01:06:21they know they've done something special
01:06:22they also know they're going to miss the next game
01:06:24two bookings in five games
01:06:26it's a pretty harsh rule
01:06:27to be missing out on the semi-final
01:06:29tournament like that
01:06:30but for me and Aaron
01:06:31it was majorly disappointing
01:06:33but I remember saying to them
01:06:34during the Belgian game
01:06:35let's do this for the boys
01:06:37and get them to the semi-final
01:06:38you've got to feel for them
01:06:39because they've done so much
01:06:41the same as everybody else
01:06:42to get us where we are
01:06:44but again that's the tournament football
01:06:46you foster this mentality with Chris
01:06:48one game at a time
01:06:49one opponent at a time
01:06:51but how difficult is it now not
01:06:53to think you're in a semi-final
01:06:55you're 90 minutes away from the final
01:06:57you're 180 minutes away
01:06:59from potentially winning
01:07:00the European championships
01:07:01it must be very very hard
01:07:03not to let the mind wander
01:07:13it was similar to the Northern Ireland game
01:07:15playing against a team
01:07:16that was defensive minded
01:07:17but they had a lot more quality
01:07:18people hadn't talked about them
01:07:20that much at the tournament
01:07:21because they obviously weren't that expansive
01:07:22going forward
01:07:23and free flowing
01:07:24which we'd normally associate
01:07:25with a Portuguese team
01:07:27come the day
01:07:28I think I was probably more nervous
01:07:29not being involved in that game
01:07:31than I was when I'm playing
01:07:32it was just knowing
01:07:33you had no control
01:07:34of what was happening
01:07:35you're relying on other people
01:07:36and you can't affect the game
01:07:39fair play to the boys that come in
01:07:40I think they did a great job
01:07:41there's nothing against them
01:07:42but I just felt that
01:07:43you know they'd worked so hard
01:07:45to get there
01:07:45it seemed a bit unfair
01:07:47that they were going to miss out
01:07:48it was a strange feeling
01:07:49but one I was excited
01:07:50and really looking forward
01:07:51to the challenge
01:07:52you could see that they've done
01:07:53a lot of homework on us
01:07:54which sometimes
01:07:55with the bigger teams
01:07:56you don't get
01:07:56we've scored
01:07:5810 goals I think it is
01:07:59I think we're the highest scorers
01:08:01and Portugal have had to get
01:08:02to the semi-final
01:08:03a different way
01:08:05but nevertheless they found a way
01:08:07in the first 10, 15, 20 minutes
01:08:08you can see tactically
01:08:09he'd set them up really well
01:08:11defensively
01:08:12and nullified us
01:08:13they paid us a huge compliment
01:08:14they went on a low block
01:08:16for most of the game
01:08:17two similar types of teams
01:08:19we had working quite quick
01:08:20on the break
01:08:21same as them
01:08:21and they defended
01:08:22very well
01:08:22same as us
01:08:24game it was
01:08:25and the way Portugal played
01:08:26against us
01:08:26where they tried to shut
01:08:28all the doors
01:08:29and defended deep
01:08:30then an Aaron Ramsey
01:08:32he can find something
01:08:33it was just so frustrating
01:08:35for me to
01:08:36to watch the team
01:08:37on the side
01:08:38I felt
01:08:40like I would have had
01:08:41an effect on the game
01:08:42he's a great
01:08:44compliment with Bela
01:08:49because they're not just
01:08:49worrying about Bela
01:08:50they're also worrying
01:08:51about Ramsey
01:08:54we probably had the better
01:08:55in the first half
01:08:55you know going in at 0-0
01:08:56I thought we were
01:08:57you know we were comfortable
01:08:58we said that at half time
01:08:59and it was about
01:08:59sort of taking the game
01:09:00to them
01:09:00I still think
01:09:02you know at half time
01:09:03there wasn't that much
01:09:04between the team
01:09:05so I think
01:09:06coming out into the second half
01:09:08we were still really positive
01:09:09that you know
01:09:10if we keep going
01:09:11the chance may come
01:09:12and it might be enough
01:09:13to get us through
01:09:15we were
01:09:1645 minutes away
01:09:17from getting to a final
01:09:34I never saw John Charles play
01:09:36but my father told me
01:09:38he was like that
01:09:39you know
01:09:41jumped above everybody
01:09:42big shoulders
01:09:43power
01:09:46you see Minaldo doing that
01:09:47there's nothing we could
01:09:48have done about it
01:09:52you know
01:09:53I can't see anyone
01:09:54being able to head that ball
01:09:55you know
01:09:56he's sort of
01:09:56you look round
01:09:57and he's hanging up there
01:09:58you know
01:09:59that's Cristiano Minaldo
01:10:00you know
01:10:00he tends to stick them
01:10:02in the net
01:10:02this is where they want
01:10:03to deliver the ball
01:10:04to him
01:10:05you can't jump as high
01:10:06as you can
01:10:07nobody can
01:10:08his shins
01:10:09are at like
01:10:09James Chester's head
01:10:13from there
01:10:14it took the energy
01:10:15out of us a little bit
01:10:15and for Portugal
01:10:16I think
01:10:17if they go ahead
01:10:18it was the perfect scenario
01:10:19for them to be able
01:10:20to defend
01:10:21keep us out
01:10:22and try and hit us
01:10:22on a counter attack
01:10:23it was perfect for them
01:10:24it changed
01:10:25the whole complexion
01:10:26of the game
01:10:27it was the first time
01:10:28we had a mad five minutes
01:10:29and then they scored again
01:10:32for them to score
01:10:33straight away
01:10:33sort of
01:10:35you know
01:10:35it half killed the game off
01:10:36for us really
01:10:37in our own heads
01:10:37I suppose
01:10:39I could feel
01:10:40a fatigue
01:10:41on everyone
01:10:42up
01:10:43my 2-0 down
01:10:44was the semi-final
01:10:45oh tonight
01:10:50oh tonight
01:10:54oh tonight
01:10:55oh tonight
01:10:58I got it really bad
01:11:02people underestimate
01:11:03the physical exertion
01:11:05that's taken out
01:11:06and the emotional
01:11:06that we've done
01:11:07and I think it was
01:11:07it was one step
01:11:09too far in the end
01:11:12it's difficult
01:11:13on the world stage
01:11:14against world class players
01:11:15and that's what happens
01:11:22you do still do have
01:11:24in the back of your mind
01:11:24that if we'd had
01:11:26that little bit of luck
01:11:26on that day
01:11:27then we could have been
01:11:27in that final
01:11:32we'd do it all over again
01:11:33if we could
01:11:34and I don't think
01:11:34we'd have done
01:11:35a lot different
01:11:36I got it really bad
01:11:40as soon as a whistle
01:11:41went
01:11:41and you're out
01:11:44it was
01:11:44it was upset
01:11:46then to be honest
01:11:47you know
01:11:47I think
01:11:48I couldn't make it
01:11:49off the pitch
01:11:49I had to go off the pitch
01:11:51just to go and sit
01:11:51by myself
01:11:53I knew that was it
01:11:55there was no final
01:11:57for me to complain
01:12:00you always dreamed about it
01:12:02and you always wondered
01:12:03what it would be like
01:12:04and then you're finally
01:12:05lucky enough to get it
01:12:06and it's
01:12:07a hundred times better
01:12:08than what you thought
01:12:09it would be
01:12:10and I was stopped
01:12:11it's all done
01:12:12it's finished
01:12:13it was so
01:12:15gut-wrenching
01:12:21it was really hard
01:12:22I remember being
01:12:22in the dressing room
01:12:24and everybody's still
01:12:25on the pitch
01:12:25I didn't want to
01:12:26come back out
01:12:26I knew I had to
01:12:27because I had to
01:12:28thank everybody
01:12:29all the supporters
01:12:30that come to follow us
01:12:31and I had to do
01:12:33the media
01:12:33which I really
01:12:34didn't want to do
01:12:40we went through
01:12:40some tough times here
01:12:42and to put
01:12:44ourselves
01:12:44on the world map
01:12:45I suppose
01:12:45at a European tournament
01:12:46was a massive thing
01:12:48for us
01:12:48and to get so far
01:12:50in the tournament
01:12:50when people
01:12:51weren't necessarily
01:12:52expecting it
01:12:53we were the third best
01:12:54in Europe
01:12:55or we are
01:12:56the third best
01:12:57in Europe
01:12:59I think it doesn't
01:13:00just change football
01:13:00I think it changed
01:13:01the country
01:13:02because these events
01:13:03don't come along
01:13:03very often
01:13:07what we did
01:13:07in the Euros
01:13:08will have an impact
01:13:09on Welsh football
01:13:10for many years to come
01:13:13it was the end
01:13:14of tournament for us
01:13:15it wasn't the end
01:13:16of this team
01:13:18I think it was
01:13:19a perfect example
01:13:20to any nation
01:13:21of how to approach
01:13:23a major tournament
01:13:25if we were going out
01:13:26we were going out
01:13:26together
01:13:27if we were going through
01:13:28we were going through
01:13:29together
01:13:29and the fans
01:13:31were a part of that
01:13:34we did something
01:13:35that people never
01:13:36thought we would do
01:13:37and we surpassed
01:13:38everybody's expectations
01:13:39and as a country
01:13:41we were an absolute
01:13:42credit to the tournament
01:13:43the only thing
01:13:43that was missing
01:13:44was the trophy
01:13:46as long as the experience
01:13:47was on the pitch
01:13:48for me
01:13:48it was even our hotel
01:13:49in Dienard
01:13:50and everybody
01:13:51would be on
01:13:51on the bus
01:13:52the atmosphere
01:13:53is untouchable
01:13:54Chris Gunther
01:13:55is playing his music
01:13:56it's the same
01:13:57three songs
01:13:58every time
01:13:58we're on our way
01:13:59to the airport
01:13:59it's the same
01:14:00three songs
01:14:00coming back
01:14:02it's all that
01:14:35it wasn't to be
01:14:37but the fact
01:14:38that we got
01:14:38as far as we did
01:14:41hand on heart
01:14:42it didn't make it
01:14:43any easier
01:14:43when we lost the game
01:14:49you know
01:14:50we were watching
01:14:50the game last night
01:14:52and you feel
01:14:53a twinge of jealousy
01:14:55because those two teams
01:14:56are still going at it
01:14:57you know
01:14:57you see France
01:14:58celebrating at the end
01:15:00that's where we wanted to be
01:15:01and it's a compliment
01:15:03to our boys
01:15:04because
01:15:04they haven't just settled
01:15:06and thought
01:15:06we'll go to the semi-final
01:15:08you can still feel
01:15:09there's a disappointment
01:15:10and I quite like that
01:15:25we got back to dinner
01:15:27and we had sort of a day
01:15:28as a squad
01:15:29of just reflecting on stuff
01:15:30so the flight home
01:15:31was quite quiet right
01:15:31there's a few tired people on there
01:15:36you start to try
01:15:37and understand
01:15:37you know
01:15:38well actually
01:15:39it probably wasn't just
01:15:40you know
01:15:40a few games that we played
01:15:41for Wales
01:15:41and we enjoyed it
01:15:42and we did well
01:15:42it was a bit more
01:15:43at the time
01:15:44I think
01:15:44you know
01:15:44it seems to be
01:15:45like it lifted
01:15:46the whole country
01:15:48it's just the fact
01:15:49that we're known now
01:15:50being Welsh
01:15:50sometimes you go somewhere
01:15:52in the world
01:15:52and people don't know
01:15:53where Wales is
01:15:54you know
01:15:54whereas
01:15:55from now on
01:15:56those boys
01:15:56put Wales on the map
01:16:03I think we all just realise
01:16:05how much it meant to everyone
01:16:07we thought it was going to be
01:16:08a normal get off
01:16:09a few people might clap us
01:16:10and that
01:16:10but obviously we're out
01:16:11the Euros now
01:16:12people might not be caring that much
01:16:14they've got to get back to work
01:16:15or find another job
01:16:16because they've quit the other one
01:16:18years gone by
01:16:19there'd probably be
01:16:20three, four people there
01:16:22you know
01:16:22cheering us out of the airport
01:16:25this time we got off the plane
01:16:26all the streets there
01:16:27all lined with people
01:16:29we were
01:16:29there was cars
01:16:30pulling over
01:16:31waving
01:16:32and I thought
01:16:33god this is
01:16:34this is fantastic
01:16:35you know
01:16:35little did we know
01:16:36what was waiting in Cardiff
01:16:40like nothing you'd ever seen
01:16:41before as a player
01:16:43it was almost like
01:16:44we'd won
01:16:44the competition
01:16:45to be honest
01:16:46it was
01:16:47an amazing
01:16:48amazing feeling
01:16:50we're a small country
01:16:53you know
01:16:53and I think
01:16:54unless you're from Wales
01:16:55you don't
01:16:56sometimes get it
01:16:56and people were saying
01:16:57was it the right thing to do
01:16:59but this is a country
01:17:00that
01:17:01never done this before
01:17:02that was the first time
01:17:03when we experienced
01:17:04where it was like
01:17:04back around
01:17:05there was
01:17:05I don't know if anybody knew
01:17:07how many he was there
01:17:07but it was
01:17:08yeah it was incredible
01:17:10and I'm right at the front
01:17:11and I'm with Baylor
01:17:12and Rambo actually
01:17:13I think Ashley's on one side
01:17:14because he gunned us there
01:17:15and I said to Baylor
01:17:17god I bet you've never seen
01:17:18anything like this
01:17:19have you
01:17:19he said
01:17:20well I've actually
01:17:21just seen it in Madrid
01:17:23we just won the Champions League
01:17:24so
01:17:26took a bit of water
01:17:28on my fire a bit
01:17:28you know what I mean
01:17:29but
01:17:29to experience it with Wales
01:17:30was an amazing thing
01:17:32and I'm sure
01:17:33one everybody will
01:17:34will remember
01:17:35for the rest of their lives
01:17:37everyone was just saying
01:17:38thank you
01:17:39and I was like
01:17:39well thanks for what
01:17:40you know
01:17:40we haven't
01:17:41I don't understand
01:17:42what we've done
01:17:43the homecoming
01:17:44I think was a bit of a
01:17:45I wasn't surprised
01:17:46but it was just an amazing event
01:17:47to see so many people out
01:17:49and hearing all the stories
01:17:50and everybody
01:17:51were back again
01:17:52to the supporters
01:17:53the supporters who went up
01:17:54one match
01:17:54and then came back
01:17:55for five weeks
01:17:55I know I'll always remember
01:17:57being a part of that
01:17:58and it's just nice to hear
01:17:59people's stories
01:18:00when they tell you
01:18:00what it meant to them
01:18:02and how it inspired their family
01:18:04or whatever it might be
01:18:05it was something I never thought
01:18:06would happen
01:18:07especially for Welsh football
01:18:08when we were getting
01:18:103,000 fans down
01:18:11Cardiff City Stadium
01:18:11watching games
01:18:12so in a couple of years
01:18:14short space of time
01:18:14to see that reaction
01:18:15was really special
01:18:17and something
01:18:18yeah I'll never forget that
01:18:27a quarter of a million people
01:18:29had come out onto the streets
01:18:30just to congratulate us
01:18:33it was quite overwhelming
01:18:37we went further than anyone
01:18:38probably ever expected
01:18:39so it was just nice for us
01:18:40to be back in Cardiff
01:18:42and see all the fans
01:18:43you know wearing their shirts
01:18:44and all the kids
01:18:45and everyone just so happy with us
01:18:46people who couldn't get over there
01:18:48had the chance to say thank you
01:18:50and I think more importantly
01:18:51for us to say thank you to them
01:19:01I never ever thought
01:19:03we'd be in a position where
01:19:06we had the whole nation
01:19:08proud of us you know
01:19:09you know
01:19:22you
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