Wales have every right to believe they can follow Greece in 2004 and Denmark in 1992 and be the latest small, unregarded nation to win the competition In the aftermath of the quite stunning Welsh victory over Belgium, Chris Coleman was understandably reluctant to look too far ahead. It is best not to think about winning the tournament, he argued. You have to be in the final first and the most sensible approach is to concentrate on the next challenge, which happens to be Portugal. Wales might be in dreamland after Lille, but they are not about to fall into the trap of talking themselves up. They are a better side than many opponents seem to imagine, but that’s for Wales to know and others to find out. Yet the question of winning the event is an entirely fair one to put to a team in the semi-finals. If you are in the last four, anything is possible. Just imagine the assumptions and bullish declarations that would now be flying around had England put themselves in Wales’s position. Yes, fair enough, in that event there would probably be pigs flying around too. Continue reading...
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