Wales reach the World Cup the hard way on a night football sadly couldn’t produce two fairy tales – The Warm-Up
From Wales to Qatar Wales boss Robert Page set the bar pretty high when declaring the World Cup play-off against Ukraine as the biggest match in Welsh history, and the backdrop to yesterday’s tie only made the task even harder. Ad/> With the neutral willing Ukraine on, Wales had to focus, write their own history, and try to reach the World Cup under circumstances few others would wish upon themselves, and ultimately it was decided by the cruellest of margins – an Andriy Yarmolenko own goal ending Ukraine’s World Cup dream and sending Wales to the finals for the first time since 1958.
