So, Wales finally know what life after Gareth Bale looks like and it’s not so bad, after all. Just as the supporters in a lively away end were ready to swallow a slender defeat against World Cup semi-finalists, the substitute and Wales debutant Nathan Broadhead poked in a stoppage-time equaliser to stun Croatia in Split. Cue delirium as the away bench emptied into the technical area. A few hours before kick-off the Wales squad went for a pre-match stroll on a glistening stretch of the Dalmatian coast and by the end of the night they had clinched an unlikely draw to claim a point from their Group D Euro 2024 qualifying opener. Croatia should have been out of sight but Broadhead’s late equaliser cancelled out Andrej Kramaric’s first-half strike.