listed country of azerbaijan. the supporters clearly want to see their team repeat the success of euro 2016, when wales exceeded expectation and lifted an entire nation with their achievements. fans singing: # don t take me home. - a turning point in welsh sporting history. what a goalfrom hal robson kanu! # please don t take me home. when the team of 2016 made it all the way to the semifinals of the euros, they lived out a football fantasy. first timers at the tournament, the man that led them there still can t believe what they achieved. i think we would all say it s the best summer of our career, if not one of the best summers of our lives. it was a fluke, let s be honest. like, we got to the semifinal, we didn t think we would, no one else thought we would. so we kind of can t compare it, it s unfair on these lads who have done so well to get where they got. we need to try to forget the last one, because it was a little bit unrealistic. wales start this tournament on the eastern ex
they ll get that far this time? yes. they ll get that far this time? yes, euro 2016 was they ll get that far this time? yes, euro 2016 was the they ll get that far this time? yes, euro 2016 was the high they ll get that far this time? yes euro 2016 was the high water mark of welsh football history. they went to france, exceeding expectation and lifted a nation. the players say it was the best summer of their lives but now the focus has to be on the first game tomorrow against switzerland in the olympic stadium. behind me. three points could be vitalfor making it behind me. three points could be vital for making it out of the group stage and into the knockout rounds. we ve been watching them train, they looked happy and relaxed and the good news is the likes of gareth bale, aaron ramsey and joe allen look fit and well, a relief i m sure to lots of welsh fans. azerbaijan is an humblest country, the welsh government and the football association of wales have asked fans not to come b
action, wales, england and scotland was that we have got correspondence travelling with all the home nations. natalie packs is at england s training camp, jane dougal is with the scotland team but first in azerbaijan, where wales begin their campaign tomorrow, howell griffith centres this report. euro 2016 was probably the high water mark of wash welsh football history. they exceeded all expectation and lifted a nation. when you speak to the players, many say it was the best summer of their lives but now the focus has to be that first game tomorrow against switzerland at the olympic stadium behind me. three points could be vitalfor making it behind me. three points could be vital for making it out of the group stage and into the knockout rounds. i ve been watching them train all week, they look very happy and relaxed, the good news is that the likes of gareth bale, aaron ramsey, joe allen, all look fit and well, a relief i m sure the of welsh fans back home. then it is on to rome to
will become the club s new manager with immediate effect. the greek born australian, joins from japanese side yokohama f marinos. he s spent most of his managerial career in australia, and led the country s national team to world cup qualification in 2018. celtic say the 55 year old will be in glasgow as soon as covid protocols allow. the countdown continues to euro 2020. wales will be the first of the home nations to get under way when they play switzerland in azerbaijan on satuday. hywell griffith is in baku for us. a big feature of euro 2016 was welsh fans having their first taste of tournament football and following their team round france. it this time covid has made things very different, with the welsh government and the football association of wales asking supporters not to come here to baku, thousands have cancelled their flight but a few hundred have still made the journey, knowing they face ten days of self isolation when they eventually get back home. speaking to defender