Whatever happens on Wednesday when Wales faces Portugal in the Euro 2016 semifinals in Lyon, its coach, Chris Coleman, says more is to come from the tournament surprise.
Wales isplaying in the European Championship for the first time and hasn’t played in the World Cup since 1958.
“People think the end of this tournament is the end of this journey, but it’s not,”he said. “It’s part of the journey. The experience this group of boys will get from this, they’ll be here long after I’m here. This success is part of the learning process.”
“When Ilooked at the group we were in the tournament, I thought we were capable of getting out of the group. You never know who you’ll get in the last 16, and then the quarterfinal. I thought that was apossibility. I told the players that, that I genuinely believed we arrive at that stage. I didn’t know what would happen after that, if I’m honest. But we’ve got a good team.”