AllFans After Bale & Wales in Euro

With three goals and an assist, the star of Real Madrid has led Wales to the quarter-finals in their first European experience.

As expected the displaced fan Welshmen to France are becoming crazy about Bale and the rest of the selection of the "dragons". We are confident that neither the best of their dreams a country of just 3 million people could go so far in this competition. Some 50,000 Welsh fans have traveled to Paris to follow closely the team win Chris Coleman (1-0) over Northern Ireland in the round knockout.

The tiny nation of islands will be featured in the quarter-finals in which Wales will face Belgium. The last time both teams faces was in June 2015, where Gareth Bale decided the match for his team in a crucial 1-0 win to help secure a place in the Euro to their country were. Welsh fans expect history to repeat itself in Lille.

And Bale's popularity transcends beyond Wales. Bale is also one of the stars of Real Madrid, one of the biggest clubs in the world.

From Real Madrid fans in the Middle East to super fan of Bale Foot Locker in the video that we show below, it is clear that many other Welsh star will follow in the footsteps of their selection this weekend.

Wales 3-1 defeat to Belgium and makes history at Euro

Wales , in his first participation in a European Championship, achieved the greatest footballing milestone in its history by qualifying on Friday to the semifinals after defeating Belgium in Lille (3-1) after going around the marker.

Naingolan Radja had advanced to the Belgian Red Devils (13), but goals from Ashley Williams (30), Hal Robson-Kanu (55) and Sam Vokes (85) gave the victory to the British team .

Wales, whose only participation in the finals of a major tournament was the World Cup in Sweden-58 , where he lost in the quarterfinals and finished sixth, exceeded that historical moment of their football. After his victory, Wales will attempt to extend his dream in the semifinals on Wednesday in Lyon against Portugal .

Belgium, which started strongly both at the beginning of the first and second time, was penalized by a new defense due to injuries in the left flank and ended up losing to the disappointment of the more than 100,000 Belgians (12,000 of them in the stadium) who attended the nearby city of Lille, very close to the border.

The Belgian team, second in the FIFA ranking, which did not reach the semifinals since 1980 in a European Championship, was the favorite to defeat a Welsh team only ranked 26 in the world rankings.

For the Welsh party had been completed, he missed a goal of his star Gareth Bale . Hardworking but only once in the match, he could not get a quarter as much to his credit in the competition and still leads with Antoine Griezmann and Alvaro Morata in the scoring charts with three.

Thus, the rugbística nation, a semifinalist in the World of the sport in 1987 and 2011, can now also boast of being among the best in football.

Wales beat Belgium 3-1 (Rest: 1-1)

Stadium: Stade Pierre-Mauroy (Villeneuve d'Ascq, Lille)

Attendance: 45,000

Rainy weather

Referee: Damir Skomina (SLO)

goals:

Wales: Williams (30), Robson-Kanu (55), Vokes (85)

Belgium: Nianggolan (13)

Banns:

Wales: Davies (5), Chester (16), Gunter (24), Ramsey (75)

Belgium: Fellaini (59), Alderweireld (85)

Lineups:

Wales: Wayne Hennessey - Chris Gunter, James Chester, Ashley Williams (cap), Ben Davies , Neil Taylor - Joe Allen , Aaron Ramsey (James Collins 90), Joe Ledley ( Andy King 78) - Gareth Bale, Hal Robson-Kanu ( Sam Vokes 80). DT: Chris Coleman .

Belgium: Thibaut Courtois - Thomas Meunier , Toby Alderweireld, Jason Denayer, Jordan Lukaku ( Dries Mertens 75) - Radja Nianggolan, Kevin De Bruyne - Axel Witsel - Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco (Marouane Fellaini 46), Romelu Lukaku ( Michy Batshuayi 83) Eden Hazard (cap). DT: Marc Wilmots .

Gareth Bale dreams: "It is our time as selection"

The selection of Wales is still one of the surprises of the European Championship in France 2016 without any doubt. In the first participation of British history combined, those of Chris Coleman was put among the top eight teams in the competition.

Her great figure is Gareth Bale and want to keep dreaming of the hand of his team and believes they are at the right time ". It is our time to shine We are the only team remaining UK, an amazing achievement , " he said in press press.

"The match against Ireland North was ugly, perhaps not suit us, but we found a way to win that shows the character and desire to win this team . We will carry the flag of Wales with pride , " adds Bale.

Euro 2016 Joe Ledley named in Wales’ 23-man squad

Wales’ squad for Euro 2016

Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace), Danny Ward (Liverpool), Owain Fon Williams (Inverness), Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur), James Chester (West Bromwich Albion), James Collins (West Ham), Chris Gunter (Reading), Ashley Richards (Fulham), Neil Taylor (Swansea City), Ashley Williams (Swansea City), Joe Allen (Liverpool), David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Andy King (Leicester City), Joe Ledley (Crystal Palace), Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal), David Vaughan (Crystal Palace), Jonathan Williams (Crystal Place), George Williams (Fulham), Gareth Bale (Real Madrid), Simon Church (MK Dons), David Cotterill (Birmingham City), Hal Robson-Kanu (Reading), Sam Vokes (Burnley).

Chris Coleman has named Joe Ledley in his 23-man Wales squad for the European Championship finals in France, only 24 days after the Crystal Palace midfielder broke his leg. Ledley has been facing a race against time to prove his fitness, but Coleman and his staff have been encouraged by the midfielder’s progress and believe that he can recover in time to play in the group stage.

Wales accuses the absence of Bale and Northern Ireland beat Slovenia

The Welsh team remains winless since closed the qualifiers for Euro France Monday after falling 1-0 to Ukraine in a friendly at the British they accused of excessive absences player Aaron Ramsey and Gareth Bale - Real Madrid.

Without the presence of its two main stars absent in Kiev due to injury, the Welsh assembly was unable to bend to resolve Ukraine did know the low Sevilla playmaker Yevhen Konoplyanka.

A goal from Andriy Yarmolenko 28 minutes of play certified the defeat of Wales, who has failed to win any of the three friendlies he has played since he won last October historic qualification for Euro France

-Holland Two defeats (2-3) and Ukraine (1-0) and a draw, the harvested last Thursday against Northern Ireland (1-1), that Chris Coleman will try to amend, and with the expected presence Bale and Ramsey, on 5 June against Sweden in the last friendly that "dragons" played before starting the final phase of the European Championship.

Meanwhile, Northern Ireland, which like Wales next summer appear among the twenty-four teams that will contest the European Championship in France, she won today by Slovenia 1-0 in a game in which the visitors squandered a penalty for equalize the contest.

Veteran goalkeeper Roy Carroll Northern Irishman, who turns 39 next September, stopped in the 66th minute penalty Milivoje Novakovic launched by.

Stop asserted by the both Conor Washington, who advanced to Northern Ireland the lead after 41 minutes to beat goalkeeper Jan Oblak Atletico Madrid.

Andorra 0 - Moldova 1

Liechtenstein 2 - 3 Faroe Islands

Ukraine 1 - 0 Wales

Northern Ireland 1 - 0 Slovenia

Niall McGuinness, the youngest professional football coach UK

The young Niall McGuinness (Picture: Welsh Football Trust)

The hundreds of freckles covering his beardless face image increase child Niall McGuinness , a red - haired young man who is drawing attention in Europe. And not for his dribbling or goals on a pitch, but by their decisions from the bench. At 24 years she has become the youngest coach in professional football in the UK after being named coach of Rhyl FC, ​​Club Welsh Premier League (top flight in Welsh). Portuguese Mourinho confessed admirer, his youth and lack of experience in the elite are not accepted impediment to face the difficult challenge of trying to save the descent to his hometown club , a club with over 130 years of history. A brave adventure featuring his father as an assistant.

"If I have received the opportunity a little early? Yes, but I have taken and I'll make the best of it. Rhyl'm a guy, so having this job is a dream" explained technical jovencísimo Tuesday the BBC.

Rhyl FC, last in the First Division Welsh , with only three wins in 25 games this season, has since last October without a win and have searched Niall McGuinness a shock to avoid demotion. New coach debut last weekend with a draw against Haverfordwest (1-1), the current bottom side. A game that had the help of an assistant with which to perfection was understood: . Laurie McGuinness, his father "It is a pleasure to work with him" said Niall when asked about the fact of having his father as and assistant coach.

The fans of Rhyl has pinned its hopes of salvation in the McGuinness, a clan united family inside and outside the pitch: "We support each other and give us ideas. It means a lot to us to be there and I can guarantee that no one will fight more than two of us for this team. "

"In football it is important to trust and respect, and that we have it . It enjoys experience, knowledge and passion for the sport , "added the young Niall.And is that Laurie McGuinness and was part of the coaching staff of a Rhyl FC very different from today. That team was able to sign the hat - trick in the 2003-2004 season , winning League Welsh Cup and League Cup.Successes far from the current goal of avoiding relegation to second.

Admirer of Mourinho

Niall McGuinness, who recently won the UEFA license to train, has very clear ideas and model of game that wants to implement in his first club."Mourinho is my inspiration" , he explained to the BBC. Its mirror is the laureate Portuguese coach. "It was not a professional footballer and focused on training since I was very young. And so he has achieved everything he has: the Champions League and league titles in teams like Chelsea, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. It 's incredible , "he claimed.

But the Portuguese is not their only reference and also feels a deep devotion to an institution of the bench, the Scottish Alex Ferguson . Nor Rhyl FC are the only club that leads into the heart. "I'm a big fan of Manchester United, so Sir Alex Ferguson is someone I respect a lot."

For Niall McGuinness reminiscent of Julian Nagelsmann. The German was appointed in early February, coach of Hoffenheim and 28 years and 203 days, became the youngest coach in the history of the Bundesliga. Nagelsmann, who until now headed the Under-19 team, relieved the Dutch Huub Stevens, who resigned because of an arrhythmia.