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Coleman reacts to Wales progression

2016-06-21 23:07:00 from:SNTV

Reaction after goals from Aaron Ramsey, Neil Taylor and Gareth Bale gave Wales a 3-0 win over Russia to seal top spot in Group B at Euro 2016

SOUNDBITE: (English) Chris Coleman, Wales manager (On reaching last 16)

"I think when you are looking at our group with England, Russia and Slovakia we knew it was going to be tough and it was, because it all down to the last game and that tells you about the competition in the group. Now we've progressed it's absolutely fantastic. To win it was great, I think more importantly so about the points, but I have got to say how proud I am of the performance from the players. I thought they were tremendous this evening, very brave in possession, made a lot of chances and on the back of such a crushing defeat against England four days earlier. You know I think that says a lot about our players, that they're able to produce that type of performance."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Chris Coleman, Wales manager (Q: It's been said that Wales are a one-man team, but tonight has disproved that surely?)

"Yeah if you've got player like Gareth Bale who is playing for Real Madrid and scores the goals that he does, I don't mind people saying that and I can understand why they want to say that and at times he has won games with something extraordinary. But anyone that has played football, we need to get into the position first where if we do score a spectacular goal from Balo (Gareth Bale) then it's something that's going to win it and that means a lot of team spirit, a lot of team effort. But I can see why people call us a one man team, because he's the guy who scores spectucular goals, he's a great player. But he knows, he understands, that the help he gets around him and the support from his teammates and he fits into a style of play that we've implemented and he enjoys it."

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