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Wales ready for 'all or nothing' N Ireland game

2016-06-25 04:07:00 from:SNTV

Chris Coleman's men face Northern Ireland in an all-UK contest at the Parc des Princes on Saturday (25th June), but according to the Welsh coach, 'Brexit' is far from the players' minds.

Wales play Northern Ireland in Paris on Saturday for a place in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016.

Both sides have talked up their chances in the tournament, Kyle Lafferty saying he doesn't see any reason why Northern Ireland can't reach the final; Gareth Bale played his part by saying Wales were 'happy' with drawing Northern Ireland.

Wales qualified for the knockout stages by topping Group B ahead of England, while Northern Ireland creeped in as the fourth best third placed side.

Chris Coleman knows that an all British clash will be a huge affair:

"We can't afford to look past the next game obviously and nor can Northern Ireland. It's all or nothing on this game. We can take a lot of confidence from the last performance which was outstanding, but that was yesterday, so to speak. It's all about tomorrow."

Wales have a fully fit squad in which to choose from and Coleman knows his side are the envy of the tournament with the world's most expensive player:

"If you're Wales, a proud Welshman, we're very proud he's a Welshman himself, the way he players for his country, the way he represents the jersey. On top of his ability and his skill there is a huge passion. We're all extremely proud. For everybody else outside Wales they will look at Gareth and they will obviously respect him and admire him, but I look at all our players and for me I think 'wow' we've got a real good team.

Kick off on Saturday is 5pm UK time, Wales v Northern Ireland - it's sure to be lively.

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