My last post was about a lighthouse in Wales. Totally by coincidence, I must mention here that for some strange reason, I was emotionally involved with whether or not the Wales soccer team would qualify for the Euro 2020 championships automatically.
I have no idea why. (Actually, I do -- just keep reading.) There's no way Wales will win Euro 2020; in fact, they will be lucky to get out of the group stage. So I'm not going to be heartbroken at ALL if they play 3 games and go home.
Wales is obviously not a big country, and they are nothing like powerful England. So this is the third time ever (1958 and 2016) that they've qualified for an international championship tournament. The Wales team was not in the most recent World Cup. (Neither was the USA team, of course.)
So, to get the automatic ticket, they had to beat Hungary. And they did, 2-0. Supposed superstar Gareth Bale assisted on the first, a header by Aaron Ramsey, who also scored the second goal. Bale barely missed a free kick that would have been the third.
But that didn't matter, because Wales is in.
Read about the events of the exciting game here (from the Guardian)
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