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 .