Wales’ World Cup hopes will be either enhanced or extinguished in what looks set to be a massive week for Welsh football.
The national side will face Austria on Thursday in a play-off semi-final, aiming to take a big step towards ending a painful 64-year history of “so near and yet so far” disappointments.
We have been fortunate enough to live through Welsh football’s golden age in recent years. Qualification for the Euros in 2016 was followed up with that unforgettable run to the semi-finals, a once-in-a-lifetime event which anybody who travelled to France will forever remember as the greatest summer of their lives. You can read a magical account of that tournament here.
