Mark Hughes is backing Wales to shock England at the World Cup – especially if they use film star Michael Sheen's oratory to stoke the Dragon's fire.
The actor who portrayed Brian Clough in classic football flick The Damned United inspired a nation with his impromptu monologue on Sky's game show A League Of Their Own. And Sheen performed a stirring adaptation of his speech when he visited the Welsh squad during the international break.
Now Hughes, who won 72 caps for Wales as a player and came desperately close to leading them to Euro 2004 as manager, wants Robert Page's men to harness Sheen's call to arms and use it as inspiration to stun England at their World Cup battle of Britain in Qatar on November 29.
