After the ecstasy of reaching their first World Cup in 64 years, came the agony for Wales.
Their ageing history boys were expected to bury Iran to move to within touching distance of qualification from Group B having scrambled a fortunate late draw against USA in their opener.
Much of the talk pre match from Wales' players was of how many goals they would score, not whether they would even win. But Wales’ World Cup dream turned into a nightmare at the Ahmed bin Ali Stadium as they crashed to a deserved defeat.
