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Mark Jones

What World Cup qualification means to Wales as 64 years of hurt finally comes to an end

Pele was only 17 the last time Wales played in a match at a World Cup.

We know this because he scored the winner.

That 1-0 quarter-final defeat to Brazil in Sweden has loomed over Wales for over six decades. Every football fan born and educated in the country is aware of it, with the years between the Gothenburg fixture and the next appearance on the global football stage growing by the year.

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