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WALES V UKRAINE - WALES REACH THE FINALS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1958

World Cup Qualification UEFA / Matchday 1
Cardiff City Stadium / 05.06.2022
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    Marcus Foley

    Updated 05/06/2022 at 17:56 GMT


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    FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1958 WALES ARE IN THE WORLD CUP FINALS
    And the Millennium Stadium goes into delirium. Thanks for following the game with us.
    90+4'
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    MUDRYK IS BOOKED
    Ampadu got to the ball just before him and goes down winning his side a free kick.
    90+2'
    YARMOLENKO LINES AN EFFORT UP FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA
    But he shoots a yard or so over the bar.
    89'
    ANOTHER SHOT OFF TARGET
    Sydorchuk shoots from just inside the box but wide of the target.
    86'
    WILSON'S FREE KICK DEFLECTED WIDE
    Bale's replacement takes the free kick but his effort hits the wall and flies wide of the target.
    84'
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    FANTASTIC SAVE FROM HENNESSEY
    Substitute Dovbyk rises to head Mykolenko's cross with a firm header but Hennessey parries away superbly and once more Davies is there to block the rebound.
    82'
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    BALE IS REPLACED!
    He has given his country a decent 82 minutes here and he is now taken off for Wilson.
    78'
    CLOSE AT THE OTHER END
    The ball falls to Yarmolenko eight yards from goal but Davies slides across is goal to block the shot.
    76'
    GREAT CHANCE FOR BALE
    Johnson runs into the area and slides a ball wide to Ramsey who finds Bale all alone at the far post but though he gets a good contact on his low shot Bushchan saves diving to his right.
    75'
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    OFF THE POST
    Roberts crossed from the right by-line over the head of Moore but at the back post Johnson shot against the post.
    73'
    MYKOLENKO CROSSES INTO THE BOX
    It came after a fine move but it was straight into the arms of Hennessey.
    71'
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    JAMES REPLACED BY JOHNSON
    A little bit of a surprise as James has played very well and is always a threat on the break.
    70'
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    SHAPARENKO AND SYDORCHUK COME ON
    Malinovskyi and Stepanenko depart.
    69'
    ANOTHER FINE TACKLE FROM DAVIES
    Allen gave the ball away and Malinovskyi ran towards the edge of the box but again the Spurs defender flew over with a perfectly-timed sliding challenge.
    66'
    DECENT EFFORT FROM MALINOVSKYI
    He shifts the ball to his left foot in a central area 25 yards from goal and his effort had Hennessey worried, but drifted a yard wide.
    62'
    BUSHCHAN HAS TO BACKPEDAL TO TIP OVER
    Bale dinks a lovely ball through to James whose effort is deflected over the Ukrainian stopper but he got back to push the ball over the crossbar before wincing in the net.
    60'
    GOOD DEFENDING FROM DAVIES
    Tsigankov slipped through Yarmolenko but the Spurs defender got across the front of the forward to clear the danger.
    56'
    ANOTHER STOP FROM HENNESSEY
    Tsigankov gets his toe to Mykolenko's low cross but Hennessey saved the effort and then Yaremchuk just can't get the rebound on target.
    51'
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    WALES BOSS CAUTIONED
    The referee dishes out a card to Robert Page for being too vocal from the sidelines.
    49'
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    GREAT CHANCE FOR RAMSEY
    He had to score. A fantastic move from Wales with James running 40 yards with the ball before slipping it left to Moore who pulled back for Ramsey but the ex-Arsenal man missed the target with his sidefoot.