Fever pitch fills Land of My Fathers


  • Football
  • Wednesday, 06 Jul 2016

Welsh fans celebrate first goal during the Wales v Belgium match to be shown on a giant screen in the Fanzone, Coopers Field, Cardiff, Wales, July 1, 2016. REUTERS/Rebecca Naden (BRITAIN) Livepic

LONDON (Reuters) - Red-shirted fans scrambling for tickets and planes, trains and automobiles to the match, mysterious murals of football heroes suddenly appearing like a Celtic Banksy on the loose, and record-breaking TV audience figures.

Wales, a nation of just three million people which is usually known worldwide for its love of rugby union, is getting very excited about the biggest match in the country's football history in the semi-finals of Euro 2016 in France on Wednesday.

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