Wales 1 - 0 Northern Ireland: McAuley scores own goal, Wales reach quarter-finals

(Baonghean.vn) - While Wales qualified for the round of 16 as the top team in Group B, Northern Ireland only got a wild card as one of the four best third-placed teams. However, Wales may still need Gareth Bale to shine to defeat their neighboring team.

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Starting lineup:

Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, Chester, A.Williams, Davies, Taylor, Allen, Ledley, Ramsey, Bale, Vokes.

Northern Ireland: McGovern, Hughes, McAuley, Cathcart, J. Evans, C. Evans, Ward, Norwood, Davis, Dallas, Lafferty.

Side information

- Real Madrid have planned to extend Gareth Bale's contract after EURO 2016 ends.

- Few fans have a passionate love for football like Ian Roberts from Wales. Despite undergoing chemotherapy, Ian still decided to stop and fly to France to support his team at EURO 2016.

STATED

Coach Chris Coleman (Wales): “Don’t think too quickly about who you will face after the round of 16, because complacency is poison. No one is allowed to think that, not even Germany or Spain. We need to keep our feet on the ground. Northern Ireland are very strong physically and well organised.”

- Wales are unbeaten in their last eight meetings with Northern Ireland (W4 D4).

- 6/9 previous matches between the two teams and 5/8 recent matches of Northern Ireland have had no goals in the first half.

- 6/7 recent matches of Wales and 4/6 recent matches of Northern Ireland have had an odd number of total goals.

- 7/9 recent matches of Wales have had goals from the 75th minute onwards.

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