Lens: Wales manager Chris Coleman called on his side to put the desperate disappointment of their 2-1 defeat to England behind them when they face Russia in their final group game on Monday at Euro 2016.
Coleman admitted that the agonising circumstances meant the defeat counted among the lowest moments of his career as a player or a manager.
“To lose it in the dying seconds - I can’t say I’ve felt that disappointed too many times in my career as I did when that goal went in,” Coleman said. “We have to put it to bed and get ready for Russia.”
Wales remain in a strong position thanks to their 2-1 win over Slovakia in their opening match, while Russia have just one point to their name after following up a 1-1 draw with England by losing 2-1 to a Marek Hamsik-inspired Slovakian side on Wednesday.
“Russia have experience. They’ll be hurting after the defeat against Slovakia, but it’s all on this last game. It’s whichever team’s able to put the disappointment behind them from this middle round of fixtures which will prevail,” added Coleman.
“Everyone said how important it was to win the first game. We did that and then, one match later, everything is up for grabs again.”
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