Wales made their first appearance at a major tournament since their famous Euro 2016 run to the semi-final, but struggled to hit the heights in their opening game five years later.Much of the pre-match talk was centred around that tournament half a decade ago, which saw Wales knock out both Northern Ireland and Belgium before finally meeting their match in the form of eventual champions Portugal.Welsh football icon Mark Hughes reminisced fondly about their last tournament while on punditry duty for the BBC, explaining: "It had such an impact on the whole nation.
It was wonderful. People describe it as a four-week stag do. I am very jealous they had that experience because I never did as a player."Wales started the game in decent enough.
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