Michael Sheen's 'electric' Wales vs England World Cup speech is simply spine-tingling

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World Cup meeting with England.The Hollywood actor was appearing in Sky Sports’ panel show A League of Their Own on Thursday night where he showed off his acting skills, recreating his role as famous manager Brian Clough in 2009 movie The Damned United.The words come from the scene where he is asked to juggle the ball before volleying into an empty net.READ MORE: Win 2 tickets to watch England vs Germany in Nations League action at Wembley StadiumThe actor is thought to be a decent player himself back in his youth and was even offered trials at Arsenal.

He had to turn it down as his parents were unable to relocate to London from his hometown of Port Talbot.A League of Their Own host Romesh Ranganathan asked Sheen if he could provide a pre-match rendition of what he would say to motivate the Wales national team when they played England in the World Cup on November 29.This prompted the actor to provide what’s now a viral mini-stage performance - a piece of theatrics that wowed those in the audience, who gave a raucous round of applause.

While English pundits Jamie Redknapp and Micah Richards - as well as comedians Emily Atack and Alex Brooker - and even England goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, all got on their feet to give praise.It earned rave reviews online, with one fan tweeting: "Absolutely electric oratory from Michael Sheen.

I could walk through fire for him right now." Even former England rugby union star Brian Moore voiced his approval, sharing the video and tweeting: "Wow - I've heard one or two powerful pre-match speeches, but this would have had me wanting to tear down the dressing room."Michael Sheen's speech in fullYma o hyd, yma o hyd,I hear the voices singing,Speed your journey, bois bach,One nation, singing with.