CARDIFF: Captain Gareth Bale described Wales’ 1-0 World Cup qualifying victory over Ukraine in Cardiff as the team’s “greatest” result.

Bale provided the key to victory with a 34th-minute free-kick which was headed into his own net by Ukraine captain Andriy Yarmolenko. The result ended Wales’ 64-year wait for a World Cup finals appearance.

Bale said: “It’s the greatest result in history for Welsh football. It means everything. It’s what dreams are made of. I’m so happy. Words can’t describe how we feel at the moment.

“It’s what we’ve been working all our careers for and to do this for the fans, the nation, ourselves and our families is an incredible achievement – and it will be something that we will be forever proud of.

“It means everything. It is the last piece of the jigsaw that we all wanted and we’re going to celebrate well tonight.”

Manager Rob Page said on Sky Sports: “I’m so proud of the guys, they thoroughly deserved it. The one thing these boys were missing was a World Cup and now we’ve got there.

“These are the best supporters in world football, they helped us from the first minute. When you see what these guys do in training, I had full trust in them.”

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