Wales boss Rob Page admits his side's defeat by Italy 'feels like a WIN' after they survived a second-half onslaught despite playing with 10 men to seal progression into Euro 2020 last-16
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Wales interim manager Rob Page declared that Wales’ narrow defeat by Italy felt like a win, after it saw see the nation qualify for the knock-out stages of a second consecutive European Championship.
The team, who played the last 35 minutes with ten men after Nathan Ampadu’s dismissal, were at risk of losing second spot, as Switzerland went 3-1 ahead against Turkey and a quality Italy side launched relentless attacks on them. But Page’s players held out.
‘Of course it does feel like a win because we’ve got second spot,’ Page said. ‘It’s that feeling of winning. We knew we were in for a tough game coming into it. It’s tough enough with 11 men but to go down to 10 men gave us an even bigger hill to climb. We’ve got the job
