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06th Jul 2016

VIDEO: Rhys Ifans’ spine-tingling Euro 2016 battle cry will make you Welsh for the night

Conan Doherty

Passion, courage, heart overrides any kind of logic.

This Wales team are already immortals. The players’ names will be etched in the annals of history. The moments from France 2016, never forgotten. They’ll talk about these memories forever until they pass into legend.

On Wednesday night, the men from a little country on the west of Britain fight for their place in the Euro 2016 final.

90 minutes (120 maybe) stand between them and the impossible as Portugal meet the Welsh in Lyon to battle it out for a shot at the German or the French.

Rhys Ifans has captured the mood of this tournament perfectly. The one where underdogs have bitten and bitten again. The one where non-believers have dared to dream. The tournament where countries have come together and defied the odds.

In a promo for the Belgium quarter-final, the Harry Potter and The Replacements actor produced a stirring video to inspire his compatriots.

“In every battle, every fight, and every match, there’s always a favourite,” he says with pure passion, pure inspiration.

“The odds may be stacked against you, fair enough, fair enough. But what the odds won’t tell you is that this isn’t a maths test… it’s a different kind of test.

“Together. We. Are. Stronger.”

Wales are on the brink. And this wonderful video is more relevant than ever.

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