GARY SPEED: Wales Blew It


By Matthew Jones
October 11 2003

Wales skipper Gary Speed thinks that his country should already be through to Euro 2004. However, they are not and are hoping for a place in the play-offs after facing Serbia and Montenegro in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium in their final Group Nine qualifier. SPEED SAID:

"We feel we should have already qualified, we are disappointed we have not clinched top spot.

"But if we had lost the first two and won the last four, everybody would have been overjoyed by now, and we would have taken second spot if we had been offered it at the start. But the way the group has gone, we feel we have missed a great chance really.

"Particularly when we lost 1-0 to Serbia in Belgrade. We were kicking ourselves after that. We felt we deserved at least a draw from the game and we felt we were the better team on the night. Hopefully we can now redress the balance."

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