Speed Desperate For Wales' To Qualify


By Matthew Jones
November 19 2003

Wales skipper Gary Speed has a dream running through his head of taking part in wild celebrations on the Millennium Stadium pitch - this positive thinking is used to maintain his and Wales' confidence ahead of tonights Euro 2004 play-off second leg with Russia.

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Wales skipper Gary Speed has a dream running through his head of taking part in wild celebrations on the Millennium Stadium pitch - this positive thinking is used to maintain his and Wales' confidence ahead of tonights Euro 2004 play-off second leg with Russia.

The memory of failure 10 years ago and the fact that this is only the second serious chance of qualification for a major finals to occur in his career is getting Speed in the mood for a real battle.

Speed holds the record for playing more Premiership games than any other player and is desperate for his country to be in the finals next summer.

He said: "We are desperate to win. All I am thinking about is the final whistle and being able to celebrate.

"That is what is in my mind, it is positive and I have been thinking about it all week and hopefully it will come true.

"We are going to do it, we are positive. It will be difficult, probably more difficult than Saturday but we are prepared for a hard battle.

"We are all positive and confident and we are just thinking about that final whistle and celebrating on the pitch afterwards. If we take that into the game and keep it in our minds we will come through."

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