- Josh Dolan
- Sun, Jun 12 2016
Wales made the perfect start to their Euro 2016 campaign, as they beat Slovakia 2-1 in Bordeaux on Saturday.
There were plenty of familiar faces on show as Gareth Bale, Joe Allen and Aaron Ramsey all started for Wales while Martin Skrtel and Marek Hamsik featured for Slovakia.
Real Madrid star Gareth Bale opened the scoring for Chris Coleman’s side from a free kick after ten minutes.
Slovakia substitute Ondrej Duda equalised just after the hour mark, before Hal Robson-Kanu, who was a doubt for the tournament came off the bench to earn all three points and place themselves on top of Group B.
Wales now face England on Thursday on the back of their 1-1 draw with Russia while Slovakia take on the Russians on Wednesday.
Wales: Danny Ward; James Chester, Ashley Williams, Ben Davies; Chris Gunter, Joe Allen, Aaron Ramsey (Ashley 'Jazz' Richards 88), David Edwards (Joe Ledley 69), Gareth Bale, Neil Taylor; Jonathan Williams (Hal Robson-Kanu 71).
Subs Not Used: Wayne Hennessy, Andy King, Simon Church, David Cotterill, James Collins, David Vaughan, Sam Vokes, Owain Fon Williams, George Williams.
Yellow Cards: None.
Slovakia: Matus Kozacik; Peter Pekarik, Martin Skrtel, Jan Durica, Dusan Svento; Robert Mak, Juraj Kucka, Patrik Hrosovsky (Ondrej Duda 60), Marek Hamsik, Vladimir Weiss (Miroslav Stoch 88); Michal Duris (Adam Nemec 59).
Subs Not Used: Tomas Hubocan, Norbert Gyomber, Jan Gregus, Jan Mucha, Jan Novota, Viktor Pecovsky, Kornel Salata, Stanislav Sestak, Milan Skriniar.
Yellow Cards: Mak (78), Weiss (80), Kucka (83), Skrtel (90+2).
Referee: Sveln Oddvar Moen (Norway).
Attendance: 37,837.
Extratime.ie Man of the Match: Joe Allen (Wales).
