You wait decades for Wales to appear in a football world cup, and then they only go and play two finals on one day.
It took the nation’s men’s team 64 years to make their only second appearance on the game’s global stage in Qatar in 2022.
But now Wales’ veteran players have taken it even further and are hoping for victory in both finals later on Friday.
As if that was not enough, the Over-70 and Over-75 teams will be playing on home turf, as Cardiff stages the Veterans World Cup.
The event, including teams from Australia, England Norway, Germany, Denmark and the USA, has been taking place over four days at Cardiff University.
Players called representing Wales a “fantastic honour”.
“None of us ever thought we’d represent Wales, and here we are, in our 70s and we’re doing it,” said Wales captain, Mark Entwistle, 75, as the tournament began.
Wales’ national men’s football team have only qualified for two World Cup finals tournaments, in 1958 and 2022.
They reached the quarter-finals in 1958, but were beaten by Brazil, who went on to win the trophy, and in 2022 they failed to get out of the first group stage.
