{"id":23049,"date":"2022-06-05T18:12:24","date_gmt":"2022-06-05T18:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=23049"},"modified":"2022-06-05T18:12:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T18:12:24","slug":"wales-beat-ukraine-to-reach-2022-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/06\/05\/wales-beat-ukraine-to-reach-2022-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales beat Ukraine to reach 2022 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"first-char\">W<\/span>ales head to the World Cup for the first time in 64 years after beating war-torn Ukraine in Cardiff on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Wales took the lead after Gareth Bale&#8217;s free kick from 25 yards out flashed across the goal and was headed in by Ukraine captain\u00a0Andriy Yarmolenko for an own goal.<\/p>\n<p>Wales will head to Qatar in Group B and will face England, United States and Iran to keep their hopes of lifting the World Cup alive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/26A034B0-AFF9-4315-9BB0-B7FADC0B1A50-300x282.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/26A034B0-AFF9-4315-9BB0-B7FADC0B1A50-300x282.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/26A034B0-AFF9-4315-9BB0-B7FADC0B1A50-1024x963.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/26A034B0-AFF9-4315-9BB0-B7FADC0B1A50-768x722.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/26A034B0-AFF9-4315-9BB0-B7FADC0B1A50-750x705.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/26A034B0-AFF9-4315-9BB0-B7FADC0B1A50.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23051\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/741E6F9E-FF69-43FF-87F8-6067DB6F8625-300x189.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/741E6F9E-FF69-43FF-87F8-6067DB6F8625-300x189.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/741E6F9E-FF69-43FF-87F8-6067DB6F8625-1024x646.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/741E6F9E-FF69-43FF-87F8-6067DB6F8625-768x485.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/741E6F9E-FF69-43FF-87F8-6067DB6F8625-750x473.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/741E6F9E-FF69-43FF-87F8-6067DB6F8625.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/A8B16BCC-5FE8-41D3-A23A-6D1FA227F618-300x203.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/A8B16BCC-5FE8-41D3-A23A-6D1FA227F618-300x203.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/A8B16BCC-5FE8-41D3-A23A-6D1FA227F618-1024x692.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/A8B16BCC-5FE8-41D3-A23A-6D1FA227F618-768x519.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/A8B16BCC-5FE8-41D3-A23A-6D1FA227F618-750x507.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/pub\/2022\/06\/A8B16BCC-5FE8-41D3-A23A-6D1FA227F618.jpeg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wales head to the World Cup for the first time in 64 years after beating war-torn Ukraine in Cardiff on Sunday. Wales took the lead after Gareth Bale&#8217;s free kick from 25 yards out flashed across the goal and was headed in by Ukraine captain\u00a0Andriy Yarmolenko for an own goal. 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