Summary

  • Bale strikes with late header

  • Wales one win from reaching Euro 2016

  • Coleman's team at home to Israel on Sunday

  • 1958 since Wales qualified for major tournament

  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:39 British Summer Time 3 September 2015

    #bbcfootball

  2. FULL-TIMEpublished at 21:38

    Cyprus 0-1 Wales

    Gareth Bale celebrates at full-timeImage source, Reuters

    Huge result for Chris Coleman and his players. HUGE...

  3. SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 90 + 3 mins

    Cyprus 0-1 Wales

    Shaun MacDonald is on for Aaron Ramsey is the dying seconds. Not long now...

  4. Postpublished at 90 + 2 mins

    Cyprus 0-1 Wales

    Cyprus have really given Wales a game. Georgios Economides tries his luck from distance...it's high and wide and the Wales fans cheer loudly.

  5. Postpublished at 21:36 British Summer Time 3 September 2015

    Cyprus 0-1 Wales

    Robbie Savage
    BBC Radio 5 live at GSP Stadium

    "Wayne Hennessey has been the unsung hero of this campaign as well. That save down to his left, from the reaction of the defence it looked like it was going in.

    "But now we are seeing the greatest ever player to put on the red shirt of Wales. And Gareth Bale's coming off with a goal that I believe will send Wales to the Euros." 

  6. Postpublished at 90 + 1 min

    Cyprus 0-1 Wales

    Goalscorer Gareth Bale gets a standing ovation from the travelling fans as he is replaced by Simon Church moments after Wayne Hennessey produces an excellent diving save to frustrate the hosts. 

    Three minutes of time added on.

  7. Postpublished at 90 mins

    Cyprus 0-1 Wales

    It's been scrappy, it's been niggly, it's been anything but a cracker. But it's job done as far as Wales are concerned.

  8. Postpublished at 88 mins

    Cyprus 0-1 Wales

    Two minutes of normal time and counting...

  9. Postpublished at 87 mins

    Cyprus 0-1 Wales

    It's not over yet and Cyprus come close to an equaliser as Ashley Williams's headed clearance deflects off Pieros Sotiriou and flies just wide of Wayne Hennessey's net.

  10. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:31 British Summer Time 3 September 2015

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  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 21:30 British Summer Time 3 September 2015

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  12. Postpublished at 85 mins

    Cyprus 0-1 Wales

    Five minutes and counting. Wales' lead at the top of Group B is up to three points again - and five clear of third place. If the game finishes like this and they defeat Israel on Sunday, Chris Coleman's side have qualified.

  13. Postpublished at 21:28 British Summer Time 3 September 2015

    Cyprus 0-1 Wales

    Rob Phillips
    BBC Wales Football Correspondent

    Gareth Bale celebratesImage source, Reuters

    "Gareth Bale has scored six goals in this European campaign  and he's put Wales an awful lot closer to a party on Sunday."

  14. Postpublished at 21:28 British Summer Time 3 September 2015

    Cyprus 0-1 Wales

    Robbie Savage
    BBC Radio 5 live at GSP Stadium

    Gareth Bale celebratesImage source, Reuters

    "That was the punch! What a header from Gareth Bale. He powered it into the top corner. He's not been great but that header - France here we come! It's that man again - Wales' greatest ever player."

  15. goal

    GOAL - Cyprus 0-1 Walespublished at 81 mins

    Gareth Bale

    Gareth Bale scoresImage source, Reuters

    They've done it! And it just had to be Gareth Bale.

    It's been backs against the wall for most of the night but Ashley Richards delivers a delicious cross for Bale. The Real Madrid man still has lots of work to do but manages to power an unstoppable header into the net.

    Bedlam among the away fans.

  16. GREAT SAVE!published at 80 mins

    Cyprus 0-0 Wales

    Great move by Wales - their best of the match. Neil Taylor sprints down the wing before cutting back for Aaron Ramsey who meets it first time only for the Cyprus keeper to pull off a flying stop. 

  17. Elsewhere in Europepublished at 21:22 British Summer Time 3 September 2015

    It doesn't get any better for the Netherlands as Czech Republic equalise against Kazakhstan.  Milan Skoda's goal makes it 1-1 and as it stands the Netherlands are four points behind Czech Republic, who are second in Group A.

    Meanwhile, Southampton's Graziano Pelle has just put Italy 1-0 up against Malta in Group H.

  18. Postpublished at 77 mins

    Cyprus 0-0 Wales

    This has been a gritty, back-to-the-wall performance by Wales. It's not been pretty but this could be a priceless point.

  19. Postpublished at 21:20 British Summer Time 3 September 2015

    Cyprus 0-0 Wales

    Robbie Savage
    BBC Radio 5 live at GSP Stadium

    "The two best Cypriot players have both gone off. That's really positve for Wales. 

    "If I was Chris Coleman, I'd be thinking with 15 minutes left that Gareth Bale has been crowded out, we're not playing well, let's just not get beat now. Let's not do anything stupid defensively, and if results go our way on Sunday we can qualify for a major tournament for the first time since 1958."