No doubt Bale is Wales' greatest ever player - The Telegraph
"Oh the beauty, the humanity, the incomparable, searing emotion of football. What a game, what a sport, what a feeling, while if there was any doubt that Gareth Bale is Wales’ greatest ever player then he emphatically ended it here by forcing the goal that took them to the World Cup for the first time in 64 years.
"This was an occasion that will live long in the memory. There was Bale’s dramatic intervention, of course there was, but this was the most stirring of encounters and the scenes at the end were simply extraordinary and will endure.
"The Ukraine players were devastated. There were tears but through those tears there was also fierce pride, and the sight of the Wales fans all joining in the ‘thunder-clap’ communion as the Ukraine team stood in front of the large wedge of blue-and-yellow draped supporters was touching. Bale led his team-mates over and they joined in before Aaron Ramsey – a player who, like Bale, does not know what the future holds for him – walked to the other side and waited for his young son to be passed into his arms.
"As the celebrations, mixed with a sense of relief and almost disbelief, continued on the sodden turf the veteran folk singer Dafydd Iwan stepped forward to lead one final rendition of “Yma o Hyd”, the song he wrote 40 years ago which has become an unofficial anthem of Welsh football, and there were more tears. And smiles.
"The song translates as “Still Here” and Bale, joining in, is still here and will captain Wales to the World Cup for the first time since 1958, when they reached the last eight, defeated by Brazil who were inspired by a 17-year-old called Pele. From then to now there has been a long catalogue of near misses and deep disappointment; from Scotland in 1977 and 1985 to Romania in 1993. Many great players have not made it. But no more."
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