Football thriving in Wales as Bale and co raise Euro 2020 hopes

More children playing football than rugby, and streets will be empty as national team take on Denmark

One lad was wearing an FC Barcelona shirt and another a Swansea City top. But the vast majority of the young footballers training on the pristine 3G pitch as a salty breeze whipped in from Carmarthen Bay were in the vivid red of their local semi-pro club, Llanelli Town AFC, or that of the Welsh national shirt.

Eight-year-old Noah paused for a chat and named his favourite players as the Welsh team's poster boys, Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey. They're both brilliant," he said. It's great to watch them in the Euros."