Yorkshire Post

Ramsey has unfinished business with Wales at Euros

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WALES hero Aaron Ramsey admits he has unfinished business at the European Championsh­ips.

Ramsey marked his first Wales start in more than a year by firing Ryan Giggs’s side to Euro 2020 on Tuesday.

The Juventus midfielder scored twice in the 2-0 victory over Hungary in Cardiff as Wales secured their Euros return after reaching the semi-finals in 2016.

Ramsey’s performanc­es won him a place in the official Euro 2016 team of the tournament, but his time in France ended on a sour note as he missed the lastfour defeat to Portugal through suspension.

Asked if he has unfinished business with the Euros, Ramsey replied: “Yes. It was obviously a disappoint­ing ending to the Euros for me by missing out on the semi-final.

“Those things happen and now I have the opportunit­y to go out there and express myself again.

“Hopefully we can have another successful run like we did last time.

“We had the best time of our lives in France so we wanted to make sure we got there again.

“I missed a lot of this campaign but I’ve chipped in now and it’s worthwhile.”

Wales’ only previous appearance at a major tournament before Euro 2016 came at the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.

Qualificat­ion for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman was regularly described as a “once in a lifetime” experience, as over 30,000 Wales fans made their way to France and football fever gripped the nation.

“To do back-to-back Euros is something special,” said Ramsey.

“It was very disappoint­ing not to make the World Cup. But we learned from the experience of that night to bring it back here, and to win in the manner that we did was a nice experience.”

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