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Female football pioneers ‘so proud’ if Wales reach Euro 2025, says O’Connell
Wales' Jess Fishlock (centre) celebrates scoring their side's first goal of the game during the Women's International Friendly at Cardiff City Stadium, Wales, April 6, 2023

FORMER Wales international Gloria O’Connell says it would be a proud moment for the country’s female football pioneers should Jess Fishlock and company complete a 50-year journey from “laughing stock” to Europe’s elite.

Wales meet Slovakia in Euro 2025 play-off semi-final action this week, with the winners facing Georgia or the Republic of Ireland for a finals place in Switzerland next summer.

Former captain Laura McAllister, now a Uefa vice-president, says reaching a major tournament would elevate women’s football in Wales to “stratospheric heights.”

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