Sunday 26 June 2016 23:32, UK
Chris Coleman insists Wales do not fear Belgium and expects his side to "do a lot of damage" when the two teams meet in the quarter-finals of Euro 2016.
Wales qualified for the last eight of the tournament after narrowly overcoming British rivals Northern Ireland 1-0 in Paris on Saturday.
Coleman's side were rewarded with a quarter-final tie against Belgium, who thrashed Hungary 4-0 on Sunday to book their own spot in the last eight.
Marc Wilmots' side will head into the match as strong favourites but Coleman insists his team prefers their underdog status.
"We were edgy going into the Northern Ireland game as we were expected to win and we work better as the underdog," he said.
"We have proved that - and people will expect Belgium to win. They had some criticism coming into the tournament and they lost the first game.
"But if you have a squad with that quality then any team you play against, apart from maybe two of three, Belgium are favourites."
Wales faced Belgium in the qualification campaigns for both the 2014 World Cup in Brazil and this summer's tournament in France.
Coleman's side have not lost any of their last three matches against the Red Devils and won the last meeting between the two sides, courtesy of a Gareth Bale strike in Cardiff.
"We have dealt with it before and we will be up against it," Coleman said. "We have had to face that quality as they are a top team.
"We will be the underdogs, but we won't be fearing Belgium. When teams go for us and play open, we can do a lot of damage."
Coleman will be sweating on the fitness of captain Ashley Williams, who injured his shoulder during the last-16 victory over Northern Ireland.
Wales' manager praised the influence of the Swansea defender and believes Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has benefited from relinquishing the captain's armband to Williams in 2012.
"When we gave the captaincy to Ash it was really to try to get the best out of Aaron and take some responsibility off his shoulders," Coleman said.
"We must not forget what happened with Speeds [Gary Speed] - Rambo was affected by that. He had a real good relationship with Speeds, so we tried to take some pressure off Rambo.
"Aaron has been the vice-captain since and I believe that he will be the captain of Wales one day when it is not Ashley Williams.
"You have Rambo, Bale, Joe Allen, Chris Gunter. They all have experience and whoever it will be, if I have to make that decision I will tell them personally."
