Wednesday 6 July 2016 23:28, UK
Wales are just one match away from an improbable Euro 2016 final - and a comparison with their fellow semi-finalists shows just how much they are punching above their weight.
Gareth Bale and his team-mates face Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal on Wednesday night in Lyon, before hosts France clash with Germany 24 hours later in Marseille to decide the match-up for Sunday's showpiece.
"We go into this game as the underdogs," said manager Chris Coleman. "Portugal have been in seven semi-finals but it's not a problem. It's about our players going in the pitch and trusting each other.
"When teams go for us and play open, we can do a lot of damage."
It's fighting talk, but how do the teams compare ahead of the last-four encounters? From transfer fees to trophies won, we lay bare their squads to highlight the extent of Coleman's side's achievement...
Germany lead the way in terms of trophies won at domestic and European level. Their 23-man squad has 120 cups between them, while Portugal have 110 and France 78.
Unsurprisingly, Wales lag behind by a distance with just 13 major honours within their squad. Gareth Bale (4), Joe Ledley (2), Aaron Ramsey (2), James Chester (1), Ashley Williams (1) Jazz Richards (1) Ben Davies (1) and Andy King (1) are the only members of their squad ever to have won a major competition.
(For players to be considered a major cup winner, they must have played in that year's tournament / major club honours do not include domestic super cups)
France have the edge on their rivals in the team valuation stakes. Based on every player's last move, Didier Deschamps' squad are worth a total of £265m, just ahead of Germany on £258.4m.
Further behind are Portugal on £193.3m, while Wales' 23-man squad is valued at £122.7m - Bale making up £85.3m of that.
In terms of international experience, Germany's squad lead the way with a total of 1,013 caps heading into their semi-final with France. Two members of their squad - Bastian Schweinsteiger with 119 and Lukas Podolski with 129 - have more than 100 caps while Mesut Ozil (78), Toni Kroos (70), Thomas Muller (76) and Manuel Neuer (70) all have 70 or more.
Portugal, meanwhile, have 919 caps - Ronaldo (131) their most experienced player. Wales have 804 - Wayne Hennessey (61), Ashley Williams (64), Ledley (66) and Chris Gunter (72) more experienced on the international stage than Bale (60).
The French have the least experienced squad left at the tournament on 698, with nine players possessing fewer than 20 caps. Goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (80) is their most-capped player.
Wales are currently 26th in the FIFA world rankings, but will no doubt move into the top 10 when the new rankings are released later in July.
Their lowest position since the rankings began in 1993 was 112th, not long ago in 2010, while their average position since 1993 has been 67th.
Portugal's average has been 11th, their lowest was 36th (in 1998) and they are currently in eighth. Meanwhile, world champions Germany average fifth, are currently fourth, and have never dropped out of the top 20, hitting a low of 19th in 2004.
Hosts France are currently No 17 in the world, but average ninth and were lowest just last year in 25th place.
Germany, unsurprisingly, have the most goals in their team as well, with 217 shared around their 23-man squad. Podolski leads the way with 48, while Muller (32), the injured Mario Gomez (29) and Schweinsteiger (24) all have impressive tallies.
Portugal have 119 international strikes thanks mostly to Ronaldo (60), while France have just 68. Olivier Giroud (20) and Antoine Griezmann (11) are the only players in double figures.
Wales lag behind on 64 goals and Bale has bagged exactly half of them, the suspended Aaron Ramsey the next most prolific with 11.
This is Wales' first major tournament since 1958, and although they got to the last eight of Euro 1976 in the qualifying campaign, only four teams actually went to the tournament in Yugoslavia.
Their opponents Portugal are used to the big stage, reaching their fourth European Championship semi-final in five attempts.
Although they have never won a major tournament, they have been in the final four in seven of the 13 they have attended.
Germany, three-time Euro winners and four-time World Cup winners, have been at the last-four stage of the European Championship nine times out of 11, while France are two-time winners and have reached this stage five times, with a World Cup win in 1998 to boot.
There is big-game experience aplenty for Germany, France and Portugal. The Germans have 806 appearances in Europe's top competition within their squad, while Portugal have 605 and France have 541.
Once again proving their underdog status, Wales have just 92 appearances in the Champions League within their squad - Bale (39), Ramsey (39), Ledley (10) and Joe Allen (4).
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