European Qualifiers: Wales boss Chris Coleman delighted with draw in Belgium

Wales manager Chris Coleman has stressed his belief in his team and insisted that he had faith they would do well in the group.

Wales boss Chris Coleman was delighted to take a point against Group B favourites Belgium to remain unbeaten in Euro 2016 qualification.

And the manager believes his team have learnt a lot from their unsuccessful World Cup qualifying campaign.

"It wasn't pretty at times but who cares? It's about points," he said after watching his side battle to earn a 0-0 draw in Brussels.

"We learnt from the last campaign where we played some much better football, we had a lot of chances, we kept getting beat too much. (It was) Too easy when we didn't have the ball but we're a much tougher outfit now.

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"That's two clean sheets in four games. Two clean sheets against the two top teams, Bosnia and Belgium, so we're on the right path, that's for sure."

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He added: "I thought it was an incredible performance from our lads.

"We're up against an incredible offensive, aggressive team, they don't come much tougher than that. It's been labelled the best Belgium team ever so to come here and take a point it speaks volumes for our players.

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"The lads, they showed so much character, courageous at times.

Picking up a point away at Belgium was not enough according to Ashley Williams, who said that the Welsh side started the game looking for a win.

"That attitude and we've had it for some time now where we're always in the game even if the opposition are on top of us. We don't buckle, we don't duck it and we don't hide from the challenge. We stand our ground."

Skipper Ashley Williams was also delighted and said: "One of the best performances I've seen at least in my time with Wales as a team.

"Everyone really stuck to the cause. It wasn't too pretty in the first half but we dug in.

"To come here and get a point and a clean sheet is massive for us. It keeps our momentum in the group, we haven't lost yet.

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"We wanted to win the game but we will definitely take a point."

Gareth Bale added: "To get any result was a fantastic performance from us," he said. "We'll take the point.

"We started a bit slow in the first half but the football we played in the second half we showed true courage, true character and to get a point is massive for us."

He added: "We put expectation on ourselves more than anyone and we know what we're capable of.

"It was great to get a point, we showed a good performance for the fans."

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