Chris Coleman believes Wales are ready to progress to Euro 2016

Wales manager Chris Coleman believes his young squad are ready to progress to the finals of an international tournament for the first time since 1958.

The rise of Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale and Arsenal playmaker Aaron Ramsey, along with a sprinkling of solid Premier League performers, has taken expectation levels in Wales to new heights as Coleman's squad prepare for the European Qualifiers.

Coleman reckons he has the talent at his disposal to challenge group favourites Belgium and Bosnia-Herzegovina for the automatic two qualifying spots, let alone make the play-offs by finishing third in a section which also includes Israel, Cyprus and Tuesday’s opponents Andorra.

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The Wales boss concedes he will be happy to take the points from Andorra, even if his side scrape a 1-0 victory.

"There's a reason why people talk so highly of the group because it's true that when we're at our best we are a good side," Coleman said ahead of Wales' first Group B test high in the Pyrenees.

"I sense the expectation and two years ago I would have been wary of it.  I'm not now and I won't shy away from it.

"We have to take it as a compliment and deal with it, and if we do that we'll do the business.

"Belgium and Bosnia are the top teams and then it's the other four, but we have a chance to put pressure on those two.

"I don't want to go at it thinking there's a possibility of a play-off. Let's go for the top two, that's what we have to aim for.

"We're not going to into the game thinking about we're going to win it this way, we just want the win and I'd take 1-0.

"As good as we can be, we've also shown tendencies where we can be a little bit loose and a bit carried away. We can't have that."

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