Inevitably, it was Kieffer Moore who came to the rescue for Wales. The striker, who used to juggle lifeguard duties while playing part-time for Truro City, has become an unlikely fans’ favourite and here he delivered his most defining moment yet, steering a delightful header into the far corner to cancel out Breel Embolo’s opener. Wales feared they had pressed self-destruct when the Switzerland substitute Mario Gavranovic found the net with his first touch six minutes from time but the goal was ruled offside by VAR.
“Don’t take me home,” came the familiar refrain from a bright-red pocket of this stadium and, in the end, they could have won it themselves had Aaron Ramsey latched on to a teasing cross by the substitute David Brooks. In truth, Wales lived dangerously at times with Danny Ward called into several smart saves, but a point gives them hope of reaching the knockout stages and a platform to build on before matches against
Turkey and
Italy.