• Three years ago a 6-1 defeat in Serbia left manager and squad ‘crushed’
• A point in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Saturday will mean Wales qualifyA slight more than three years on from a humiliating defeat in Serbia that shook Chris Coleman so badly it prompted him to consider walking away from the job,the Wales manager returns to the Balkans in search of much more than the point that will create history and secure qualification for next summer’s European Championship finals in France.
Zenica, where Wales win on Bosnia-Herzegovina on Saturday, or is only 180 miles from Novi Sad,which was the venue for a 6-1 hammering in a World Cup qualifier that Coleman recalls with a shudder and describes as the nadir ((n.) the lowest point of something) in his football career. It was a night when the roof fell in and the lights went out on Wales – literally and metaphorically – as they suffered their heaviest loss since 1996.
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Source: theguardian.com