Singer inspired Wales for semi-final with Austria and the 78-year-old returns to lead festival atmosphere for Ukraine game
, a village four miles from the foot of Snowdon. It has snowballed into an unofficial national anthem and a slogan for the supporters who will again not hesitate to sing along. “I knew that there would be some audience participation but I wasn’t quite ready for what happened,” Iwan says.Together with Bale’s preposterous free-kick, Iwan’s prematch rendition in March made a lasting impression that evening on the thousands there and beyond.
Chris Gunter, who last year became the first Welshman to win 100 caps, was behind Yma o Hyd being played before training and on the team coach, while Connor Roberts, who will start against Ukraine, told how he has the song on his headphones before every Wales game. “It just puts a little bit of fire in the belly and makes me want to run a little bit more,” Roberts said last year.
Iwan acknowledges he is a political animal. His grandfather was one of the founding members of Plaid Cymru – Iwan was president of the party between 2003 and 2010 – and on Sundays, he does a bit of preaching, “although the audiences are dwindling”.
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