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Wales scored the game-winning goal just as fans finished singing the national anthem

This was something else.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

Wales upset Austria over the weekend in a game that’s being lauded as one of the best in the country’s history. How that 1-0 goal happened is like something out of a movie, because it came right as fans finished singing the Welsh national anthem:

It really is an incredible scene. The crowd raises its voice in unison to sing the national anthem, the announcers fall silent because it seems wrong to talk over it — and just as things quiet down, 17-year-old Ben Woodburn becomes a national hero with an incredible strike:

Wales v Austria - FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifier
Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images

This is so good.

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