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Simon Church "devastated" at offside goal

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Wales striker Simon Church says that he was "gutted" to be denied a place in history by the offside flag after his injury-time header against Israel was ruled out.

Wales striker Simon Church has admitted that he thought he had written his name into the history books by scoring against Israel in injury time, only to see his goal ruled out for offside.

The MK Dons forward's header was correctly disallowed amid wild celebrations as Wales failed to take advantage of the opportunity to book their place in Euro 2016 by drawing 0-0 with Israel on Sunday.

The 26-year-old said that he was gutted to have the "amazing feeling" taken away from him, but insisted that Chris Coleman's side will confirm their qualification next month.

"I was devastated," he told Wales Online. "At the time I thought it was the moment. When it went in there was a couple of seconds where I thought that was it and I was in history, there was the roar of the crowd and it was an amazing feeling to think that I had done it.

"But two seconds later it was taken away. It is one of those things, it has happened to me before but never of that magnitude and I am gutted. Hopefully I will save it for the next game.

"We wanted to do it today for the fans and ourselves and the mood in the changing room is as if we have lost it, but we have to remember that it is another vital point. This is still in our hands."

Wales need just a single point from a trip to Bosnia and a home game with Andorra, who have only ever claimed a competitive point away from home once, to qualify for their first major tournament in 57 years.

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