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25th Jun 2016

Gareth Bale’s daughter completely stole the show after Wales beat Northern Ireland

Melting hearts.

Ben Kiely

Gareth Bale’s daughter may have got the biggest cheer on a historic night for Wales.

Wales are through to the quarter-finals of Euro 2016 thanks to an unfortunate own goal from Gareth McAuley.

After the final whistle blew, the Welsh players celebrated their triumph on the pitch and Gareth Bale, who essentially provided the assist for the winner, savoured the moment with his young daughter Alba.

Father and daughter chased each other around the pitch to rapturous applause from the crowd.

Then, Alba got a massive cheer by doing what Arsenal newboy Granit Xhaka failed to do earlier in the night, score a penalty.

Needless to say, the crowd absolutely loved it.

In a refreshing sight, both sets of fans were still enjoying the occasion after the final whistle. Despite being knocked out of the competition, the Green and White Army were still singing half an hour after the game had ended.

The Welsh even joined in with them,

More scenes like this, please. This is great to see.

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