Welsh fans are sharing a newspaper article that expected – and wanted – them to lose

Who's laughing now?

It was certainly galling for England fans to witness the Welsh squad celebrating Iceland's 2-1 victory over Roy Hodgson's men in the last 16 of the European Championships. The video footage was leaked and it didn't go down very well at all. That said, they are a local rival and therefore their preference for England's foes is someway understandable. But a Metro piece, written in conjunction with Ladbrokes, is another matter entirely. It particularly annoyed Welsh fans because the newspaper is meant to service the whole of the UK, and as such you'd assume they'd be on the side of all the home countries. But not according to the column in question at least. Not only did the piece mock Welsh football and expect them to be 'demolished' by Belgium, but it suggested Roy Hodgson and his English squad should cheer the result in revenge. Scribed by JP Shaw, it reads as follows:

"Roy Hodgson's last act as England coach should really be to film his squad cheering wildly directly after Belgium demolish Wales. It should be his last act, but I doubt he could even organise that. "It's astonishing to think Wales made the quarter-finals having been the only team England actually outclassed in the entire competition. "Man-for-man, Belgium are in a different league to Wales (mostly the Premier League. Class will tell."

Seeing as Wales achieved a glorious 3-1 victory to march onto the semi-final stage, many Welsh supporters were eager to ram the offending words back down from whence they came... https://twitter.com/JNP_83/status/748987801497198592 https://twitter.com/katczeks/status/748994796665106436 https://twitter.com/vocnorth/status/748991917438935044 https://twitter.com/madaboutewe/status/748502142072295424 https://twitter.com/RhodriD87/status/748984183003942912