Wales qualified for their first World Cup since 1958 after edging past brave Ukraine 1-0 courtesy of an unfortunate own goal from Andriy Yarmolenko
Played in an emotional atmosphere in Cardiff, Yarmolenko's header past his own goalkeeper from a Gareth Bale free-kick in the 34th minute proved the decisive moment
Wales, usually so reliant on Bale and Aaron Ramsey, had their goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey to thank
 He wrote himself into Welsh football folklore with a performance of incredible defiance up against a Ukraine side that gave everything
 The pick of his nine saves came late on when clawing away an Artem Dovbyk header that was heading for the top corner
Such was his brilliance, Ukraine's nine shots on target were the most by a team without scoring during a game in the 2022 European World Cup qualifying campaign
It was a cruel way for Ukraine's qualification effort to end with Olexandr Petrakov's side, who beat Scotland in the playoff semi-final, again showing a level of football which would have certainly merited a place in November's 32-team tournament
Wales had their chances to wrap up the game too as Brennan Johnson rattled a post and Bale was denied by Georgiy Bushchan, but this was a performance all about their relentless rearguard which has now kept 12 clean sheets in their last 19 home internationals
Robert Page's men can now can start planning for Qatar where they have earned a place in Group B with England, USA and Iran
"There were faces of disbelief in the crowd
 Were they dreaming? They can pinch themselves all they want
 This wasn't a dream
 Wales are going to the World Cup after a remarkable football match with a team that also deserve to grace the World Cup
"Ukraine threw everything they had at Wales for their country
 But Wales - led by Ben Davies and the unbeatable Hennessey - repelled it all in one of the grittiest defensive showings you are ever likely to see on the international stage
"And boy did the home fans and their players celebrate
 Iconic Welsh singer Dafydd Iwan took the microphone at full-time to sing 'Yma o Hyd' - a song the players and fans have adopted as their second anthem
 To feel the emotion, joy, relief and beauty of a country coming together to sing as one was a privilege to behold
"A spine-tingling occasion
"Managers are defined by their decision making
 On an absolutely gigantic night for his career, Page made the right one by keeping with Hennessey in goal
 Danny Ward has had the No 1 jersey for the last two years but Hennessey stepped in to cover for the semi-final victory over Austria and, despite not playing a domestic club game since January 2, he was ready
And boy did he need to be
When a team has 22 shots on goal and create an expected goals total of 1
91, the opposition team need their goalkeeper to be inspirational
 Ukraine's attack peppered Hennessey with quality attempts but he stood strong, making nine saves in total with two standing out in the second half when Ukraine were banging on the door in front of their fans
The first was with his legs to deny Viktor Tsygankov from close before somehow Roman Yaremchuk fluffed the rebound, and the second save will go down in Welsh football history, denying Dovbyk with a one-handed save
Hennessey said: "It's absolutely incredible, not just for me but everyone who's been on this pitch tonight, the lads who didn't get on, the staff, everyone
"It was probably my best game in a Wales shirt, at such a key stage obviously
 You have to give credit to Ukraine who are a fantastic team, but I'm absolutely buzzing
"We've got a good generation, young lads, older lads who have been there, even the members of staff
 They've been fantastic and fully deserve it
""The result is the greatest result in the history of Welsh football
 We're ecstatic, we're going to a World Cup
"It's what dreams are made of, it's what we've been working towards since we first came here
"I'm speechless, we're so happy, we did it for all our amazing fans and words can't describe how I'm feeling at the moment
"It was a difficult game, I haven't done so much over the last four weeks because of my back spasm, it was tough to get through the game but the most important thing was to get through
"Wales must now turn their attention to three Nations League fixtures this month
 Page's side face the Netherlands on Wednesday and Belgium on Saturday - with both matches kicking off at 7
45pm in Cardiff - before facing the Dutch again, this time in Rotterdam at 7
45pm on June 14
Ukraine also have three Nations League matches, starting with a trip to Dublin to face the Republic of Ireland on Wednesday, with kick-off at 7
45pm
Ukraine then have 'home' matches against Armenia on Saturday (2pm kick-off) and the Republic of Ireland on June 14 (kick-off 7
45pm)
 The games will be held in Lodz, Poland, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine
The 2022 World Cup in Qatar kicks off on  at the Al Thumama Stadium when l take onthe in Group A followed by hosts  against  at the Al Bayt Stadium
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