The magical Welsh journey through the valleys and vales of Euro 2016 has ended at the hands of Portugal. Cristiano Ronaldo’s side will now play Germany or France in Sunday’s final.

For Portugal, is was business as usual. For Wales, it was akin to a child falling to sleep in the Rhondda Valley and waking up in Disneyland. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. These two nations were not meant to meet in such an important match.

Wales has been inspirational. Portugal has been painstakingly dull. Despite that, the bookies made Fernando Santos’s side the favourites. It was understandable. The team so often referred to as the Brazilians from Europe were making their seventh semi-final appearance in a major championship. Wales were making their first.

Portugal lined up to face the Welsh without a single victory in regulation time in five matches. They scored a last minute extra time winner to dump Croatia out in the Round of 16 and needed penalties to oust Poland from the competition one step along the ladder.