 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Wales yakatamba mutambo wavo wekutanga wemakwikwi kwegore pavakadhirowa 11 neFinland kutanga mushandirapamwe wavo wekukodzera weEuropean Championships ya1988. Kumwe kurova neSoviet Union uye kukunda Finland mumutambo wakadzoserwa kwakachengeta tariro yeWales yekukodzera iri mhenyu. Chikwata ichi chakawanawo dhivha neCzechoslovakia, Rush ichienzanisa mutambo uyu Wales yakanga yave kunetsekana kuti iite chimwe chinhu. Kurwisa kweWales kwakaenderera mberi nemitambo yakateedzana neDenmark, ichikunda mutambo wekutanga 10 kuNinian Park. Mutambo wechipiri wakaguma nomugumo mumwe chetewo, asi nguva ino uchitsigira vaDanes. England yakatsamwa nechinangwa chokukunda, ichitaura kuti hatina kurohwa neDenmark, takarohwa nomutongi. Mutambi wacho akanga ari kure nenzvimbo yacho nemamita mana. Mugumisiro wacho wakasiya Wales ichida kukunda Czechoslovakia kuti ikwanise. FAW yakatsamwa pamberi pemutambo apo FA yakamisa mitambo ine vatambi veChirungu asi vakaramba kuita zvakafanana nevatambi veWales. Somugumisiro, Wales pakutanga akaenda kuPrague nevatambi gumi chete vakakodzera. Wales yakatora nzira yekurwisa kumutambo uye yakaedza kutanga kubviswa pamutsetse asi maCzechs akaenderera mberi kuhwina 2 0. 