Wales create history but England not

Xinhua News Agency

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Hal Robson-Kanu' s goal helped freshman Wales to get a historic victory, but England didn' t broke the spell of winless opening game in European Championship history on Saturday.

Wales' star Gareth Bale broke the deadlock through a freekick in the 9th minute, which was the first goal of Wales in the history of UEFA EURO.

Ondrej Duda, attacking midfielder of Slovakia, equalized in the 60th minute after coming on just some seconds. Substitute Robson- Kanu scored a delightful goal in the 80th minute from Ramsey' s pass, and sealed a 2-1 victory for Wales.

"It' s just a memorable moment, a historic moment for our country," Bale said.

Eric Dier scored a goal in the 73rd minute through a free kick to give England a 1-0 lead over Russia, but Denis Glushakov scores for Russia in injury time and drew 1-1.

Swiss defender Fabian Schar scored a goal in the fifth minute to give Switzerland a 1-0 victory over debutant Albania in the second Group A game.

Until now, Switzerland achieved three points in Lens and led Group A with France.

(APD)