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Ben Woodburn 'over the moon' after stunning strike on Wales debut

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Wales' goal-scoring debutant Ben Woodburn was "over the moon" after handing last year's European Championship semi-finalists a vital 1-0 win at home to Austria.

The hosts had to wait until 16 minutes from time to finally breach the Austrian defence and it was the 17-year-old substitute who fired in a wonderful strike to boost their chances of qualifying for next year's World Cup in Russia from Group D.

The Liverpool forward was introduced as a substitute just five minutes before he picked up a loose header 20 yards from the Austria goal to curl an effort into the bottom corner and send the Wales fans into delirium.