James Chester: Wales will be a test for anyone

West Brom's James Chester says Wales will test anyone at Euro 2016 if they reproduce the form which swept aside Russia.

Wales' 3-0 victory on Monday saw them leapfrog England to take top spot in Group B and secure a last-16 tie with one of the best third-placed teams in Paris on Saturday evening.

It remains a complicated picture for Wales who will not discover their second-round opponents until tonight, but the camp are in relaxed mood after spending a day with their families in Toulouse following the Russia rout.

"It's far too confusing for me," Chester said of the various last 16 permutations. "I just go where I'm told and if we perform like we did against Russia and keep clean sheets, which is another bonus, then we're confident that we can make it difficult for anybody.

"The way we dug in for the game and to lose so late on against England was a big kick in the stomach. But we knew that result wouldn't define the group."

Chester, 27, who owes his Welsh qualification to his Rhyl-born mother, hailed the impact of international team-mate Gareth Bale, who is the tournament's current top scorer with three goals.

"I'm not sure there's a better player individually than Gareth in the tournament," said Chester.

"We know how fortunate we are to have him in our team and if we can keep clean sheets then we know we give ourselves a real good chance.

"I can't speak for any of the other top players in the tournament – I don't know them – but Gareth is very passionate about playing for the national team.

"He turns up pretty much every time we have a game, which some of the top players maybe don't do.

"I think it's an environment that he really enjoys and we all get on really well together.

"As big a superstar as he is, he's still one of the lads."