England vs Wales: Half time Twitter reaction

The clash billed as one of the biggest in the group stages - England versus noisy neighbours Wales. The Three Lions entered the field pumped, but left for half time a goal down, courtesy of Gareth Bales. Here's how Twitter responded to the first 45 minutes of play...

Days like this make me wonder why I'm a football fan. 90 solid minutes of feeling like I'm about to throw up.

— Ben Wills (@_BenWills) June 16, 2016

Joe Hart's up for it, anyway. #ENG #EURO2016 #ENGWAL pic.twitter.com/kYWd4UM6sq

— UEFA EURO 2016 (@UEFAEURO) June 16, 2016

#ENG defensive midfielder Eric Dier reminiscent of Sergio Busquets there. Effortlessly breaking up play and deceptively quick. #ENGWAL

— Tom Kell (@UEFAcomTomK) June 16, 2016

England's only goal of the tournament was a free-kick but other than that, their set-pieces have been awful. #ENGWAL

— Gavin Brown (@gavbrown_metro) June 16, 2016

Been impressed with Lallana this tournament. Wouldn't have been in many's starting XI but proving people wrong #Eng

— Joe Bennett (@bennettjp) June 16, 2016

People wine about Wayne Rooney but he is England's best player by a country mile! Bossing it

— Speedway Live (@speedway_uk) June 16, 2016

Bale v Alli. #EURO2016 #ENGWAL pic.twitter.com/Kobkw66dGM

— UEFA EURO 2016 (@UEFAEURO) June 16, 2016

Nice of @BBCSport to show Bale to remind us that he is on the pitch #ENGWAL

— Neil Fissler (@neilfissler) June 16, 2016

And then, as if on cue, Gareth Bale popped up to silence his critics and smash a long range freekick past Joe Hart. It's safe to say England fans on Twitter were not pleased...

GOAL! Bale scores with a 35-yard free kick. Squeezes through Hart's grasp. 1-0 for #WAL

— Oliver Kay (@OliverKayTimes) June 16, 2016

Poor from hart

— Töm Barrett (@barrett17tom) June 16, 2016

Bale is unreal ??

— Jordan Hedley (@JHedley1) June 16, 2016

GARETH BALE. WHAT A PLAYER.

— Football Funnys (@FootballFunnys) June 16, 2016

Terribe from Hart. Jelly wrists.

— Sam Morshead (@SamMorshead_) June 16, 2016

Timmy Chocolate Wrists.

— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) June 16, 2016

Joe Hart at fault for both the goals #eng have conceded so far. Strong strike from Bale, but should have been dealt with...

— Chris Linnell (@Chrisslinnell) June 16, 2016

Wales had one shot on target in the first half. It's all they needed. #WAL #EURO2016 #ENGWAL pic.twitter.com/Gkq4sa0EKA

— UEFA EURO 2016 (@UEFAEURO) June 16, 2016