UEFA has started disciplinary proceedings against the Football Association of Wales for the pitch invasion following Gareth Bale's late winner against Andorra on Tuesday night.

Bale's free-kick strike was greeted with Wales fans racing onto the pitch to celebrate the decisive goal in Wales' 2-1 Euro 2016 qualifying victory.

"Disciplinary proceedings have been opened following the European Qualifier Group B match between Andorra and Wales (1-2) played on Tuesday 9 September in Andorra," read the UEFA statement.

Wales manager Chris Coleman, meanwhile, has hailed the courage of his players for claiming a victory on a pitch he said was "not up to the standard of a UEFA qualifier".

But while Coleman was delighted with the attitude of his players, he was less than impressed with the 3G surface in Andorra la Vella which had only been passed by UEFA last week after previous inspections had showed that the ball ran too fast on it.

The pitch constantly threw up rubber crumbs from its base when the ball rolled along the surface and it was clear that Welsh players were unhappy with the surface.

"When we trained on it, my heart sunk," Coleman said after Wales began their Euro 2016 campaign with a nervous victory.

"In my opinion the pitch is not up to the standard of a UEFA qualifier.

"But I don't want to make a protest because I want other teams to come here.

"I didn't want to say anything about the pitch before the game, but I can now and if you're a passing team forget it."

Coleman praised his players for their attitude after falling behind to Ildefons Lima's controversial fifth-minute penalty, awarded by the fifth official behind the goal rather than the referee even though there appeared little contact between Neil Taylor and Andorra's Cristian Martinez.

"I think we showed a hell of a lot of courage," Coleman said.

"Look at their record and people thought it was a formality but I was worried before we kicked a ball.

"We watched them against Holland when they lost 2-0 and they drew with Finland and they made it difficult for us.

"But we stuck at it and I'm proud of my team. It wasn't about the performance, we just needed to win the game.

"We've played a lot better than lost but you've got to take that pitch into consideration.

"We could not show our quality but we showed great courage and determination and stayed calm in certain situations when we could have lost our heads."