Int Football - Bellamy hands Wales victory

Eurosport - Thu, 20 Nov 10:19:00 2008

Craig Bellamy gave John Toshack's young Welsh side a 1-0 victory over Denmark with an impressive display in Brondby.

2008 Wales Craig Bellamy - 0

The West Ham striker (pictured, right) swooped on 76 minutes after Gareth Bale's reverse ball found him with enough time and space to pick his spot and shoot from distance into the bottom left corner.

Debutant Aaron Ramsey impressed in a side whose average age was 21. The Arsenal teenager's central midfield partner, Jack Collison of West Ham, also performed admirably on a night that bodes well for the future of Welsh football.

After weathering a strong Danish start, Wales created the game's first clear openings.

On seven minutes, a clever Craig Bellamy dummy supplied Ched Evans, but his left-foot strike was deflected wide by Anders Rasmussen.

Bellamy could have put Wales ahead five minutes later. He latched on to Bale's long ball, out-pace the Danish right-back Kasper Bogelund, but scuffed his shot with Evans in acres of space to his right.

On 21 minutes another ball over the top found Evans. But the ball did not fall for the Manchester City striker and the Danish defence cleared as he attempted to round goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen.

Michael Krohn-Delhi and Morten Nordstrand both failed to convert for the hosts mid-way through the first-half before Bellamy again showed his blistering pace but Sorensen blocked his shot with his legs.

Evans was twice fed by Bellamy in great positions before the interval but saw his first effort blocked by a desperate lunge from Rasmussen and then failed to make a decent connection when just two yards out moments later.

Danish substitute Soren Larsen made an instant impact after the break as he hit a sweet left-foot shot from distance that flashed past Boaz Myhill's goal, and he then forced the Hull City keeper to parry; Leon Andreason was unable to control on the rebound and shot over.

The game sprung into life with Bellamy's goal, and Myhill was forced to make an outstanding save before a last-minute corner from the Danes deflected back off the woodwork.

Geraint Williams / Eurosport

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  1. RAMSAY WILL BE PURE CLASS.HE GET IN TO THE MIGHTY­ GUNNERS FIRST TEAM IN NO TIME.HE SHOULD NOW BE WALES­ PLAYMAKER IN THE NEXT WORLD CUP GAMES AGAINST FINLAND­ AND GERMANY

    From gavin, on Thu 20 Nov 8:55AM

  2. Well done "The Boyo's" ....... great­ result

    From carl m, on Thu 20 Nov 8:10AM

  3. With an absolutely superb person and one of the­ greatest players to grace a field Mr Toshack, you are­ giving the boyos the confidence to go on. This result­ and the Greece - Italy results were probably the two­ best matches and results on the night

    From not printable, on Thu 20 Nov 7:01AM

  4. Tosh is performing miracles and there is still hope as­ Germany were no great shakes tonight

    From taff, on Wed 19 Nov 11:07PM

  5. Well done Boaz! If you had to give up on your English,­ at least you've proved yourself more than right!!!!­ Liz Blain

    From liz, on Wed 19 Nov 10:13PM

  6. Cheers Wales! I just won a pony by predicting the score­ and scorer.

    From Peter, on Wed 19 Nov 9:48PM

  7. glad bellamy scored, good for the hammers and wales­ good win.

    From jay m, on Wed 19 Nov 9:40PM

  8. Great win young guns...

    From tulip, on Wed 19 Nov 9:15PM

  9. Congratulations to the Taffs, this is a great result.

    From BigBill, on Wed 19 Nov 9:13PM
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