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Match Preview for Wales v Kazakhstan
Craig Bellamy begins his makes an attempt to steer Wales to back-to-back World Cups after they host Kazakhstan in Cardiff on Saturday.
The previous captain has made an excellent begin to life answerable for the nationwide group, going unbeaten in his six video games up to now, of which he has received three.
A 4-1 win over Iceland for the Dragons secured promotion from Nations League B on the finish of final yr, additionally securing no less than a play-off place for subsequent summer season’s World Cup.
In the end although, the upcoming World Cup qualifiers are the place Bellamy will probably be judged and they are going to be hoping to make begin in a bunch containing Belgium, North Macedonia and Liechtenstein in addition to Kazakhstan.
This qualifying marketing campaign will probably be Wales’ first with out former talisman Gareth Bale since 2004, when Bellamy was nonetheless taking part in, with the 45-year-old seeking to usher in a brand new period.
Belgium look set to be Wales’ greatest rivals to safe high spot in qualifying, with Saturday’s opponents Kazakhstan enduring a dismal 2024 having misplaced seven of their eight video games together with defeats in every of their final 5.
However whereas World Cup qualification will probably be an enormous a part of whether or not Bellamy is deemed a hit or failure, he insists it’s not a very powerful factor in his thoughts.
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“I need the gamers to qualify. Do I wish to coach at a World Cup? Yeah, however is it a very powerful? I’m OK, belief me,” the Wales boss stated.
“Do I need the cash that may come again to assist us make investments, to assist us maintain bettering this sport of ours? That’s all I get motivated for. I would like that cash so we’ve received extra pitches, we construct extra infrastructure.
“I’m going to come back and go… however I need a legacy. I need to have the ability to say, ‘in his interval he did this’.
“The extra I do, I’m all the time considering that is severe, that is full-time. This isn’t a part-time function. Individuals in Wales deserve that.”
