The Welsh National Team: Striving for Success (FIFA 10: WC)

[ConnorPithie]

The welsh national team has only previously qualified for the 1958 world cup finals. With the likes of Craig Bellamy, Joe Ledley, Simon Davis and Gareth Bale can they make it a second?

In this Manager Mode I will be hoping to lead the Welsh National Team to their second qualification in World Cup history. The welsh qualification group will be posted later on as the games will be played on custom settings.

[rhysyboy]

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FOLLOWING!!! DO US WELSH BOYS PROUD!!!

[ConnorPithie]

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I'll try my hardest, I should have the group table up tonight after the match review of the first friendly.

[Lecrae]

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I <3 Craig Bellamy

Good luck on this, hopefully your qualification group isn't a group of death

[alex9696]

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I'm following. This is looking interesting. Especially because of your choice to play with Wales.

[ConnorPithie]

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thank you. tomorrow I will be making a graphic to show you the group. I hit random once and to be fair I don't think I got that bad a group.

All games will be played on World Class with 6 minute halves.

[ConnorPithie]

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Wales manager confident for first friendly, Davis named as new captain.

Toshack is worried about his talisman strikers form.

Wales coach John Toshack is confident that Wales can perform well against Belgium in there first friendly of the World Cup 2010 campaign.

" My boys have been working great in anticipation for the opening game against Belgium, they have all been getting into their stride, for example Simon Davis
has hit three goals in the last two training sessions and even Gareth Bale has got his name on the score-sheet. I am worried about Bellamy though, after taking his captaincy away from him his form has dipped and he has only scored once in the previous five training sessions. I'm sure once the friendly gets of and running he'll get into his stride and notch in the goals. "

Below is the group table that Wales will be participating in, unfortunately Ladbrokes has named Romania and Hungary to come top in this group, can Wales prove them wrong?

[Lecrae]

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Well Cyprus should be easy, hopefully at least draws against Finland and Albania

[ConnorPithie]

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thanks i'll try my best, the Belgium match report will be up later, you may be surprised with the result.

[ConnorPithie]

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Friendly Match 1 : Wales V Belgium

The weather was awful as Belgium kicked off in the snowy weather. In the fifth minute Bale swung in a cross for Bellamy but his shot came off a defender and was cleared. The ninth minute of play produced Belgium’s first chance of the game when a free kick was swung into the box but Nyatanga was ready to head it into the keepers waiting gloves.

The next chance didn’t arrive until Bellamy was given space in the box exactly on the twenty eight minute mark but his finish was lacklustre, was Toshack right, is Bellamy beginning to get rusty?

The deadlock was broken by the welsh when Aaron Ramsey’s pinpoint pass into the Belgium box was matched by a pinpoint finish into the top corner of the Belgian goals by Earnshaw. Ramsey and Earnshaw were quick to celebrate before returning to their positions for the Belgians restart.

Fellaini forcefully crashed into Nyatanga seconds before the half time whistle and he had to be substituted off, now twenty three year old Craig Morgan had a name to make for himself.

HT Score : Wales 1 - 0 Belgium

Three minutes after the restart Bellamy managed to wriggle through the Belgian players in there box but from a tight angle was only able to hit the woodwork, Bellamy had a chance to redeem himself two minutes later after a Joe Ledley cross and header it past the keeper with frightful ease. Toshack could be seen frantically dancing on the sidelines.

Belgium were given a chance to pull a goal back in the sixty second minute after being gifted a corner but the cross drifted to the far side of the box and was dispatched up field by Collins.

Wales held onto possesion for the last ten minutes of the game and denied Belgium any chances.

FT Score: Wales 2 - 0 Belgium

Player Ratings:
GK - W. Hennessey, 7.2
LWB - G. Bale, 6.4
LCB - J. Collins, 8.4
CB - D. Gabbidon, 7.4
RCB - L. Nyatanga, 7.2 (C. Morgan), 6.3
RWB - C. Gunter, 7.8
LM - J. Ledley, 7.2
CM - A. Ramsey, 7.3
RM - S. Davies, 6.5
LS - R. Earnshaw, 7.0
RS - C. Bellamy, 6.9

Injuries:
How severe Nyatanga's injuries are is uncertain but he will miss the next 2 - 5 games depending on the speed of his recovery. Ramsey has also picked up a strain in training and will miss Wales next match in the qualifiers against Hungary.

Man of the Match: J. Collins (Wales) 8.4

[bhurst99]

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Good start. You look like you're in a pretty easy group.

[Lecrae]

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He will never be too old to play

Congrats on the win, but it is a friendly so it sucks that Nyatanga is injured right now, plus Ramsey is rather unfortunate as you would def like to head in top shape versus Hungagary.

[ConnorPithie]

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Yeah, Nyatanga is a key player, along with Ramsey, the thing I have to clear up with Nyatanga is after the match in the news section it said he was injured and will be out for two games, then when I clicked continue it popped up telling me Ramsey was out for one game and Nyatanga would miss three?

I'll find players that can replace them at the moment, hopefully.

[alex9696]

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Nice 1st win!

[rhysyboy]

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WELL DONE ON BEATING BELGIUM!!

Good choice choosing Simon Davies as captain, he was born in the same hospital as me