Bellamy thrilled to navigate frantic Kazakhstan build-up

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No excuses was a phrase Craig Bellamy kept saying throughout the run-up to Wales’ exhausting, logistically challenging World Cup qualifier in Kazakhstan.

The men’s team had never traveled for a qualifying match on this 7, 000-mile round trip, and when their injured squad arrived in Astana, an artificial pitch was presented after just one training session before the game.

Bellamy relented following his team’s hard-earned 1-0 victory at Astana Arena.

“This preparation was crazy,” he said. Before it, he said, “I’m not going to tell you,” he assuredly grinned.

“Some players show up on Sunday, the transfer deadline day on Monday, and a few of our boys were present.” Then, on Tuesday, we traveled and trained one session. artificial pitch, four hours of time difference. It’s brand-new.

Bellamy prefers to have control over his team, just as he prefers that his teammates do.

In the first half, Wales did exactly that, but in the second half, they allowed their 114th-ranked opponents to return to the game and came dangerously close to losing.

Bellamy did not try to conceal the fact that this was not a classic performance. However, coaches are willing to sacrifice their winning ways when it comes to winning in qualifying campaigns.

I’m very picky with my performances, but I don’t care,ellamy continued.

I can go back, try to enter the time zone, get ready for the following game, and try again.

Bellamy and his players faced the same challenges in the real world that they had to overcome in Astana.

Some of those setbacks offered opportunities, but none more so than the injuries that saw the debut of centre-back Dylan Lawlor, age 19, at age 19.

The Cardiff City player had a great chance, and he seized it quickly. Lawlor had a strong sense of direction, air, and positioning that was composed.

His “brilliant” performance, as Bellamy put it, provided a shining light to an otherwise uneven team performance, and his emergence strengthens the coach’s defensive options for the remainder of the campaign.

Wales will now miss their next two Group J games when they travel to Cardiff City Stadium on October 13 to face Belgium. They will play friendlies against Canada and England before playing at home against Belgium.

Wales must win all three of their remaining games in order for them to have a good chance of staying top, not just in Cardiff.

Bellamy said “there’s a lot of life in this group” and that he still believes this after their chaotic 4-3 defeat in Brussels in June.

Or at least that is what he is expressing. Before and after the Kazakhstan game, the former Liverpool and Manchester City forward made the case that we shouldn’t accept every one of his public statements as fact.

Although Belgium are still widely anticipated to finish top, there is still a certain mystery about this group.

Wales will enter the play-offs in March if that happens, continuing their quest for a place in the 2022 World Cup, which is their first final appearance in 64 years.

And Wales are almost certain to win the play-off spot thanks to their Nations League performance, even in the worst case scenario where they fall short of that mark.

The 2026 World Cup will take several different paths, so there are some.