BAKU: Wales Wales captain Gareth Bale Setup Aaron Ramsey and Connor Roberts to score for a 2-0 victory over Turkey in their Group A Game in Baku’s Olympic Stadium on Wednesday to Have a big step towards qualifying for the European Championship knockout stages.
Ramsey didn’t convert two opportunities in the first half but scored just before halftime when he forced a rush through the centre to chest Bale’s best ball over the defence and then slide it past the goalkeeper.
Euro 2020 Points TableWales might have doubled the lead in the hour mark after Bale was triggered by Zeki Celik and given a penalty, however the Welsh skipper skied his campaign following a yearlong jog up.
Wales scored at the departure in injury time after a corner was played and Connor Roberts was available to divert a Bale pass beyond goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir to secure the victory.
“I am thrilled with this win.
We struggled hard, we worked our socks off as we all do,” Bale said following the match, including that his gifts paid for the punishment miss.
The surprise semi-finalists of all Euro 2016 have four things, after drawing Switzerland in their own warehouse.
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Ramsey was double chosen out by Bale with excellent defence-splitting moves but both occasions he failed to dent, together with Cakir denying him out of a tight angle at the first moment after which thundering a shot on the bar from the 24th.
There was nothing fortunate about the next time with Bale drifting a superbly-timed cross at the 42nd minute for Ramsey who brought down the ball flawlessly and slotted beneath Cakir.
‘FANTASTIC POSITION’ Together with Turkish and Azeri Presidents Tayyip Erdogan and Ilham Aliyev from the racks, Turkey upped the pace after the separation.
Captain Burat Yilmaz, who’d missed a great shot in the first halfshould have scored 10 minutes after the restart when he had been left completely unmarked before the Welsh target but blazed a volley out of three yards out nicely on the crossbar.
Wales discovered distance to counter strike and Ramsey’s low shot was blocked until Bale has been brought down inside the box to make a place kick to the hour.
Nevertheless, the 31-year-old’s effort flew high and wide to maintain the Turks from the match, who forced a great save from keeper Danny Ward once he hit a Merih Demiral header broad in the 87th.
Together with all the Turks having run out of steam at stoppage time, Bale cut into nourish Roberts to their next objective.
“We are in an excellent place today.
If you had given us points at the beginning, we would have bitten your hand away,” Bale said, paying tribute to Welsh lovers that were greatly outnumbered by Turks from the arena.
