15/08/2012 Match of the Day Wales

2003, Will Straw week Bosnia- Herzegovina. Now they meet again in

a friendly. Time for them to focus on their World Cup challenge.

is a big game. We need to go into the qualifiers for of confidence.

Belgian, Croatia, Macedonia and Scotland stand between Wales

reaching 2016. Good evening. The country has been gripped by a

Olympics fever. Next month be qualifies for the World Cup get

under way. Carl Fletcher and Robbie Savage are here to assess Wales's

chances of getting that there. Now, it is Wales versus Bosnia-

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Herzegovina. It is Chris Coleman's before they kick off on the World

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there is a way by Blake. -- header wants to start like that. Quite a

contrast in the systems here at and wide. That was good high-

pressure air from Wales. Closing down and getting into the face of

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almost got he's first goal for Church, who was waiting to pounce.

Dzeko is the target. Allen is caught in possession. Dzeko is ever

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closer to that second -- to bat Simon Church House what side. I'm

not sure if it is something to do with their attacking techniques.

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Just giving the ball away a little Stevanovic each. A lovely ball. --

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Adam ran seat got caught in Spinning, creating the space for

Ramsey to come in. It was a great lovely run from Dzeko. Control just

let him down a little bit. Blake deflected away by the man on a

poached. -- on to post. That's not the first time someone got in front

of a Welsh player and got a touch. It's been happening every time they

get a corner. We've got to defend a cannot control it. Gunter has

Stevanovic. His first goal for his country. Only his second cap. Wales

face a climb now. Well, that is a breakaway. Bad mistake by Gunter,

initially. Edin Dzeko gets it and switches it. A lovely little ball

to Stevanovic. Ashley Williams didn't really get there. He's got

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to go earlier. He has to close it eludes Vokes and Treyarch. --

ball, Gareth Bale. Just need to get it to him a little bit quicker than

we have done. It's been quite comfortable for most of the game

for the full-back. 8th in the all- time catalyst. 5th in the all-time

goal list. -- Kappun list. A change has got Wales moving. I say that,

If they are to rescue anything from this friendly, Wales need a goal

was. The referee did not see it. certainly looked like handball for

a second. The hands are up. The ball comes in. Vokes tries to do

his best. The referee is in the They are high in the rankings. They

reached the play-offs in the World Cup and failed to Portugal on two

occasions. They are playing 4-4-2. We haven't really come up against

that much. We have played against three in midfield, two wide players

and one striker. Bellamy was fouled, free-kick in an interesting

out from under his feet. I'm not sure who he was passing to. Centre-

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about his Wales performance at the into the midriff to of Begovic.

have stepped up a gear and look a little bit more threatening

positive things from the two wide far away as ever from that first

victory. Myhill has to be smart again. I don't know if they feel

Mujdza as the man on the ground. Ashley Williams was getting a bit

worked-up. There has been no hint of anything more ambitious during

Lee Williams, tried to lift him off can throw the ball round the back

stick. Robson-Kanu does like It's their first corner of this

second half. That probably tells a tale. I think they only had one in

the first half. It looked quite comfortable for Bosnia, most of the

You've got to say, that is a chance. A sweet ball in from Bellamy. A lot

of pace. Morison could not get It has clicked in games before. But

it is something that, if it is not working, what do we do? How do we

change it? We have Joe Ledley. Edwards. That is something that has

been missed today, a midfield The final whistle goes. A

disappointing night for Chris Coleman. Still searching for his

first win as Wales manager. Craig Bellamy made something of a

difference in the second half. He has greater tests to come. Wales,

what do they say about a poor dress rehearsal making for a good show?

Still manage and their second made it a poor start for Wales, Ibisevic.

Wales are still looking for their first goal since November of last

year. Let's hear from the Wales I think we got a little bit

frustrated when we went a goal down. In trying too hard to get back into

the game, we were trying a difficult thing all the time. We

never really got that float in possession. It didn't go to plan at

all. But I think it's a difficult time of the season. People turning

up at different stages of fitness levels. People have been on the

Olympic duty and some have not played as much. It's a difficult

time, if you have only been together for a couple of days. It

wasn't a great performance. We will learn a lot from it. We were not

quite at the races today. Going into the qualifiers, we have run

out of time. We have to make sure we improve on tonight's performance.

Hand on heart, it could have been more. I said, there are no more

rehearsals. We are into playing for points now. We are in good company

in this group. If we are not better than that by some yards, then we're

not going to be going anywhere. Fair play to Chris Coleman. The one

thing you get from him is brutal honesty. He is absolutely right, if

Wales do not perform better than they did tonight, and improve, they

will not be going anywhere? Gareth Bale says, early stages.

People at different fitness levels. It was a poor performance. Chris

Coleman is not going to kid anybody. He's seen previous managers maybe

not tell the truth or exaggerate on how well the team played. He's not

like that. He'll say it how it is. I think that was fair, the report.

But this friendly should be scrapped, it is pointless in my

eyes. Given the timing? Season about to start? What has he

learned? That Gareth Bale and Craig Bellamy are his best players? I

think it's pointless. You can understand his frustration. He was

able to pick a fairly strong side? He was. Chris doesn't get his

players together all that often. But it's hard to learn a lot from a

game at this stage of the season. A lot of the players have not played

a competitive game yet. Fitness levels are different. It was a

tough night for him. It shouldn't be too damn heartening. There are

still long way to go. Am sure he will be looking for improvements.

Wales got off to a decent start. Then Bosnia showed their

superiority? Chris Coleman, being a defender himself, will be unhappy

Is he trying to pass the ball back or not? A fantastic save from

Myhill and a good clearance. Here, Edin Dzeko. Look at the back four.

They are all over the place. If he takes a touch, he is in on goal. A

bad lay-off. This led up to the goal. Edin Dzeko finished with a

shot here. This is from the resulting corner. Fantastic header,

against the crossbar. It is the way they started again, very sloppy.

Then the goal. Here, Taylor should have smashed him. Look at Darcy

Blake. He does not look at the guy coming in the box at all. The space

is there. Fantastic delivery, goal. Taylor, smash him. In a Premier

League game, perhaps it is too early in the season, perhaps he was

tired. Darcy Blake, I don't want to pick on anybody, but the

relationship in the back four in general. Some of those players have

not played from the end of May. It looked like a pre-season game at

times. There were half chances and we could have scored a couple of

times in the first half. Silly, individual errors have cost them

goals tonight. Any game that you play, NAT new play against, if they

are going to score against you, you want them to hymn it. If the team

are good enough to make 10 passes and put it past you, you've got to

hold your hands up. There was a bit of sloppiness in the play. But pre-

season, those things will get Let us not forget that this is a

very good Bosnia it side who almost qualified for the European

Championships. A very good team on tonight's evidence. Church so it

had made that run. -- should have made that run. He does not and

Taylor does not have enough time to react. Ashley Williams comes across

too late. Chris Coleman will not be happy with that at all. A good

finisher though. Yes. Teams like Bosnia are very good, technically.

I think Wales were a bit short tonight. As a defender, if you ask

the best defenders, you have always got to sense danger. You have to

expect concerned not to deal with the ball, even though he should.

You have to think the worst as a defender and reacts, but they

didn't. The shining light for Wales, as ever, Gareth Bale. Everyone

knows what a good quality player he is. He does it week in, week out in

the Premiership. He always seems to create something. Myself and Robbie

were unsure what we saw him lined up on the right-hand side, but he

seems good on his left foot. He did have a couple of chances. He opened

up the space. When Gareth Bale and Bellamy the only bright spots for

Wales on what's was a pretty dismal night? I think so. We are in a

situation now we whale's way you either have a fantastic strike

force, great defence and a great goalkeeper, but we have great

midfielders and no-one to stick the ball in the back of the net. We are

blessed with so many fantastic midfielder players, Chris has to

make a decision. He needs a formation where he sticks his best

players in that team and then they just do it. That is a good point.

Largely for the time they are on the pitch, Sam Vokes especially.

You do want your best players out on the pitch, but if Wales are

going to achieve anything it will take a whole team and the whole

Oscott and they need to be together. It must be difficult to get that in

a national side that are only there for a couple of days a month. It is

hard enough to get it when you are with them day in and day out. It is

hard for a national team, but you need everyone pushing in the right

direction and they need to play to their strengths. Thank you. So, or

a new era for the under 21s. Geraint Williams first game in

charge. They took on Armenia in Racecourse. Wales have given it

away. Suicidal play. It is a penalty for Armenia. It is a red

card for David Stevens. The penalty has been converted. Wales are a

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goal down in the first seven they need. It is a defeat that

ended their hopes of making next year's European Championships. A

downbeat start to life under Garran A disappointing night. It is a new

football season, which means Sport Wales is back. This week we catch

Make a date for sport Wells, Friday night at 7 o'clock. -- Sport Wales.

Hair are the international friendlies that had been played

tonight: -- here are that international friendly is that had

Robbie, if you are looking at Wells's opponents in the World Cup

qualifiers, we know that Serbia will be a big test. Belgium have a

glittering squad. It is going to be tough. Wales have some fantastic

players, especially in midfield. They need to stick the ball in the

back of the net though. It is going to be interesting, but it is a

tough group. Rhian Shawcross is a player that could be called up. Do

Wales need a player like him? need as many good quality players

as they can get. If Ryan Shawcross is an option then they need to go

for it. From a team 0.2 p for Wales, with all those good players, every

time you go out you want to play well and make sure everything flows

well. It doesn't happen like that all the time in football. It is

pre-season still. They need to get all their mistakes out of the

weight now and look forward to the big games. On the evidence of

tonight, it is a tough group. Can Wales do it? They need all their