Brave Wales lose to Russia
September 10, 2008
Wales narrowly lost to Russia in today’s World Cup qualifier 2-1 in Moscow. Wales looked like they’d hang on for the draw when Tottenham’s new signing Roman Pavlyuchenko gave Russia a win that they looked like missing out on.
It could have been so much better for Wales, as Tottenham’s other player on show, Gareth Bale, missed a 17th minute penalty that would have given Wales an unlikely lead. His tame strike however was easily saved by the Russian keeper.
Moments after Bale’s miss, Russia took the lead themselves as Bales Spurs teammate Pavlyuchenko showed Bale how it should be done, scoring a penalty at the other end.
An inexperienced Welsh defence then held off wave upon wave of Russian attacks. The second half got better for Wales when Joe Ledley equalised, and gave the Welsh hope of sharing the points.
Sadly for Wales they were unable to hold on and were denied in the last ten minutes when Pavel Pogrebnyak gave Russia a 2-1 victory that sees them take control of the qualifying group.
Wales’ display will give them heart though, as they were able to compete with the Euro 2008 semi finalists.
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