Contrasting tests await, with Belgium game to follow
Bellamy looks to learn lessons of June failings in 2023
Wales hope to reap the benefit of an extended training camp for their World Cup qualifying double header after recognising June was where they came unstuck in their failed Euro 2024 campaign.
Craig Bellamy’s side, who host Liechtenstein in Group J on Friday before facing Belgium on Monday, lost crunch matches against Armenia and Turkey in June 2023 before missing out on last summer’s finals after a playoff defeat to Poland.
Wales had a four-day training camp before those June defeats but in January this year Bellamy, who took charge in September, and his staff planned to increase their preparations to enhance their fitness levels at the end of the season. They organised a nine-day camp last month, half of which was at their Vale Resort base on the outskirts of Cardiff, the other half at La Finca resort near Alicante in Spain, to prevent a physical drop off across the team.
