{"id":25517,"date":"2025-03-23T02:30:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T02:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/craig-bellamy-wales-boss-mr-calm-in-kazakhstan-win-ben-davies\/"},"modified":"2025-03-23T02:30:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T02:30:05","slug":"craig-bellamy-wales-boss-mr-calm-in-kazakhstan-win-ben-davies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/craig-bellamy-wales-boss-mr-calm-in-kazakhstan-win-ben-davies\/","title":{"rendered":"Craig Bellamy: Wales boss ‘Mr Calm’ in Kazakhstan win – Ben Davies"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Wales captain Ben Davies described head coach Craig Bellamy as “Mr Calm” after his side made hard work of their opening World Cup qualifier to beat Kazakhstan.<\/b><\/p>\n

Wales were well below their best but won 3-1 against a stubborn Kazakhstan side,<\/a> who are ranked 110th in the world, in Cardiff on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Bellamy had a reputation for being a fiery character during a successful but often controversial playing career at clubs such as Liverpool, Newcastle United and Manchester City.<\/p>\n

Since taking charge of Wales last year, however, the former Wales captain has shown himself to be more mature and considered.<\/p>\n

“They made it really difficult for us, they were compact. You could see in the first half we forced a lot of balls when we didn’t really need to,” Davies, who scored Wales’ second goal, told Match of the Day Wales.<\/p>\n

“In the second half we were much more disciplined and we got the job done, which is the most important thing. The goal [Davies scored] came at such a perfect time for us, the longer it goes on at 1-1 it makes it a bit of a tense game.<\/p>\n

“We’ve all been in games like that where you go into it as favourites, you have a lot of expectations to walk all over a team, but you know it’s never the case. They’re a proud nation that’s out on the pitch trying to win a game just like us.<\/p>\n

“The players were the ones that were the most frustrated at half-time, whereas Bellamy came in Mr Calm, he came in with a plan, was clear in the messaging he gave us and what he expected in the second half, he simply asked for more energy and keep doing what we’re doing.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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