There was talk of Welsh as the ‘Cinderella’ of group A, and everything indicates that she will achieve a ticket for the round of 16 after beating (0-2) this Wednesday to a Turkey disappointing and, although not yet eliminated mathematically, with a future that looks very black. There were two goals in the match played in the Baku Olympic. The first bore the signature of Ramsey (42 ’) and the second that of Connor Roberts (95 '), but both a good part of the first and at least half of the second were thanks to the good work of Gareth Bale.
After the defeat against Italy in the opening match, much was expected of the Burak yilmaz, Çalhanoglu and company that have brought Turkey to this Eurocup with the band of possible revelation. But far from it, the Ottoman ensemble was always very far from its optimal version.
Wales, for its part, returned to throwing practicality. Defensive solidity, balls to the giant Moore in attack, and reliance on both the electricity of Daniel james as in the class of Ramsey Y Bale. He put all that in the cocktail shaker, and just before the break he was able to serve a goal with the aroma of the best whiskey. Bale He took his left leg for a walk with the precision of a golf club, a sport he loves, and executed an ‘approach’ that found a Ramsey (stellar) predisposed to beat a defenseless Çakir.
With that 0-1 it was reached the break, and after the resumption, far from happening the Turkish passion in the form of a reaction, what happened is that with the passing of the minutes it made Welsh will believe it more and more. The sentence could arrive in 61 ', when Bale he wasted a penalty shot that sent him sky high, but in the end the 'dragons' ended up closing the victory already in the addition, with their own Gareth again as the protagonist when assisting in goal to Connor Roberts after a great individual move.
With 4 points, Welsh It is not classified for eighth mathematically yet, but it is virtually. As to Turkey, not having released his locker after two games, still does not condemn him to elimination, but it does leave him on the edge of the abyss.
0 – Turkey: Ugurcan Çakir; Zeki Çelik, Kaan Ayghan, Çaglar Söyüncü, Umut Meras (Mert Müldür, m.72); Okay Yokuslu (Demiral, m.46), Cengiz Under (Irfan Can Kavehci, m.83), Hakan Çalhanoglu, Ozan Tufan (Yusuf Yazici, m.46), Kenan Karaman (Halil Dervisoglu, m.75); and Burak Yilmaz.
Selector: Senol Gunes
2 – Wales: Ward; Connor Roberts, Mepham, Rodon, Ben Davies; Allen (Ampadu, m.73), Morrell; Daniel James (Neco Williams, m.94), Ramsey (Wilson, m.85), Bale; and Moore.
Selector: Rob Page
Goals: 0-1, M.42: Ramsey. 0-2, M.95: Roberts.
Referee: Artur Dias (POR). He admonished the Turks Burak Yilmaz (m.92) and Calhanoglu (m.92), and the Welsh Ben Davies (m.92) and Mepham (m.92).
Incidents: Match of the second day of group A played at the Baku Olympic stadium.