Belgium vs Wales

2022 - 9 - 23

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Belgium vs Wales: Match report, player ratings, fan reaction and more (101 Great Goals)

Roberto Martinez's men returned to action a short time ago. Sitting adrift of table-topping Netherlands in the Nations League League A Group 4 table, the Red ...

Daniel James - 6 Toby Alderweireld - 6 Thibaut Courtois - 6

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Belgium vs. Wales - Football Match Report - September 22, 2022 ... (ESPN)

Get a report of the Belgium vs. Wales 2022-23 UEFA Nations League, Group Stage football match.

[Gareth Bale](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/77653/Gareth-Bale) came off the bench for Wales in the final half-hour, a positive sign for manager Rob Page ahead of their home game against [Poland](/soccer/team?id=471) on Sunday as they bid to avoid relegation from the pool. [Eden Hazard](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/101390/Eden-Hazard) as he seeks to prove his form and fitness ahead of the World Cup in Qatar starting in November. "A win keeps us in the group so it's full focus on Poland. "I think we fully deserved to win, we dominated the first half and created a lot of chances," De Bruyne told S4C. "We come away not so much disappointed -- we will take positives out of it and go again on Sunday. [Wayne Hennessey](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/83526/Wayne-Hennessey) in the Wales goal.

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Belgium v Wales: Nations League – live (The Guardian)

Minute-by-minute report: Join Scott Murray for all the action as these World Cup qualifiers meet in Brussels.

[Wales](https://www.theguardian.com/football/wales) out on the left. [Belgium](https://www.theguardian.com/football/belgium) could easily have had a few more. [Belgium](https://www.theguardian.com/football/belgium) ping a few triangles. [Wales](https://www.theguardian.com/football/wales) are defending desperately when Meunier bumbles onto the scene and witlessly clatters Apmadu on the edge of the box. [Belgium](https://www.theguardian.com/football/belgium) on 10. [Wales](https://www.theguardian.com/football/wales) again and lays off for Vanaken, who slips a pass down the left for Mertens. [Belgium](https://www.theguardian.com/football/belgium) out on the left. He’s got time to trap and shape a shot towards the top right. 48 min: Tielemans shovels a diagonal pass towards Carrasco, just inside the Welsh box on the left. 67 min: The presence of Meunier down the right forces Williams into conceding a corner. James one-twos with Morrell and dinks to the far post, where Vertonghen is forced to head behind for a corner. They’d been given the runaround in the first half, but stood firm in the second, and could easily have snatched a draw.

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