Last updated: 11th October 2008
Bellamy: Key man
That's it from the Millennium Stadium. Wales have beaten Liechtenstein 2-0. It was not a dominant performance, but Wales were too good for the minnows. They will have to improve their set pieces if they want to trouble the Germans, but they have collected the three points they needed here tonight.
90+3 The set piece is poor, but it won't matter. It's six points out of nine for Wales, who beat Liechtenstein by two goals to nil. Wales go top, but Germany play Russia later tonight.
90+3 One final opportunity for Wales to add to their total, perhaps? A Welsh free kick.
90+2 Davies produces another good save from the 'keeper. Bale cuts inside and finds Davies whose shot with the outside of his right foot is turned around the post. Good save.
90+1 Three minutes of stoppage time to be played.
90+1 The corner is not really dealt with. D'Elia could not get on to it and Buchel fires wildly high.
90 A little too fancy there as the Welsh try a series of one-touch flicks. It's too elaborate though and Edwards loses out. At the other end, Beck wins a corner for Liechtenstein.
88 Final few minutes here at the Millennium Stadium. Liechtenstein are not really pushing forward for a consolation; Wales not really pressing for a third.
87 Liechtenstein win a throw inside their own half, but Bale latches on to a ball from Edwards and heads towards goal. He wins a corner off of Jehle and plays it short.
85 Bale runs by Ronny Buchel effortlessly, but his cross is too long for Collins. Five minutes to play.
84 The free kick is straight into the wall and Evans breaks. He shrugs off Stocklasa in the centre circle but Burgmeier gets back well to tackle him on the edge of the penalty area.
83 Frick lines up a Liechtenstein free kick about 25 yards from goal, dead centre.
It is the 25-year-old's first competitive match since December.
82 James Collins comes on for his West Ham team mate Craig Bellamy. It looks like job done now for Wales.
81 GOAL - Wales finally have the second goal. Evans rises well to meet the corner from the right. It was probably going wide, but it comes off of Frick's thigh and past Jehle.
80 Ronny Buchel comes on for Polverino
79 Evans tries to pick out Bellamy in the box, but instead settles for a corner on the right hand side.
78 D'Elia is finally booked for tugging back Bellamy what seemed like ages ago.
78 Bellamy is booked for catching Polverino.
77 The ball is still in play here amazingly. D'elia will also miss the Germany fixture if he is indeed booked.
76 D'elia could be in trouble here for pulling back Bellamy. It should be a yellow card when the ball goes out of bounds.
75 Carl Robinson's shot goes wide after Davies picks out one blue shirt instead of one of the four red ones.
74 Polverino slides two-footed into Koumas. It was rash and he will join Burgmeier in the book, and he too will miss the Germany game. Tempers starting to flare here.
73 Franz Burgmeier is booked for arguing he was pushed by Bale. He will miss Liechtenstein's next group match. The Darlington defender has his travelling supporters from the north east tonight.
73 D'Elia gets a last-ditch block in to deny Bellamy.
72 Edwards tries to hit one from 20 yards out, but it is straight at Jehle who has had a good game between the sticks for Liechtenstein.
70 Wales need a spark from somewhere to kill off the game. Evans finds Bellamy with a quality ball in, but Jehle makes a fingertip save from six yards out. Great stop.
69 Koumas skips by Palverino but his cross is overhit. It comes back in from the right wing, but it is too close to Jehle and Evans' cross is plucked from the air.
68 Bale has no options available and he gives the ball away in the centre circle.
68 Williams clears under pressure from Christen. Beck looks for Fisher but Morgan deals with the early pressure.
67 Marco Christen comes on for Ritzberger. Now he will have to deal with Bale.
66 25 minues to play here. Beck gives the ball away, but the ball comes off Bale deep inside his own half.
65 Bellamy hits another left-footed strike over Jehle's crossbar, this time after pivoting on his right foot with his back to goal. Bale is industrious and lively tonight.
64 Gunter does well to skip by his man on the right wing. Bellamy's shot is blocked by Ritzberger, but Liechtenstein are penned in here.
64 Another good cross from Bale, but well watched by Buchel who heads clear. Bale looks like he can get in through the left wing at will.
63 Edwards goes out wide to the left to find Evans. He sidesteps one tackle, but not the second. The ball breaks for Bale who fizzes an inviting cross into the six-yard box.
61 Robinson finds Bale who wins a corner off of Polverino. He takes the corner himself, but it is poor and does not clear the first man.
60 The shot is not struck well, and the Welsh break down the left. Bellamy makes a run through the middle, but he's flagged offside again.
59 Edwards fouls Polverino, and Liechtenstein have a free kick in a dangerous place.
58 Ritzberger cuts out Williams' long ball, but hoists it straight up the shoot, high and out of play. We're in a scrappy part of the match, with neither side creating too much.
56 Carl Robinson comes on to earn his 50th Welsh cap, in place of Carl Fletcher.
55 Bellamy pushes D'Elia but the flag goes up for offside.
55 Liechtenstein are holding onto the ball well, but not making too many inroads. Frick hit a first-time dipping effort, but it was awkward and always going to be difficult to get under control.
54 Koumas tries to slide the ball through to Bellamy, but it is much too heavy. He was caught in between two minds, it seemed.
54 D'Elia wins the ball against Edwards in the box. It looks like a penalty from one angle, but replays suggest the referee might not have had a clear sight of it, as Evans played the ball into his feet.
53 Davies and Evans link up down the right for Evans' first contribution since coming on. Williams battles with Burgmeir who clears the ball down the flank.
51 For those of you interested in the England score, Kukeyev has just got one back for the Kazakhs to make it 2-1. Back here in Wales, Vokes is coming off for Ched Evans.
50 Gunter was floored from behind with a forearm to the back.
49 Davies and Vokes pass the ball crisply. But they hold on to it for too long and Liechtenstein intercept.
48 Frick's heavy second touch takes the ball away from him as he drives through the middle. Williams clears the ball for a corner on the left hand side.
46 Gunter does well to force his way to the byline and Burgmeir fouls Davies as the ball comes out of the 18-yard box.
45 Wales get us underway here in Cardiff.
Liechtenstein are 50/1 to win the match with Sky Bet. Wales are 1/20, with a draw at 9/1. What do you think will happen next? Koumas has looked lively - not bad value at 7/1.
Joe Ledley will be out for three weeks after limping off for Cardiff against Blackpool, and Robert Earnshaw is out with a hamstring niggle.
Danny Grace would like me to run through the Welsh team again for him. So, just for you Danny: Wayne Hennessey has recovered from a stomach injury to start in goal. At thye back, from left to right are Gareth Bale, Ashley Williams, Peterborough's Craig Morgan and Chris Gunter. Wales have a four-man midfield with Jason Koumas on the left and Simon Davies on the right. Carl Fletcher partners David Edwards in the centre of midfield. Craig Bellamy makes his first international start since last October against San Marino, partnering Sam Vokes who started the match against Russia and came on as a sub against Azerbaijan.
What do you think of Wales' first half performance against Liechtenstein? Who should takes the next Welsh penalty? Contact me at ashley.marshall@bskyb.com
45+2 That's it for the first half. It should be 2-0, but Wales will go into the break at 1-0, the deadlock broken by David Edwards.
45+2 Edwards hits the ball forward, but D'Elia heads it clear. The cross into the box is headed away as far as Fletcher, whose shot flies over.
45+1 That is the third penalty Wales have been awarded in this qualifying group, and the third penalty missed - by three different players. First Bale, then Vokes, now Bellamy.
45 Bellamy's penalty is down the middle and poorly hit. Jehle, diving to his left, stops it with his feet and pats it to safety.
44 Penalty to Wales as Buchel brings down Bale.
43 Bale drives down the left wing. Davies lets the ball run for Bellamy whose fierce shot is straight at Jehle who parries it to safety.
42 GOAL - Gunter chips the ball over Fischer and Davies latches on to it. Davies takes a touch and crosses the ball for Edwards' whose right foot shot lashes in off of Jehle's left-hand post.
41 Bellamy threads a ball through to Vokes, but his first touch is not up to scratch.
39 Koumas has a little off-the-ball niggle with Polverino. It was only a little kick out at the midfielder, but you have seen people sent off for less. Koumas is a little fortunate there.
39 Davies plays the ball left to Koumas. He shifts it on to his left foot, cuts by Ritzberger with ease and plays a perfect ball across the face of goal. Vokes can not get his studs on to it.
38 Liechtenstein push forward with three men, but Frick's cross lacks precision and Williams clears for Wales.
37 Koumas curled in the free kick towards the back post towards Morgan, but it was always going wide. Another opportunity wasted for Wales.
36 Koumas skips by Polverino after he darted by Buchel. Free kick to Wales, 20 yards out.
36 A fantastic run from Bale ends in nothing. He might have done better to put a ball into the box - he eventually comes away with a corner.
35 Bellamy is quick to close down Jehle who finds Buchel. Fletcher comes in heavily to win the ball, but the Danish referee awards Liechtenstein a free kick.
34 Wales have not really troubled Liechtenstein so far and they will be disappointed with this first half hour.
33 Fischer comes forward, looking for Frick, but Morgan is there again to clear the danger for Wales.
32 Gunter loses his man at the near post, but his touch is heavy and without direction and it goes for a goal kick.
31 Bellamy wins Wales another corner - Koumas to take.
31 Koumas tries to play Bellamy through the middle, but D'Elia made an important tackle. Bale wins Wales a throw-in on the left touchline.
30 Davies wins the ball back for Wales and surges forward to help Bellamy. He overhits his cross but it falls to Koumas on the left wing who also spurns his chance to feed the ball in from the wing.
28 Bergmeir and Fischer clear the ball for Liechtenstein and Polverino wins a throw for the visitors on the right wing.
27 Bellamy latches on to a nice flick-on from Vokes, but this shot is not troubling Jehle and it sails over for a goal kick.
26 The inswinging corner was aimed towards the back post for Morgan, but Stocklasa got there first. Another corner for Wales from the other side.
26 Craig Bellamy wins a corner from centre-back D'Elia.
25 Beck is tackled hard out by Vokes 25 yards from his own goal as he came to track back to help out his midfielders. Vokes won the ball cleanly though.
24 Vokes laid the ball back to Bellamy who maybe could have hit it first time. But he took a few touches, moved it on to his left foot, and dragged his shot narrowly wide of Jehle's left-hand post.
23 Buchel receives the ball in the centre circle, but his through ball is poor and Morgan lets it run through to Hennessey.
22 Ritzberger tries to cross the ball from the right wing, almost level with the 18-yard box, but it goes harmlessly high and wide for a Welsh goal kick.
21 Hennessey comes out of his box quickly to clear the ball. Fischer was bearing down on goal, and the defence was slow to react again, and not for the first time.
20 Burgmeir's ball over the top is easily dealt with by Williams, who takes it on his chest and plays the ball out. At the other end, Bellamy is flagged offside, looking to break between the two Liechtenstein centre-backs.
19 Bale hits a drive from about 25 yards on the left hand side of the box with the outside of his left boot, but it was always going wide. Goal kick to Liechtenstein.
18 Ritberger helps Frick retain posession down the right wing. But another long ball is headed clear.
17 Liechtenstein win a throw on the left wing, inside the Welsh half. But Morgan wins the ball back and plays it forward towards Edwards.
16 It looks like Fletcher will be fine, and he's just waiting to be waved back on.
15 Fletcher takes a nasty knock from Gerster in the middle of the pitch. He will need treatment and it looks like he took a knock to the face.
14 Buchel is booked for kicking the ball away after Gareth Bale was fouled.
12 Jason Koumas hits a first-time volley from the edge of the box after a cross from Davies was only half-cleared.
11 Things are not as tight at the back as John Toshack would like. A little complacency in defence so far, maybe?
11 Fletcher hits a searching ball forward towards Gunter, but it is overhit and runs out of play. Goal kick.
10 Polverino hits a dangerous ball across the face of goal from the short corner. Frick goes down inside the box, but it was a well-timed challenge from Morgan.
8 D'Elia clears his lines for Liechtenstein and Davies plays the ball to Koumas who cut in from the wing. Frick breaks with a three-on-three attack and his shot is deflected for a corner. The Welsh were in no hurry to track back there.
7 Davies gives away posession in midfield, but Fischer fails to do much with the ball when he took it into the Welsh half for the first time.
6 Liechtenstein keep giving the ball away in midfield. Ritzberger defends well though, and safely heads the ball back to Jehle, under pressure from Vokes.
6 Bale tries to put a low cross in from the left wing, but it is cleared into touch by Ritzberger.
5 Liechtenstein win a throw down the left flank and Polverino's clearance is charged down.
3 Bellamy sees his curling effort come back off the bar. He cut inside from the right wing and his left-footed strike was tipped on to the crossbar by Jehle who could not hold the shot.
2 All 11 Liechtenstein players are already behind the ball. Is this a sign of things to come? Bellamy thinks he has won a free-kick off of Burgmeir, but the referee waves play on and the ball trickles out for a goal kick.
1 Liechtenstein get the match underway, in all blue, playing right to left.
The Road to South Africa continues here for Wales, and we are just moments away from kick-off. Any last-minute predictions? Email me your thoughts at ashley.marshall@bskyb.com
There's around 20,000 inside the Millennium Stadium for today's match. Even though you might not know the words to the Liechtenstein anthem, you will no doubt recognise the tune - God Save The Queen.
Lichtenstein have lost 6-0 against Germany and drawn 0-0 with Azerbaijan so far. Wales have lost 2-1 at Russia and defeated Azerbaijan 1-0.
These sides have only met once before, when Wales beat Liechtenstein 4-0. Do you think the hosts can repeat that scoreline today? Remember, Wales could go top depending on results elsewhere.
Tonight's referee is Thomas Vejlgaard from Denmark.
Liechtenstein: Jehle, Ritzberger, Gerster, Martin Stocklasa, Martin Buchel, D'Elia, Frick, Polverino, Fischer, Burgmeier, Beck. Subs: Benjamin Buchel, Michael Stocklasa, Ronny Buchel, Vogt, Hasler, Christen.
Here are the teams:
Wales: Hennessey, Gunter, Morgan, Williams, Bale, Davies, Fletcher, Koumas, Edwards, Bellamy, Vokes. Subs: Myhill, Ricketts, Cotterill, Collins, Vaughan, Evans, Robinson.
Liechtenstein has a population of 35,100, the majority of who speak German as their first language. The head of state is Prince Hans-Adam II and its main exports include machinery, dental products, foodstuffs, stamps.
We've got 15 minutes until kick-off, so here are a few facts you may not have known about Lichtenstein.
Personally, I prefer to be more specific. How does 5/1 sound for a 3-0 Welsh win? Or how about 18/1 with Sky Bet for Carl Fletcher to score first?
For those of you who live a flutter, Sky Bet has Wales going in overwhelming favourites at 1/10 with Liechtenstein at 20/1. The odds of a draw are 6/1.
What do you think the score will be? Can you see Lichtenstein getting anything from this game? Email me your thoughts at ashley.marshall@bskyb.com or click on the feedback button. I'll include the best of the bunch throughout the match.
The early team news sees Wales boss John Toshack opting to keep faith with young central defenders Ashley Williams and Craig Morgan. Fit-again centre-half James Collins will start on the bench, while Wolves youngster Wayne Hennessey has recovered from illness to keep his place in goal.
Sam Vokes will partner Craig Bellamy in attack, the West Ham man returning after a year of injury problems to play his first game for his country in 11 months.
Liechtenstein has Darlington's Franz Burgmeier in defence and their most capped player, 34-year-old Mario Frick, up front.
With Finland beating Azerbaijan 1-0 in the day's early kick-off, Wales will be looking for nothing less than three points to keep their hopes of qualification alive.
Good afternoon from the Millennium Stadium for this World Cup qualifying Group 4 match between Wales and Liechtenstein.
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