Rob Web page referred to as the backing from his gamers “highly effective” after Wales bounced again into Euro 2024 qualifying competition with a 2-0 victory in Latvia.
A penalty from skipper Aaron Ramsey – his one hundredth profession aim – and a scrumptious David Brooks chip deep into stoppage time put Wales inside three factors of a top-two place and lifted the strain on under-fire supervisor Web page.
Group favourites Croatia’s 1-0 victory in Armenia was additional excellent news for Wales, who had solely received as soon as in 13 video games earlier than arriving in Riga.
Ramsey and others had backed Web page in the course of the build-up to a sport many noticed as pivotal within the supervisor’s tenure.
Web page mentioned of the gamers’ help: “It feels good, it feels highly effective, completely – that’s a large praise to myself from the gamers.
“I’ve simply mentioned to them, even the lads that haven’t performed, all of them play a component. There are not any dangerous eggs in that altering room.
“Stress doesn’t exist, it’s created from outdoors affect.
“We did our greatest as employees to attempt to not let that penetrate the bubble and maintain as calm as potential.
“We knew it was going to be a tricky take a look at for us after their heavy defeat. It wasn’t simply in regards to the win, I believed the efficiency was excellent.
“For the primary 35 minutes of the primary half, we had been excellent, stored the ball. We acquired the aim after which retreated a bit of bit, which we’ll handle.”
Wales had quite a few probabilities to place the sport past Latvia after Harry Wilson was bundled over within the field after 28 minutes and Ramsey transformed from 12 yards.
However none had been taken till the sixth minute of stoppage time when Brooks, on for the injured Ramsey, accepted Wilson’s cross to fit house his first Wales aim since recovering from most cancers final yr.
Web page mentioned: “The strain got here from the surface, understandably, however we by no means questioned it inside the group.
“We knew we needed to give a constructive response after the frustration of June (Euro 2024 marketing campaign defeats to Armenia and Turkey) and we completely have – and a few.
“An incredible efficiency in opposition to a really, superb (South) Korea group final week and adopted it up with a very totally different take a look at in opposition to a really bodily group that went again to entrance fairly a bit.
“We needed to win first contacts and second balls.
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— Wales
