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Belgium v Wales : Bellamy’s biggest test & this week in history
Sunday, 8th Jun 2025 13:37 by Swansea Independent

The Wales squad are in Belgium for tomorrow nights Word Cup Qualifier in Group J. Currently top of their group they face a Belgian side who have played just the one match against North Macedonia which they drew a few days ago.

2026 FIFA World Cup - European Qualifiers - Group J
9th June 2025 at 8:45pm, King Baudouin Stadium

The group placings going into this game are below. Belgium as mentioned are yet to get going properly but will be disappointed with their draw in North Macedonia, potentially as much as Wales were last time around.

Dylan Lawlor has been called up as Neco Williams hasn’t travelled to Belgium after injury in the defeat of Liechtenstein. Rhys Norrington-Davies and Owen Beck are injured so there is little in reserve. Head coach, Craig Bellamy has lived and worked in Brussels where his side look to extend their unbeaten run. Talking to the Guardian he said, “That was where I learned football,” he says. “I came across so many good people. It was a very different place … different languages, you go twenty minutes there, a different language, twenty minutes there, different language, different culture, different way of doing things, different governments”

⚽️ FAW fact : it was ten years ago this week that Gareth Bale scored one of the most famous Wales goals at home as Chris Coleman’s side defeated Belgium 1-0 in EURO qualifying. They then claimed a 3-1 win at the quarter-final stage of EURO 2016 a year later.

Around 4,500 tickets have been sold for the game, below Swans Indy posters and a couple of Cardiff in Belgium today.

We will cover the teams announcement tomorrow.

⚽️ You can watch the game LIVE

Photographs : Already licensed from Reuters



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