Wales boss Craig Bellamy aims dig at referee after Iceland collapse - 'It's quite predictable'
Wales boss Craig Bellamy has aimed a sly dig at the referee following his side's entertaining 2-2 draw with Iceland on Friday night
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Wales boss Craig Bellamy has aimed a sly dig at the referee following his side's entertaining 2-2 draw with Iceland on Friday night.
The Dragons appeared to be cruising to victory after first half efforts from Tottenham's Brennan Johnson and Fulham's Harry Wilson.
But Iceland mounted a stirring comeback to earn a draw in their Nations League clash, with Logi Tomasson netting before an own goal from Danny Ward.
During the clash, Wales had five players booked.
Wales boss Craig Bellamy has aimed a sly dig at the referee following his side's entertaining 2-2 draw with Iceland on Friday night.
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Iceland, in comparison, saw just two of their stars penalised.
Wales duo Johnson and Jordan James will miss the next game against Montenegro on Monday night as a result.
And while Bellamy was pleased with his side's performance, the former Newcastle, Liverpool and Manchester City star aimed a dig at the officials by saying it was 'quite predictable'.
"It was good, I enjoyed it. It was what I expected to be honest, I said going out second half that this would be tough," he said.
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"Knowing the manager of Iceland, I knew they were going to go man-to-man.
"The solutions are there and how we look to play, but finding those solutions was tough in the second half.
"We'll benefit so much from that 45 minutes, it's so good for us. In the long run this will be beneficial for us.
"Obviously to be 2-0 up and draw is disappointing, but it was a pleasing performance.
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"It was me learning about the players and them learning from us.
"It's never good to concede, I don't like it, we'll look at it again.
"I felt momentum played a big part. It's about us understanding when to take the sting out the game, which will come.
"Overall, I'm pleased with the performance, we've had two yellows which will mean a change on Monday, but it's quite predictable due to different styles of refereeing. It is what it is."
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Fulham star Wilson has also discussed the result.
He says Wales always expected a reaction and insists they need to take the positives from the clash, rather than focus on the negatives.
"I think after the first-half performance we expected a reaction from Iceland, we spoke about that it at half-time, but we just didn't deal with it," he stated.
"We need to take the positives from the first half because we played some great football at times, but then we need to learn from the second half.
Wales boss Craig Bellamy was pleased with his side's performance in their 2-2 draw with Iceland on Friday night
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"Iceland had quality across the pitch tonight, it showed.
"Neco Williams played a great ball over the top and luckily enough I was able to finish and get a goal. Brennan Johnson showed why he's in such great form, he was in the right place again.
"We just need to set our focus to Monday and Montenegro now."