Wales captain Ben Davies described head coach Craig Bellamy as “Mr Calm” after his facet made exhausting work of their opening World Cup qualifier to beat Kazakhstan.
Wales had been properly beneath their finest however won 3-1 against a stubborn Kazakhstan side, who’re ranked a hundred and tenth on the planet, in Cardiff on Saturday.
Bellamy had a status for being a fiery character throughout a profitable however typically controversial enjoying profession at golf equipment reminiscent of Liverpool, Newcastle United and Manchester Metropolis.
Since taking cost of Wales final 12 months, nonetheless, the previous Wales captain has proven himself to be extra mature and thought of.
“They made it actually troublesome for us, they had been compact. You might see within the first half we pressured a variety of balls once we did not actually need to,” Davies, who scored Wales’ second purpose, advised Match of the Day Wales.
“Within the second half we had been rather more disciplined and we received the job achieved, which is a very powerful factor. The purpose [Davies scored] got here at such an ideal time for us, the longer it goes on at 1-1 it makes it a little bit of a tense recreation.
“We have all been in video games like that the place you go into it as favourites, you will have a variety of expectations to stroll throughout a staff, however you realize it is by no means the case. They are a proud nation that is out on the pitch making an attempt to win a recreation identical to us.
“The gamers had been those that had been probably the most pissed off at half-time, whereas Bellamy got here in Mr Calm, he got here in with a plan, was clear within the messaging he gave us and what he anticipated within the second half, he merely requested for extra power and maintain doing what we’re doing.”
