Euro 2024 qualifying: Turkey 2-0 Wales - Turkey leave it late to break Wales' resilience

Joe Morrell's reddish paper was Wales' 2nd successful 2 games

Wales' hopes of reaching Euro 2024 took different immense stroke arsenic Turkey near it precocious earlier sealing a 2-0 triumph against the 10-man visitors successful Samsun.

It was looking similar a mostly affirmative fractional for Wales until Joe Morrell, 1 of 2 changes made for Wales, went precocious into a situation with Ferdi Kadioglu and was shown a consecutive reddish paper by referee Fabio Maresca.

Wales astir took the pb from nothing, arsenic Turkey failed to woody with a clearing shot earlier Merih Demiral brought down Dan James, and from the resulting free-kick Harry Wilson forced a top-class prevention retired of Mert Gunok.

As the hr people ticked by Turkey were inactive struggling to interruption down Wales, but were handed a aureate accidental erstwhile Neco Williams was penalised for handball successful the area.

Up stepped Turkey talisman and Inter Milan midfielder Hakan Calhanoglu, but his punishment was a bully tallness for Ward, who got down to his close to crook the shot distant from danger.

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Moments later, Turkey thought they had taken the pb erstwhile more, arsenic Ward failed to woody with a debased transverse and substitute Umut Nayir turned the shot in.

However, VAR intervened erstwhile again and ruled the striker had controlled the shot with his arm.

But it was Nayir who had the adjacent laugh, arsenic helium roseate betwixt Wales defenders to caput an effort towards extremity which Ward could lone propulsion wrong his adjacent post, taking distant from his earlier punishment heroics.

And it was different substitute, Arda Guler, who enactment the effect beyond uncertainty arsenic helium curled a superb effort from the borderline of the Wales container into the apical country of the nett with Ward rooted to the spot.

Victory leaves Turkey successful rod presumption successful Group D, portion Wales could already beryllium staring down the tube of the play-offs if they are to scope Euro 2024.

Pressure mounting connected Wales brag Page

After Friday's embarrassing 4-2 location decision against Armenia, a travel to Turkey provided an accidental for Wales and Page to close the ship.

Wales were unquestionably much resilient and amended organised against a Turkey squad who dominated possession for agelong periods, adjacent earlier Morrell's reddish card.

However the lapses successful attraction astatine the backmost were inactive apparent, and without VAR's input the people would person been acold much damaging.

The informing signs were determination erstwhile Roma full-back Zeki Celik got down Williams and Mepham diverted the shot into his ain nett lone for it to beryllium ruled retired for offside.

Turkey notched up 8 shots successful the archetypal half, nevertheless Wales were capable to bounds them to agelong region efforts for the astir part.

Aside from Wilson's astir spectacular free-kick, Wales spent the full 2nd fractional camped successful their ain fractional owed to their numerical disadvantage.

After Calhanoglu saw his punishment good saved and different VAR cheque ruled retired Nayir's strike, Wales looked similar they mightiness gain the astir improbable of points.

But the Turkish unit told erstwhile Nayir's header was not stopped by a anemic prevention from Ward, and determination was small anyone successful a achromatic garment could bash minutes aboriginal to forestall Guler's phenomenal effort.

Page volition instrumentality solace from the information his broadside were overmuch harder to interruption down, but aft calling for six points astatine the commencement of this planetary model Wales alternatively extremity with none.

More to follow.