More to come from 'outstanding' Wales, says Bellamy

Nations League: Montenegro v Wales

Venue: City Stadium, Niksic Date: Monday, 9 September Kick-off: 19:45 BST

Coverage: Listen connected BBC Radio Wales, Radio Cymru; unrecorded substance commentary connected the BBC Sport website and app

Craig Bellamy praised Wales for an “outstanding” show arsenic they started his reign with a Nations League gully against Turkey, and said determination is overmuch much to travel from his team.

Bellamy’s adventurous caller playing benignant was evident arsenic Wales sparkled against the Euro 2024 quarter-finalists successful Cardiff connected Friday, adjacent if they were incapable to crook their dominance into victory.

The erstwhile Wales skipper lone had 4 days to hole his players for the lucifer and was encouraged by what helium saw earlier their adjacent crippled successful Montenegro connected Monday.

"[The players were] outstanding. We've had a batch of enactment this week. There person been a batch of meetings and I americium ever conscious of a load of accusation going into the players successful a abbreviated abstraction of time," said Bellamy.

"But they were large this week and that gives you confidence. Believe me, this is the worst we are going to be. The much we learn, the much we walk together, the finer details.

"It's specified a bully start, but there's mode much to travel from this team.

"I americium not a maestro astatine this aft 1 game, spot me. But I enjoyed it. It was a large state to play against successful your archetypal crippled and I americium truly happy."

Bellamy had promised a boldly antithetic playing benignant and a wide identity, and that was crystal wide against Turkey contempt having lone worked with his players since Monday.

Squad members had spoken glowingly earlier the crippled astir their caller caput coach's aggravated and meticulous methods, some connected the grooming transportation and during investigation sessions.

The players carried retired Bellamy's instructions impressively, pressing Turkey energetically disconnected the shot and demonstrating a caller attacking ambition successful possession, fluidly swapping positions and pouring guardant astatine each opportunity.

"I'm beyond [pleased]. You ne'er know. As overmuch arsenic I planned for each scenarios, the worst scenarios, you sanction it, this crippled has astir apt taught maine implicit the years of playing and coaching to beryllium prepared for immoderate happens connected the pitch," Bellamy added.

"I had a batch of clip to look astatine Turkey, place wherever I thought determination were strengths and weaknesses past provender that accusation to the players. There's a spot of good tuning we request to do.

"They're a apical squad with a apical coach, they adapted. Maybe we could person adapted a small quicker erstwhile they changed, but that's understandable. It was great."

Meanwhile, striker Kieffer Moore volition person a caput wounded assessed earlier Wales look Montenegro.

Moore came connected arsenic a second-half substitute against Turkey and sustained a chopped to his caput aft Caglar Soyuncu accidentally caught him with his studs.

"He was having stitches. Quick turnaround Monday, determination volition beryllium changes," said Bellamy.

"We volition adapt. A crippled against Turkey is antithetic to Montenegro truthful we volition tweak a spot however we attack that game, due to the fact that you attack each crippled differently."