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Wales 2-1 Italy
This game has become scrappy and disjointed.
Wales fans love to see it!
Summary
Wales and Italy hoping to qualify for Euro 2004
Both sides in qualification Group Nine with Serbia and Montenegro, Azerbaijan and Finland
First place qualify automatically, second goes into a play-off match
Simon Davies opens the scoring after 12 minutes with first-time strike
Italian equalise through Alessandro Del Piero's deflected free-kick after half an hour
Craig Bellamy restores Wales' lead after 71 minutes in Cardiff
Wales hold on for victory against the three-time world champions to go top of Group Nine
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Wales are flying! Suddenly Gary Speed and Ryan Giggs have come alive down the left, Giggs is being urged on by his manager Mark Hughes to just run at tired Italian defenders.
Dare we dream of a third?
Wales dreaming again after Bellamy goalpublished at 72 mins
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Media caption, Craig Bellamy scores Wales' second
'All from Hartson's great skill'published at 72 mins
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Ian Walsh
Former Wales striker on BBC One WalesWhat about this from John Hartson? What about this from the big centre-forward?
Bellamy shows all the composure in the world. Does he panic? No he doesn't.
And that's all come from John Hartson's great skill and the running ability of the young Welshman, Craig Bellamy.
GOAL - Wales 2-1 Italypublished at 71 mins
Craig Bellamy
Oh. My. Word.
Wales are ahead and it is another peach of a goal and just like the first it has come at breakneck speed.
Daniel Gabbidon started it off with a lovely, calm pass out of defence that was so good John Hartson was able to collect it in his stride as he turned, with the striker this time not only spotting Craig Bellamy but releasing him between Fabio Cannavaro and Alessandro Nesta.
Bellamy's speed took him clear of both players and he rounded Gianluigi Buffon with aplomb to roll the ball home, a lovely finish rounding off a lovely move.
The roof has practically come off the Millennium Stadium!
The last time I can remember a reaction to a goal like that was Ian Rush's winner against Germany 11-years ago (the memory is so vivid it feels like it was only two weeks ago).
CLOSE!published at 70 mins
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Wales are desperate not to foul Alessandro Del Piero so he just runs on and on, into the Welsh penalty area before shooting straight at Paul Jones, who saves with his feet.
Wales have put so much into this, they are on top, but they so nearly went behind there.
Marvellous Maccaronepublished at 70 mins
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Image source, Getty ImagesMassimo Maccarone. The name ring a bell?
Of course it does, and not only because of its culinary connotations.
The man coming on as a substitute for Italy had not long joined Middlesbrough, signing for a then very hefty £8.15m from Empoli in July 2002.
Maccarone would go on to help Boro win the 2004 League Cup and reach the Europa League final in 2006.
But this appearance against Wales would be his second and final for Italy.
SUBSTITUTIONpublished at 69 mins
Vincenzo Montella comes off for Massimo Maccarone, the top scorer at the 2002 Under-21 European Championship.
It's a straight swap up front, Montella leaves via Daniel Gabbidon's pocket.
Remember when Jenner Park had grass?published at 14:34 British Summer Time 18 April 2020
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Wales waste a good chance with Italy for once over-committed in attack.
However, John Hartson needed to release Craig Bellamy and he didn't see him, instead picking out Simon Davies on the right, who lashed wide.
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Wales are on top, pushing, probing at the Italians.
Simon Davies has been electric and he again wriggles free in the penalty area after a clever delivery from Ryan Giggs, but Luciano Zauri is able to make a vial block.
'Gattuso a dark-haired Savage'published at 65 mins
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Ian Gwyn Hughes
Football commentator on BBC One WalesGattuso looks a fearsome character.
A dark-haired version of Robbie Savage?
Get Involvedpublished at 14:29 British Summer Time 18 April 2020
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Luigi Di Biagio was not going to finish this game, one way or the other, so Giovanni Trapattoni wisely opts to take him off before the referee makes that decision for him.
Milan midfielder Genarro Gatusso, who I presume was previously a musketeer, comes on in his place.
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There we are Birmingham fans.
He might not score you 20 goals a season, but that's what you are getting with Robbie Savage, he's just showed his defensive capabilities with some brilliant play against Alessandro Del Piero.
He stuck to the Juve forward like glue as he looked to make space and eventually forced Del Piero into running out of room and conceding a throw.
That was as valuable as putting the ball out of play for a line-out in the Six Nations and the Millennium Stadium crowd greeted it in the same manner.
Get Involvedpublished at 14:25 British Summer Time 18 April 2020
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It's fair to say Paul Jones' save from Andrea Pirlo's free-kick has impressed a few
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John Hartson is winning everything in the air and from a Mark Delaney pass he's within a whisker of presenting the ball on a plate for Robbie Savage inside the area, but it is just out of the new Birmingham City signing's reach.
'Workmanlike' Italy midfieldpublished at 58 mins
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Image source, Huw Evans Picture AgencyImage caption, A young Andrea Pirlo, so young in fact he doesn't even have his signature beard yet
This might be a vintage Italy defence but co-commentator Ian Walsh is not wrong when he describes the Azzurri’s midfield as “workmanlike”.
Compared to some of their maestros of previous generations, this group is relatively short on craft and creativity, save for a young Andrea Pirlo, winning only his fourth senior cap.
Luigi Di Biagio, Massimo Ambrosini and Damiano Tommasi were all excellent players – experienced and winners at club level – but more renowned for their defensive work than their guile in attack.
Double shimmy leads to chancepublished at 56 mins
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I think on the first one he was attempting a pass, but a double shimmy from Mark Pembridge, of all people, just presented Wales another decent opportunity as he found space just outside the penalty area.
Pembridge has a sweet left-foot, in fact, I think the laws of football are such that we have to describe his left foot as a wand, but that effort was disappointing, it lacked power and did not trouble Gianluigi Buffon.
The shimmy was Zidane-esque though.
'How is that not a high boot from Di Biagio?'published at 55 mins
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Ian Walsh
Former Wales striker on BBC One WalesIf that's not a high boot, I don't know what is.
The referee is within 10 yards of the incident.
The Welsh lads can't believe it, Gary Speed and Andy Melville, and he (Savage) can't believe it either.
The referee looks like he wants a personal battle with the players.