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Home advantage key after Turkey shake up group – Wales v Croatia talking points
Home advantage key after Turkey shake up group – Wales v Croatia talking points
Wales meet Croatia in a vital Euro 2024 qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium on Sunday night. Here, the PA news agency takes a look at five of the main talking points as Wales seek to keep their automatic qualification hopes alive. Perfect finish needed Turkey’s shock win in Croatia on Thursday has really thrown a spanner in the works. Wales had expected to be in a three-way fight with Turkey and Armenia for the second qualifying spot behind top speeds Croatia. Overtaking Croatia now looks like being Wales’ target, but a top-two spot only appears achievable by winning on Sunday and also beating Armenia and Turkey in their final group games next month. Cardiff fortress In a week when the UK and Ireland won the right to host Euro 2028 and the prospect of Wales returning to play at the Principality Stadium came into sharp focus, much has been made of making home advantage count at the Cardiff City Stadium. Wales have enjoyed some big nights there in the past, but that was often when Gareth Bale was in full flow and making the difference. A sell-out crowd will turn up in anticipation that Wales can make the stadium a fortress in the post-Bale era. Moore the merrier Kieffer Moore’s return to the fold is a big boost for Wales. Moore missed the last two Euro qualifiers after being sent off against Armenia in June. The 6ft 5in striker has had little game time at Bournemouth but Moore was in fine fettle during his 45-minute run-out against Gibraltar on Wednesday. Moore scored twice in the 4-0 friendly win to take his Wales goals tally to 12. Creaking Croatia? Croatia suffered their first-ever home defeat in a Euro qualifier against Turkey. But was it a one-off or something more meaningful? The 2018 World Cup finalists and 2022 semi-finalists are used to breezing through qualification but, having let two points slip against Wales at home, this campaign has been more challenging. Time might finally be catching up on midfield magician Luka Modric, 38 last month, while injuries to Tottenham winger Ivan Perisic and Hoffenheim forward Andrej Kramaric have hurt them. Wales win overdue Wales have proved accommodating opponents for Croatia, who they have yet to beat in seven attempts. Croatia have won four times with Wales’ best moments coming in three 1-1 draws. Simon Davies scored in a 2002 Varazdin friendly, Bale netted in a Euro 2020 qualifier in Cardiff, and Nathan Broadhead’s stoppage-time equaliser cheered Wales at the start of this campaign in March. Read More Ollie Watkins credits Unai Emery for helping him return to England squad Talking points as England face Fiji in World Cup quarter-finals Daniel James insists Wales can still qualify for Euro 2024 I feel sorry for the manager – Chiedozie Ogbene sympathises with Stephen Kenny Gareth Southgate questions why England fans booed Jordan Henderson Stephen Kenny admits Republic of Ireland ‘needed to win’ against Greece
2023-10-14 18:18
UK’s Labour Faces Backlash Over Pledge for No Further Tax Rises
UK’s Labour Faces Backlash Over Pledge for No Further Tax Rises
Britain’s opposition Labour party is facing a backlash from its left wing after ruling out wealth taxes and
2023-08-29 05:30
Babies evacuated from Gaza hospital UN agency dubs 'death zone'
Babies evacuated from Gaza hospital UN agency dubs 'death zone'
More than 30 premature babies were evacuated Sunday from Gaza's largest hospital, said a health official in the Hamas-run territory, as Israel's army struck more targets in its...
2023-11-19 20:02
Trump Denied Immunity Against US Election Subversion Charges
Trump Denied Immunity Against US Election Subversion Charges
Donald Trump is not entitled to absolute presidential immunity against criminal charges over his efforts to overturn the
2023-12-02 09:10
Trump's intensifying rhetoric offers insight into how he might govern again as president
Trump's intensifying rhetoric offers insight into how he might govern again as president
Over the past two weeks, Donald Trump said shoplifters should be immediately shot, suggested that America’s top general be executed and mocked a political opponent’s husband who was beaten with a hammer
2023-10-05 12:02
Africa’s Thirst for Champagne Could Bring Veuve Cliquot to Kenya and Ghana
Africa’s Thirst for Champagne Could Bring Veuve Cliquot to Kenya and Ghana
Veuve Clicquot, the Champagne maker that’s part of luxury-goods powerhouse LVMH, is exploring new markets in Africa as
2023-07-21 15:30
Microsoft’s New Corporate AI Products Will Come With A Hefty Price Tag
Microsoft’s New Corporate AI Products Will Come With A Hefty Price Tag
Microsoft Corp. said new corporate artificial intelligence tools that work with Office software, called Microsoft 365 Copilot, will
2023-07-18 23:30
NBA-LeBron James thanks fans for love after son's cardiac arrest
NBA-LeBron James thanks fans for love after son's cardiac arrest
LeBron James thanked fans on Thursday for their love and prayers for his son Bronny, who suffered a
2023-07-28 00:46
A Greek zoo serves up frozen meals to animals to help them beat the heat
A Greek zoo serves up frozen meals to animals to help them beat the heat
A zoo outside Athens is feeding animals with frozen meals to help shield them from the searing heat as heat wave temperatures return to Greece
2023-08-04 17:59
Police questioned over legality of Kansas newspaper raid in which computers, phones seized
Police questioned over legality of Kansas newspaper raid in which computers, phones seized
A small central Kansas police department is facing a firestorm of criticism after it raided the offices of a local newspaper and the home of its publisher and owner
2023-08-14 04:15
American soldier Travis King arrives back in US after being freed by North Korea
American soldier Travis King arrives back in US after being freed by North Korea
US Army Private Travis King arrived back on United States soil Thursday after being returned to American custody weeks after he crossed into North Korea, a Defense Department official said.
2023-09-28 16:07
Goodbye, Lightning Cable: How to Prepare for Your First USB-C iPhone
Goodbye, Lightning Cable: How to Prepare for Your First USB-C iPhone
Apple's Lightning Connector is dead—on its newest iPhones, at least. Thanks to European Union regulators,
2023-09-19 01:08