Turkey 2-0 Wales: Defiant Rob Page insists side can still qualify for Euro 2024 despite damaging defeat | Football News

Rob Web page insists Wales can nonetheless routinely qualify for Euro 2024 subsequent summer time, regardless of struggling a second successive group defeat in Turkey.

Wales suffered a 2-0 loss in Samsun on the again of Friday’s horror present towards Armenia, when opponents ranked 97th on this planet claimed a 4-2 victory in Cardiff.

Having reached the midway level of their eight-game marketing campaign, Wales are 5 factors behind leaders Turkey and two adrift of Armenia who’ve a recreation in hand.

Group favourites Croatia are degree on factors with Wales having performed two fewer video games.

Wales are virtually actually assured a play-off spot via their Nations League rating, however supervisor Web page insists Wales can safe one of many automated two qualifying spots on provide in Group D.

“Completely [I believe that],” stated Web page, who has overseen only one win in 12 video games since Wales certified for the World Cup final June.

“To do it, we have to get each side of the sport bang on and do it very well, if we’re to achieve success.

“It has been a irritating camp however there have been so many classes to study from it.

“We’ll handle it. We go into each recreation to win it. It simply means it is actually vital we get wins at house and get as many factors from them.”

Wales had been left with an uphill job from the forty first minute when midfielder Joe Morrell caught Ferdi Kadioglu excessive along with his studs and was despatched off.

It was Wales’ second purple card in as many video games after Kieffer Moore was dismissed towards Armenia.

Danny Ward saved Hakan Calhanoglu’s Sixty fourth-minute penalty after Aaron Ramsey had dealt with Kadioglu’s cross.

However Turkey’s strain informed as substitutes Umut Nayir and Arda Guler scored within the ultimate 18 minutes.

Web page stated: “Everytime you come to Turkey away, you already know it is a powerful take a look at.

“Having stated that, earlier than the sending off, I believed we matched them and I used to be actually happy with the efficiency defensively, which we clearly addressed off the again of Friday’s end result.

“With the ball I believed we obtained Aaron and others in nice positions up the pitch and we had been courageous to play via them.

“We seemed on the footage and we thought that was an space we may exploit and that was working up till the sending off occurs. Utterly modifications the sport.

“Up till the seventieth minute I believed we defended our field very well, just one cross into our personal field and it value us, that first objective.

“He [Morrell] just isn’t deliberately doing it. He is obtained his eye on the ball, however whenever you put your foot that top, you run the danger of getting a purple card.

“He is aware of it. There’s no one extra disenchanted than Joe within the altering room.”

Turkey boss Stefan Kuntz was relieved to get the victory, particularly after his aspect twice had the ball within the internet solely to be denied by VAR checks.

Kuntz stated: “I would want to attend subsequent time till I cheer. It has been a troublesome time for us and for the followers and within the second half we wanted to be calmer.

“We tried to handle the sport within the second half and the followers had been very useful.”

Wales qualification hopes drift into Black Sea

Sky Sports activities’ Ben Grounds:

Automated qualification for Germany is slipping via Robert Web page’s fingers. After successive defeats this June, Wales have now received solely considered one of their final 12 video games in all competitions, whereas they’ve misplaced 4 of their final 5 video games on their travels.

The deficiencies on present in Monday’s eventual 2-0 defeat to Turkey have been a few years within the making, and the Welsh FA should now resolve if Web page is the appropriate man to search out the required options.

Each Umut Nayir and Arda Güler scored their first objectives for Turkey having come off the bench, whereas Web page had little or no wriggle room after Joe Morrell’s considerably harsh dismissal.

Wales have now had a participant despatched off in successive video games after Kieffer Moore towards Armenia. Given the anticipated interval of transition following Gareth Bale’s retirement amongst others, it couldn’t have come at a more difficult time for Web page, who was once more unable to paper over the defensive fragility uncovered by the group ranked No 97 on this planet final Friday.

Ben Cabango was known as upon rather than Brennan Johnson out of necessity as he reverted to a low block of 5. It was a sign to their opponents {that a} draw was the peak of their ambition. Harry Wilson’s free-kick may need introduced an unlikely win and regardless of Danny Ward’s penalty heroics, the eventual punishment felt an inevitability.

Former striker Rob Earnshaw informed Sky Sports activities: “This was a must-win as a result of Armenia had overwhelmed Latvia to place strain on them. To be trustworthy, I did not see the response from Wales. That is the worrying half. It leaves them with lots to study from. It is a very dangerous Wales camp.

“Once I was within the group taking up from the Gary Speeds and the Chris Colemans, there have been modifications made as a result of we wanted to get higher. Proper now, I am struggling to see the place we’re getting higher as a result of our recreation may be very comparable and we’re getting punished for it.

“Web page known as his gamers to provide a efficiency the followers may very well be happy with they usually did not produce it. It is a 2-0 that would’ve been a 3-0 or a 4-0. Defensively, Wales simply look so open.”

There was no response to the Armenia debacle. Wales’ Euro 2024 qualifying hopes are in severe peril. In Samsun, a historic port city on the Black Sea, these aspirations are sinking and not using a hint.