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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Elis James

Project Bellamy hints at fun to come and gets Wales fans singing in the rain

The Wales manager, Craig Bellamy, reacts during Wales’ Nations League match against Montenegro
Craig Bellamy collected his first win in charge of Wales in farcical conditions in Montenegro. Photograph: Filip Filipovic/Getty Images

Results such as this are the ones that make you glad you bothered, and glad you care. A disorientating but joyful first 149 seconds brought goals from Kieffer Moore and Harry Wilson, leaving Montenegro dumbfounded and the Wales support delirious. A goal was the only thing missing from a very positive Wales performance against Turkey on Friday, but with that assignment ticked off twice within three minutes, Craig Bellamy was given his first victory as manager despite farcical conditions more suited to a medieval re-enactment than an international football match.

The Wales fans in attendance were enthusiastic devotees of Project Bellamy, with a packed away end singing his name throughout. After the match, as gleeful supporters going back to the buses braved rain that felt straight from the Book of Revelation, we tried to remember Bellamy’s promise that his tenure was “going to be fun”.

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