This trip to Montenegro will live long in the memory for Craig Bellamy and the hundreds of Wales supporters who made the jaunt. In the city of Niksic, at a poky stadium with only two stands – one completely exposed to the elements, soaking the poncho-wearing fans – Bellamy chalked up his first win as Wales manager.
The pitch, ringfenced by a running track, had survived biblical rainstorms that prompted local power cuts but worsened throughout and by half-time it resembled a hazard-awareness course. In filthy if not farcical conditions, Wales made a lightning start, Kieffer Moore striking inside 38 seconds and Harry Wilson adding an improvised, superb second from about 25 yards less than two minutes later. Puddles littered the pitch but ultimately Driton Camaj’s 73rd-minute strike did not dampen the mood, though victory was not without problems.
