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Wales open with win in WC qualifying, Haaland on target for Norway

Published : Monday, 24 March, 2025 at 12:00 AM  Count : 405
PARIS, MARCH 23: Wales beat Kazakhstan 3-1 on Saturday to start their bid to qualify for the 2026 World Cup with a win, while Erling Haaland was among the scorers as Norway swept to a 5-0 victory in Moldova.

Wales are chasing a second straight appearance at the World Cup finals after they made it to the 2022 tournament in Qatar, and Craig Bellamy's team saw off a dogged Kazakhstan side in Cardiff.

Wales went in front in the Group J encounter inside nine minutes with a deflected effort from the Leeds United winger Daniel James.

Kazakhstan, who are 110th in the FIFA rankings, drew level from the penalty spot just after the half-hour mark, Askhat Tagybergen converting following a handball by Connor Roberts.

Wales picked up where they left off in their impressive UEFA Nations League performances at the end of last year as they got the job done in the second half.

Captain Ben Davies restored the lead with a header shortly after the restart. Rabbi Matondo came off the bench to wrap up the win at the death.

"We spoke all week about getting off to a good start and that's what we did tonight," James told the BBC.

"It's so important to get the win tonight and push on for Tuesday," he added, with Wales next travelling to North Macedonia.
Aleksandar Trajkovski and Visar Musliu netted in the first half before Girona forward Bojan Miovski sealed the win late on as North Macedonia eased to a 3-0 victory away to minnows Liechtenstein.

Group favourites Belgium will not begin their campaign until June.

Norway are desperate to make the most of an exciting generation of players as they seek to qualify for a first major tournament since Euro 2000, and a first World Cup since 1998.

They made short work of Moldova in Chisinau, with full-back Julian Ryerson of Borussia Dortmund giving the visitors an early lead from close range in the Group I encounter.

Manchester City superstar Haaland missed a good chance before adding the second goal midway through the first half, finishing from an Andreas Schjelderup cutback. �"AFP



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