{"id":293934,"date":"2023-10-11T21:23:58","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T21:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=293934"},"modified":"2023-10-11T21:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T21:23:58","slug":"wales-4-0-gibraltar-moore-double-hands-pages-side-comfortable-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/soccer\/wales-4-0-gibraltar-moore-double-hands-pages-side-comfortable-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales 4-0 Gibraltar: Moore double hands Page's side comfortable win"},"content":{"rendered":"
Wales celebrated their return to Wrexham with a first-half goal bonanza but this friendly win over Gibraltar is unlikely to make it into Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney\u2019s next Disney documentary.<\/p>\n
The Hollywood stars have used their showbiz glamour to transform Wrexham but this friendly was desperately short on drama.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So poor were Gibraltar that when Wales took a 4-0 lead in first-half stoppage time, a repeat of their record victory \u2013 11-0 over Ireland here in 1888 \u2013 looked on the cards.<\/p>\n
Yet Rob Page\u2019s men could add no more after the break and it will be a different matter against Croatia in Cardiff on Sunday, where Wales realistically need to avoid defeat to keep alive their chances of qualifying for Euro 2024.<\/p>\n
With several key men left out of the starting XI, it was a chance for some of Wales\u2019 emerging talent to shine. Charlie Savage \u2013 son of former Wales midfielder Robbie \u2013 proved himself a chip off the old block by flattening Gibraltar forward Tjay De Barr 11 minutes in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Ben Davies (No 4) captained the hosts and opened the scoring after 22 minutes in Wrexham\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Kieffer Moore doubled the ascendancy within three minutes of Davies’ opener with a header off a Charlie Savage cross<\/p>\n
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Sporting a white bench coat, Robbie was in the crowd to see his son make his senior international debut and would doubtless have enjoyed that moment.<\/p>\n
On the midway point of the half, Wales took the lead when Ben Davies was left unmarked inside the six-yard box to head in Nathan Broadhead\u2019s corner. Three minutes later, Savage\u2019s cross was met impressively by Moore, who scored off the far post.<\/p>\n
Broadhead added the third with a neat turn and finish before Moore claimed his second with another header from a cross by Dan James, who had replaced the injured Wes Burns.<\/p>\n
Both sides seemed to press pause in the second half, with Wales making a number of substitutions and Gibraltar content simply to keep the score down. Luka Modric and company will not be quite so welcoming at the weekend.<\/p>\n
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Nathan Broadhead made it three after assisting the opener with a cool strike from close range<\/p>\n
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Moore’s second of the game came off a Dan James cross, with the winger on for the injured Wes Burns\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wales (3-4-3): <\/span>Ward (Hennessey 45′); Poole, Low, Davies (Lockyer 45′); Burns (D James 15′), J James (Sheehan 45′), Savage, N Williams (Wilson 64′); Cullen, Moore (Bradhshaw 45′), Broadhead<\/p>\n Subs: <\/span>Beck, Rodon, Brooks, Levitt, Harris, Roberts, Ampadu, King<\/p>\n Booked:<\/span> Poole\u00a0<\/p>\n Goals:<\/span> Davies 22, Moore 25, 45, Broadhead 35<\/p>\n Manager:<\/span> Rob Page\u00a0<\/p>\n Gibraltar (5-4-1):<\/span>\u00a0Coleing; Sergeant, Chipolina, Annesley, Olivero (Mouelhi 45′), Britto; Walker (Coombes 71′), Pozo (Chipolina 59′), Jolley (De Haro 64′), Ronan; De Barr (El Hmidi 71′)<\/p>\n Subs:<\/span> Banda, Casciaro, Badr, L\u00f3pez, Santos, Hernandez, Ballantine<\/p>\n Booked: <\/span>De Barr\u00a0<\/p>\n Manager:\u00a0<\/span>Julio C\u00e9sar Ribas<\/p>\n Referee:<\/span>\u00a0Philip Farrugia\u00a0<\/p>\n