Wales 0-0 Belgium – Roberts chance

41. Wales come forward with Ben Davies charging forward.

He looks to play a neat one two into the box.

The ball breaks to Connor Roberts whose shot goes over the bar.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

39. Wales will be hoping the injury to Allen isn’t anything serious.

He is such an integral part of the Welsh midfield.

The Stoke City midfielder limps off.

Wales 0-0 Belgium – Roberts chance

37. Wales come forward again and Joe Allen finds some space down the right flank.

He clips a cross into the box which finds Connor Roberts.

His header goes just over the crossbar.

Allen seems injured and will be coming off, with Aaron Ramsey replacing him.

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35. Considering in their last game they put six goals passed Poland, Belgium really haven’t been able to get going today.

Mainly because Wales have not allowed them to.

Bale is penalised for a foul on Tielemens.

Wales 0-0 Belgium – Carrasco chance!

33. The Belgian attacking midfielder is seeing a lot of the ball down the left hand side.

He is found in the area again, tries to sidestep his marker and bend one into the top corner.

The idea was far better than the application for the Atletico Madrid player.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

31. Connor Roberts really puts a shift in for Wales.

His ‘never say die’ attitude sees him hunt down so many lost causes.

Putting pressure on the back line and causing them to constantly look over their shoulder for him.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

29. The Welsh crowd start to make the Cardiff City Stadium rock.

It can be such an intimidating atmosphere they create.

De Bruyne whips a cross in from the right to the back post.

Carrasco meets it but the shot is not troubling Hennessey.

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27. Wales come streaming forward with Bale down the right.

Just the idea of him running at you worries opposition defenders.

He switches play to the back post to James but he cannot get a shot at goal.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

25. Considering they are playing the second best team in the world according to the FIFA rankings, Wales are opening them up at will.

Dan James has made a lively start and is causing havoc down the left.

Leeds fans no doubt wishing they could see this form every week.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

23. The ‘Red Devils’ (all be it in white tonight) are growing in confidence.

De Bruyne comes over to take the corner.

His cross is met at the near post by Gareth Bale.

He does everything for Wales.

Pretty sure I saw him selling programmes before the game.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

21. This is end to end stuff at the moment.

De Bruyne is trying to pull the strings for Belgium but is finding very limited options in front of him.

All too often they are having to work the ball back to their keeper.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

19. The passion of the Welsh fans is something to behold.

The fans managed to replicate this at Euro 2016 with the tournament being held in France.

Whether they will be able to get the same numbers to Qatar will remain to be seen.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

17. The home side are not afraid of the side ranked second in the world.

Any chance they have to break, they are finding gaps in the visitors midfielder and opening them up.

It is just that final pass that is lacking at the moment.

Wales 0-0 Belgium – Bale chance!

15. Wales break at pace and open Martinez’s side up.

Dan James holds up the ball on the left and feeds it to the oncoming Gareth Bale.

The Welsh forward strikes the ball over the bar much to the surprise of everyone in the ground.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

13. Carrasco is penalised for a foul on Roberts.

That is the third foul in 13 minutes.

The Belgian player needs to be careful.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

11. Wales look to counter with Joe Allen.

He looks to slide the ball into the path of Gareth Bale.

The pass is slightly overhit and evades the Welsh attacker.

Wales 0-0 Belgium – Batshuayi chance!

9. The first attacking play of any note by Belgium.

Getting to the byline and looking to cut the ball back, the deflected cross falls to Batshuayi.

He manages to get a shot away but Hennessey saves.

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7. VAR still managing to be the star of the show despite all the talent on display.

Disappointing for Ampadu who will have savoured that goal.

Warning for Belgium what this Welsh side is capable of.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

5. The Belgian players bemoan the goal.

Stating that there was a foul in the build up.

Fantastic strike from Ampadu from the edge of the box.

The goal is disallowed for an offside in the build up.

Goal – Ethan Ampadu (Wales)

Wales 0-0 Belgium

3. Trossard is penalised for a foul on Ampadu.

The Brighton player injures himself in the process.

Wales push forward.

Wales 0-0 Belgium

1. Martinez’s side show their intent from the start.

More than comfortable on the ball and looking to keep it.

Carrasco is penalised for foul.

Free kick for Wales, deep in their own half.

Kick-off: Wales vs Belgium

The Welsh national anthem rings out across the Cardiff City Stadium.

An electric atmosphere as ever in the Welsh capital.

Belgium get us underway in the evening sun.

Both sides with need for points

Sitting bottom of the group, Robert Page will want to ensure that their stint in the top tier of the competition is not a brief one.

Heaping pressure on at least a draw being recorded against Roberto Martinez’s side.

Belgium sit there points adrift of group leaders Netherlands and will be looking to make ground on the side who humbled them in the opening round of fixtures.

The man, the myth, the legend

Asked about what it means to play for his country, further showing why he is so loved by the Welsh fans, Bale said:

We don’t play for our country for the money. We turn up and we just want to play in front of the fans, achieve success for our country and make our country proud. We are not a big nation and we can’t pay big. For me, I’m not even sure I take a match fee. I just try to take a box every game at the stadium – that’ll do me.

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