Wales vs Turkey LIVE: Latest Nations League score and updates as Baris Yilmaz receives red card

Bellamy takes charge of Wales for the first time as the Dragons kick off their Nations League campaign

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Wales face Turkey at the Cardiff City Stadium on Friday evening in the first match of their Nations League campaign, as they look for a the perfect start to Craig Bellamy’s tenure.

Bellamy was appointed manager in July after the Welsh FA sacked Rob Page, and he leads Wales in the Nations League as a precursor to the qualification campaign for the 2026 World Cup,

Matches against Turkey and Montenegro give Bellamy the first chance to see his new-look team in action, though his first game is against a Turkey side that reached the quarter-finals of Euro 2024.

Turkey boast plenty of quality in their squad, including Real Madrid’s Arda Guler and Inter Milan’s Hakan Çalhanoğlu, and will provide a tough test to a Wales squad that is yet to gel despite the experience in their ranks.

Follow all the latest build-up, updates and reaction from the Nations League below:

Wales v Turkey LIVE

• Wales face Turkey in their opening Nations League match | Live on S4C
• The match is the first game in charge for new manager Craig Bellamy, who was appointed in July
• 64’ RED CARD! Yilmaz is dismissed after two yellow cards (WAL 0-0 TUR)
• 37’ DISALLOWED! Thomas lobs the goalkeeper but is offside (WAL 0-0 TUR)
• 18’ CLOSE! Rodon lifts a shot over the crossbar (WAL 0-0 TUR)
• 6’ CHANCE! Ramsey heads a cross over the top (WAL 0-0 TUR)

[6 September 2024 21:11 · Mike Jones]

Wales 0-0 Turkey

66 mins: Hakan Calhanoglu is brought on to the pitch to replace Orkun Kokcu following the red card. Turkey will have to adapt now and the Welsh fans are loving this.

They’re in full swing, singing and cheering. Can their players take advantage?

[6 September 2024 21:09 · Mike Jones]

RED CARD! Wales 0-0 Turkey

64 mins: Wow! Baris Yilmaz has been sent off for a tackle on Neco Williams. It’s a second yellow card offence for the Turkey forward which results in a red card.

Turkey are down to 10-men!

[6 September 2024 21:08 · Mike Jones]

Wales 0-0 Turkey

63 mins: Free kick to Wales in a dangerous area. Harry Wilson and Neco Williams stand over the set piece. It’s Wilson who flicks the ball into the middle where Aaron Ramsey meets the ball and heads it high and wide.

Wales are getting closer to scoring.

[6 September 2024 21:05 · Mike Jones]

Wales 0-0 Turkey

60 mins: Harry Wilson receives the ball and spins on a sixpence towards goal. He lines up a shot and whips the ball around goalkeeper Mert Gunok but watches in despair as his effort curls wide of the far post as well!

[6 September 2024 21:02 · Mike Jones]

Wales 0-0 Turkey

57 mins: Close! Aaron Ramsey flicks a fine pass in behind the defence as Harry Wilson sprints forward. The midfielder keeps the ball in play and pulls it back to Brennan Johnson who turns a first time effort wide of the nearest post.

[6 September 2024 20:58 · Mike Jones]

Wales 0-0 Turkey

54 mins: Close! Orkan Kokcu flicks a cross into the penalty area and perfectly picks out Baris Yilmaz. He has a free header but nods it over the crossbar.

Turkey’s best chance so far!

[6 September 2024 20:56 · Mike Jones]

Wales 0-0 Turkey

51 mins: Harry Wilson threads a pass into the box and almost sneaks Brennan Johnson in behind from the right wing. The ball is intercepted and cleared by the visitors.

Wales have started this second half in much the same way they ended the first.

[6 September 2024 20:53 · Mike Jones]

Wales 0-0 Turkey

48 mins: Oh here we go.

Sorba Thomas receives the ball and drives through the middle. He cuts back onto his right foot and shoots from range only for the ball to bobble wide of the left hand post.

Decent effort.

[6 September 2024 20:51 · Mike Jones]

Second half! Wales 0-0 Turkey

Turkey get the ball rolling for the second half in Cardiff. The first half was very positive and if Craig Bellamy’s men can replicate that in the next 45 minutes the fans will all go home pleased regardless of the result.

[6 September 2024 20:47 · Mike Jones]

HT Wales 0-0 Turkey

Coming up tomorrow: Brawls, boos and ‘plastic Paddys’: how the English and Irish football teams became eternally entwined

For some around the Irish squad, it’s still strange to be preparing for a match against Lee Carsley’s England. Ireland made a strong push for the admired coach, since he has 40 caps for the country. A solid Ireland midfielder is now the most important figure in English football culture, and will have a tricolour by his name if he takes England to the World Cup.

Carsley was born in Birmingham but qualified for Ireland through his Cork grandmother, and spoke last week of naturally feeling both nationalities. The same applies to many for Saturday’s game in Dublin, most notably Declan Rice and Jack Grealish, who make up at least nine England regulars over the last half-decade that could have also represented Ireland. It is almost an inevitable inversion of the fixture’s history, when it was Ireland that most benefited from the country’s diaspora to Britain.