Wales have new mindset under Bellamy

World Cup qualifier: Belgium v Wales

Venue: King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels Date: Monday, 9 June Kick off: 19:45 BST

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Wales person a caller mentality nether Craig Bellamy, according to a subordinate who watched him thief do nan aforesaid astatine nine level.

Connor Roberts was portion of nan Burnley squad that stormed nan Championship arsenic Bellamy assisted head Vincent Kompany connected their measurement to nan title.

Now nan full-back is portion of a Wales broadside enjoying an unbeaten commencement to Bellamy's first elder domiciled arsenic head and its renewed ambition to scope nan 2026 World Cup.

Bellamy's squad saw disconnected group minnows Liechtenstein 3-0 successful Cardiff connected Friday, teeing up Monday's travel to qualification favourites Belgium.

The 45-year-old has already stated Wales will take nan game to nan apical seeds, while midfielder David Brooks says nan squad will beryllium heading to Brussels to spell for nan win.

Asked whether it showed a mindset displacement from past Wales sides, 62-cap Roberts said: "Yes is nan straightforward answer.

"The head has travel successful – and evidently I cognize him from his clip astatine Burnley – and we will spell toe-to-toe pinch immoderate team.

"I'm not saying we'll triumph each azygous crippled but 1 point is for sure, we will springiness everything and effort and do nan correct things and effort and triumph each crippled we play."

Wales eased to a triumph complete Liechtenstein pinch goals from Joe Rodon, Kieffer Moore and Harry Wilson, and Roberts added: "Of people it's large move to spell from playing Liechtenstein to Belgium, but we person to support being ourselves and not change, support nan bully habits that we've been learning and trying to merge complete nan past 9 months, do what we request to do to triumph nan game.

"And why can't we spell [to Belgium] and predominate and put successful a really bully performance? That is nan aim, that is nan scheme and hopefully we tin execute that."

Bellamy has publically spoken astir not wanting to beryllium seen arsenic underdogs, a connection intelligibly heard by players arsenic they cogwheel up for a cardinal crippled successful nan campaign.

Wales lead Group J aft 2 wins and a tie from their opening 3 games.

And their comfortable nighttime successful Cardiff against Liechtenstein was made moreover much enjoyable pinch news of Belgium conceding precocious to tie successful North Macedonia successful their opening fixture.

It saw Belgium head Rudi Garcia show reporters his broadside "have to win" against Wales.

But Bournemouth's Brooks says Wales haven't changed their thoughts because of nan consequence successful Skopje.

"We fancied ourselves from infinitesimal one," Brooks said. "It's not arsenic though we felt Belgium needed to gaffe up for america to person a chance, we were going to spell location and effort and triumph anyway.

"We some dropped points [in North Macedonia] but they're not a pushover team. We will beryllium going to Belgium to effort and get 3 points."