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Moore's on the rebound to see Wales past Kazakhstan
The Independent
|September 05, 2025
Wales went top of their World Cup qualifying group last night with a hard-fought 1-0 win in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan 0
Wales Kieffer Moore (24) 1
Kieffer Moore marked the occasion of his 50th cap with a 24th-minute strike from close range. It was his 15th international goal and drew him level with the great John Charles.
Wales entered the Group J contest ranked 83 places higher in the Fifa world rankings than Kazakhstan, whose position of 114th casts them among the minnows of European football.
But the minnows caused plenty of problems and their energetic second-half performance - when they hit the crossbar twice - merited a point.
More than 1,100 Wales fans had made the 3,000-mile trip to Central Asia across six time zones for the furthest Wales had ever travelled for a competitive game.
As well as the logistical challenges of that journey, Wales were also faced with an artificial playing surface at the Astana Arena, something manager Craig Bellamy had admitted he was “not a fan of”.
This story is from the September 05, 2025 edition of The Independent.
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