Wales pick apart lacklustre Liechtenstein
Wales recorded their biggest win of John Toshack's tenure
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Tuesday, 14, Nov 2006 10:33
Wales romped to a comfortable 4-0 friendly win over Liechtenstein at Wrexham as they limbered up for their next Euro 2008 qualifying match campaign against San Marino.
Jason Koumas was the star of the show in the first-half as he struck twice to end the eastern Europeans' hopes of an upset.
After surviving an early warning when Thomas Beck failed to drag down a precise through-ball, Koumas quickly eased any nerves the hosts may have had as he cut in from the flank to curl home a measured shot after eight minutes.
The impressive Craig Bellamy combined with Ryan Giggs to nudge a ball into the path of the West Brom midfielder just five minutes later and he gleefully accepted the invitation, sending another long-range effort crashing past Peter Jehle.
Bellamy's quicksilver pace caused the visitors alarm every time he touched the ball and the Liverpool frontman saw Jehle make a good instinctive save after going clear on goal with Robert Earnshaw was inches away from converting his low cross just minutes later.
Mario Frick saw an attempt from the edge of the box deflect away to safety early in the second half before Bellamy got the goal his performance merited.
Substitute Mark Jones neatly bounced a pass back into 27-year-old's path and he sent a shot screaming past the goalkeeper and into the roof of the net.
Bellamy's final act in the game was to set up Chris Llewellyn with a perceptive cut-back as the Dragons marked the final minute with their final goal.