Captain Ben Davies says Wales will likely be pushed by a willpower to show they’ll thrive in Nations League A once they face Denmark in Cardiff on Sunday.
Wales go into the sport in buoyant temper after ending a six-game winless sequence by taking the scalp of Norway on Thursday.
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However having registered Wales’ first ever victory within the Nations League’s prime tier, Craig Bellamy’s gamers are hungry for extra.
“We do not need to be in a state of affairs the place you are feeling such as you’re not competing towards greater groups,” stated defender Davies.
“However I believed we laid a very good marker down the opposite evening [against Norway] to indicate that we do belong taking part in towards these groups – it was a a lot better all-round efficiency.
“I feel we actually received again to what’s received us to success and received us into the Nations League A within the first place. Hopefully we will replicate that [against Denmark].”
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Wales got here from behind towards Norway to safe a 2-1 success which eased the stress constructed throughout their run with out a win, which stretched again to the beating of North Macedonia final November.
Defeat towards Bosnia-Herzegovina within the World Cup play-off semi-final got here subsequent, earlier than pleasant attracts towards Northern Eire and Ghana had been adopted by successive defeats to Romania, Portugal and the Danes.
That left Bellamy and his gamers in want of a outcome as they met Norway, they usually responded by delivering a rousing show.
Wales’ trigger was helped by Norway defender Torbjorn Heggem’s pink card early within the second half, however that they had troubled the World Cup quarter-finalists even earlier than the sending off.
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“The groups at this stage are all robust,” added 103-cap Tottenham defender Davies.
“All of the video games are going to be robust however we’re right here to compete and right here to attempt to give the perfect account of us that we will.
“I believed we did that the opposite evening and it was actually pleasing to get the three factors. It offers us, as a bunch, a number of confidence going into the video games developing.”
‘You need to make house benefit depend’
Wales will once more be with out the likes of Karl Darlow, Joe Rodon, Dylan Lawlor, David Brooks and Harry Wilson due to harm as they give the impression of being to keep up the momentum gained due to the Norway triumph.
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Bellamy says he has no alternative however to make adjustments to the facet which started on Thursday as Wales search to make amends for final Sunday’s defeat in Denmark.
Having emerged with some credit score regardless of dropping their Nations League opener towards Portugal 10 days in the past, Wales had been effectively overwhelmed on a demoralising night in Copenhagen.
Davies hopes the Cardiff Metropolis Stadium issue will likely be key as Wales chase victory towards a Danish facet who, in twenty first, are 17 locations above them within the Fifa rankings.
“It does make an enormous distinction going away. We did not get a grip on the sport [in Denmark] whereas once we performed Norway in Cardiff, it is our house, our followers, our ambiance,” he stated.
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“It felt like a unique sport and we had far more management… you simply know you must attempt to make your house benefit depend.”