Wales' Wilson eyes more history against Belgium

World Cup qualifier: Wales v Liechtenstein

Venue: Cardiff City Stadium Date: Friday, 6 June Kick off: 19:45 BST

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Harry Wilson is eyeing much history successful Belgium arsenic Wales target back-to-back qualifying wins successful their quest to scope nan 2026 World Cup.

Craig Bellamy's broadside play Liechtenstein successful Cardiff connected Friday earlier facing group favourites Belgium successful Brussels 3 days later.

For Wilson, nan travel to nan King Baudouin Stadium intends a return to nan segment of his first Wales quality successful 2013, erstwhile he came connected arsenic a substitute aged only 16.

While Wales' first extremity successful this campy is to spot disconnected Liechtenstein, Wilson says a first ever distant triumph successful Belgium is besides a target for Bellamy's in-form team.

"International shot has shown galore times complete nan years that present are nary easy games and though connected insubstantial group will deliberation we should triumph that crippled [against Liechtenstein] comfortably, we still person to spell retired location and perform," Wilson said.

"For america to look up to Belgium earlier getting that crippled done would beryllium silly, but going into this campy six points is decidedly nan aim."

Wales person an awesome caller grounds against Belgium, who they hit during qualifying for Euro 2016 earlier knocking them retired of nan tourney successful memorable fashion.

Wales person mislaid only 2 of 8 games against nan Belgians since Wilson's 2013 debut contempt nan Red Devils having a aureate procreation of players during that period.

"To person a grounds arsenic bully arsenic that against a federation arsenic bully arsenic they are – complete nan past 10, 15 years they person had a aureate era – is an astonishing feat," Wilson said.

"I americium not judge why nan grounds is truthful good, but hopefully we tin support it going."

Wales mislaid their astir caller brushwood pinch Belgium, successful Brussels successful September 2022, erstwhile Kieffer Moore's extremity counted for thing arsenic Rob Page's broadside went down 2-1 successful nan Nations League.

They person ne'er won successful Belgium successful 8 erstwhile attempts, but will recreation pinch assurance having gone unbeaten successful 8 games since Bellamy took complaint successful nan summertime of 2024.

"We've gone 8 games unbeaten since nan manager's travel successful and to do astatine world level is not easy astatine all," said Wilson, who is successful statement to triumph his 61st headdress against Liechtenstein.

"It shows what a bully squad we are. The style we're playing now, some connected nan shot and disconnected nan ball, suits a batch of players successful this squad and that's why we're connected specified a bully run."

Wilson, who was past astatine Liverpool, became Wales' youngest ever antheral world erstwhile he was handed his chance successful a 1-1 tie successful Belgium successful 2013.

Twelve years on, Wilson is simply a elder fig for Wales and 1 of their astir influential players, but still holds nan grounds arsenic his nation's youngest elder international.

"At nan clip I didn't cognize [about nan record]," Wilson said.

"At nan clip it was conscionable astir coming connected for my country. It was thing I had ever wanted to do, truthful to do it truthful young was amazing.

"Then I had a fewer years distant which astir apt made maine moreover much quiet to make judge I sewage backmost successful nan fold and really commencement to rack up nan caps.

"I didn't want to conscionable beryllium a one-cap 16-year-old. I wanted to beryllium a champion successful this team. It took maine a fewer years, but I consciousness for illustration I americium that now."

Wilson enjoyed different memorable infinitesimal successful Belgium successful 2021, erstwhile he applied nan finishing touch to a fabulous squad move to unfastened nan scoring successful a World Cup qualifier played down closed doors because of nan Covid pandemic.

Though Wales went connected to suffer nan crippled 3-1, Wilson cherishes nan representation of "one of nan better" squad goals.

"The squad they had retired that nighttime was 1 of their strongest, truthful to people a squad extremity for illustration that was amazing," he added.

"It's conscionable a shame location were nary fans location to spot it."