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Wales took a huge step towards reaching the last 16 at Euro 2020 as they beat Turkey 2-0 in Baku on Wednesday night.
Aaron Ramsey and Connor Roberts scored for Wales in the match against Turkey, who are now facing an uphill challenge to reach the knockout stages after losing their first two Group A matches without scoring.
Wales have the changes to win the match more convincingly, but they wasted several chances including a second-half penalty which was blazed over by captain Gareth Bale.
In a very open first half an hour both sides had very good chances to open the scoring including Turkey skipper Burak Yilmaz, whose effort was deflected out for a corner, and Wales’ Ramsey.
Just before the break Wales got rewarded for their efforts and opened the scoring with an excellent goal as Bale’s deep delivery into the box allowed Ramsey to chest down the ball before slotting it past hapless Cakir in the 42nd minute.
Wales put the result beyond doubt in the added time as Bale had all time and space following a short corner kick and squared into the path of Roberts, who made no mistake to double the lead.
