Wales end season on low note with defeat in Romania

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>Match report as Wales ended their season with a 2-1 friendly defeat to Romania in Bucharest; Romania led through Florian Coman's tidy finish before substitute David Brooks equalised; Adrian Rus was Romania's match-winner 10 minutes from time

>Wales ended their season on a low note as Romania won their Bucharest friendly 2-1.

>Romania led through Florian Coman's tidy finish before substitute David Brooks - who had only been on the pitch for two minutes - equalised with a sweet left-foot volley after being picked out at the far post by Daniel James.

>Wales had chances to turn around the contest completely, but Adrian Rus restored Romania's lead 10 minutes from time.

>Wales are still without a friendly away victory since November 2008 when current manager Craig Bellamy scored the winner in Denmark.

>"Disappointing," was Wales manager Bellamy's post-match assessment.

>"There were some good bits, but there were some negatives as well. We need to be better.

>"I felt we didn't create the opportunity enough to get into the final third and create consistent chances."

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>Substitute Koumas was denied an equaliser late on by Rus' goal-line intervention when a pass to the unmarked Cameron Congreve might have been the better option.

>It means Wales, who suffered World Cup play-off despair on penalties in March, remain winless in 2026.

>Bellamy said: "We had one or two exceptional chances of course, but we were too deep in the build-up, and that's not what we look for.

>"We want to break lines and be attacking the defence on a regular basis.

>"I just thought we were slow moving the ball at times which didn't help us, so I'm disappointed.

>"I feel that if we want to improve, these are the areas we need to improve on. That excites me as well because I do like the team, I like how we play.

>"If we are better in certain areas that's going to allow us to be able to compete with the top teams on a regular basis.

>"That's where we want to be and we're going to be tested now on that in the Nations A League. It's going to test everything about us."

>Wales return to action in September in a Nations League group that includes Denmark, Norway and Portugal.

>The Dragons' opening game will be a trip to Portugal on September 24.

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