Wales v Iceland: Craig Bellamy not focused on group permutations

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Head coach Craig Bellamy insists Wales will ignore results elsewhere as they aim for an improbable Nations League promotion in Tuesday’s final group game against Iceland.

Turkey are top of Group B4 with 11 points, while Wales are in second place on nine points and Iceland third on seven.

To win the group and secure their return to the top tier, Wales must beat Iceland at Cardiff City Stadium and hope Turkey lose in Montenegro.

A draw for Turkey in Montenegro could open the door for Wales, but they would need to beat Iceland by four goals.

Failing that, and unless they lose to Iceland, Wales will face a Nations League promotion play-off in March, meaning their World Cup qualifying campaign would be pushed back to June or September next year.

“Honestly, I don’t know about the group – all I care about is winning this game. That’s the honest truth,” Bellamy said.

“What will be will be. Just win the games, no matter who it is. That’s surely football. How can you set up to give you the best opportunity of winning? Home, away, whatever.

“Whatever happens elsewhere happens. If we draw we deal with that, if we lose we deal with that. There’s only three outcomes. How can we put ourselves in the best position to win the game? And that is it.”

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