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1-0, the 21-year-old star sealed his throat with a sword. Wales scored 13 points and still has hope of reaching the World Cup.

The Liechtenstein team, ranked 206th in the world, ushered in the seventh round of the first group stage of the European preliminaries of the World Cup. Liechtenstein faced the Wales team, ranked 34th in the world, at its home court.

Before the game, the Liechtenstein team had 0 points and was ranked at the bottom of Group J. It had already been eliminated early and missed the World Cup. The Wales team had 10 points before the game and ranked third in the group. It was only 3 points behind the second-place North Macedonia team and 4 points behind the top-ranked Belgium team. The Wales team still has the hope of competing for the top spot in the group. In the last four meetings between the two sides, Wales has the upper hand because Wales defeated the Liechtenstein team in all four meetings. Therefore, before the game, more fans were full of confidence in Wales defeating Liechtenstein as a guest.

In the 16th minute of the second half, Daniel passed the ball and 21-year-old star James unsheathed his sword to help Wales take the lead.

In the end, Wales defeated the Liechtenstein team as expected, avoiding a 2-game losing streak in the world preliminaries, while the Liechtenstein team suffered a 7-game losing streak in the world preliminaries. Immediately after the game, the Wales team continued to rank third in Group J with 13 points, the same points as the second-place North Macedonia team, and only 2 points behind the top-ranked Belgium team. Wales still has hope of qualifying directly for the World Cup.