article_snippet: Perhaps the greatest compliment that can be given to Wales is that this cauldron of noise, which at kick-off seemed so threatening, was reduced to a quiet hum after the 50th minute.
article_snippet: Wales’s ascension to top of Group B at the halfway stage on 11 points and within sight of a first major tournament since 1958.
article_snippet: A plus with international football is when you come away from your clubs, then you are concentrating on something different,’ said the Wales manager.
article_snippet: There's a bit of criticism flying at Gareth in Madrid, but Gareth did tonight what Gareth's been doing for some time with Wales.
article_snippet: The whistles greeting early touches by Wales players were piercing in the extreme.
article_snippet: Wales took control where Wales mattered,
article_snippet: In the end, as Wales fans sung ‘
article_snippet: The Wales squad have a huddle before the start of The Wales squad Group B European qualifier in Haifa against Israel .
article_snippet: The Wales squad were backed by a vociferous following for the encounter in Haifa .
highlights_snippet: Victory means Wales have replaced Israel in first place in Group B . 