Wes Burns started and Nathan Broadhead came off the bench as Wales beat Montenegro 1-0 in a Nations League tie at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Burns, winning his 10th full cap and playing wide on the left, should have opened his international goals account in the 12th minute but headed wide at the far post from Harry Wilson’s right-wing cross.

The wideman’s pace - as well as one clever turn - caused the Montenegrins problems as Wales had a strong first half and went ahead via Fulham forward Wilson’s 36th-minute penalty.

In the second half, with Montenegro having improved, Burns again went close in 58 when he curled wide after the visitors’ keeper had been caught in possession and Wales had worked the ball to him on the left.

Two minutes later, the 29-year-old created a chance, breaking into the area on the left and cutting back right-footed but the players in the middle got in one another’s way.

Burns made way in the 69th minute as Broadhead, 26, was handed his first senior minutes of the season, a hamstring injury suffered at the start of pre-season having seen him miss the September internationals and Town’s strength in depth in wide attacking roles having kept him out of the matchday squad since he returned to fitness.

Despite not having played a first-team game since featuring for Wales at the start of June, Broadhead looked sharp for the most part as he won his 13th full cap, but will feel he ought to have scored in the 79th minute when found breaking down the middle but was unable to get the ball under control.

Wales, who are unbeaten in new manager Craig Bellamy’s first four matches in charge, remain second in Group B4.

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SoCalTownFan added 23:23 - Oct 14 Burns and Broadhead stood out, they both showed some real skillz.
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ValleyBoyBlue added 09:13 - Oct 15 Both did well. Broady looked sharp when he came on and had some nice touches Though still not sure how many opportunities he'll get in the Premier League with 6 other number 10's ahead of him?
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PortmanTerrorist added 14:25 - Oct 15 Based on limited sample size, is it possible that McKenna has improved our League 1 players to the extent that they are at least a match for our expensively acquired newbees? No one has grabbed Broady's left side role and owned it, likewise is Ogbene a significant upgrade on Wes ? Not a criticism of the new guys, more a compliment of our regular players and the coaching! Boss is going to have some selection dilemmas coming up and I think there is a case for more of our promotion team to start, if only to better deliver on our established patterns of play which some of the new players are still getting to grips with....maybe ease some of those new guys in until they can show they better understand the roles?

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NITFC added 16:40 - Oct 15 PortmanTerrorist - couldn't agree more
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