Spurs international watch: Clean sheet for Tottenham defender
By Tom Vinall
On Monday evening, Ben Davies and his Welsh counterparts were in action at home to Montenegro in the nations league. Brennan Johnson was suspended for this game, having picked up a yellow card in the 2-2 draw away to Iceland on Friday evening. Pretty good news, especially considering he had been withdrawn at half-time of that game as a precaution.
Despite playing as a central defender in a back four of late for his country, manager Craig Bellamy played Davies as a left-back for this one, with Ben Cabango of Swansea City partnering former Tottenham Hotspur defender Joe Rodon in the middle of the Wales backline.
It was to be a good night at the office, as Davies’ side completely dominated the game, picking up a 1-0 victory for their efforts, thanks to a first half penalty from Harry Wilson, in one of the more one sided 1-0 wins you are likely to see.
As for Davies himself, it was an assuming but solid and dependable performance from the 31-year old, in a fairly typical Davies performance. The Spurs defender recorded; one clearance, two tackles, 87 touches of the ball, 62/71 passes completed, 3/5 ground duels won, and one foul drawn over the 90 minutes as he once again captained his country. That too, and a clean sheet to go with it. Not a bad night.
This result leaves Wales in second place in their group, two points below Turkey who scored a couple of late goals to secure a win at Iceland. As it stands, Bellamy’s side would currently play a play-off against a team that finish third in a group in league A of the nations league, with the winner of that tie being part of league A for the next iteration of the nations league.
Davies’ international break is now over, and he will return to North London in preparation for the weekends game.