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Bellamy bemoans a repeat.


Germany 1 Wales 0

CRAIG BELLAMY For the rugby league football coach and former player, see .
Craig Douglas Bellamy (born July 13 1979 in Canton, Cardiff) is a Welsh international footballer. He currently plays for West Ham United in the Premier League.
 believes history had repeated itself after Wales lost 1-0 to Germany in their World Cup qualifier in Monchengladbach.

A second-half strike from Germany's Piotr Trochowski Piotr Trochowski (Born March 22, 1984 in Tczew, Poland) is a German footballer of Polish origin who currently is an attacking midfielder for Hamburger SV and Germany. He is known for his powerful shots.  broke the hearts of a brave Wales side in the Group Four qualifier in the Borussia Park Stadium.

Wales maybe feared a hammering against the Euro 2008 beaten finalists, but they mounted a fine defensive performance in the Borussia Park stadium.

The visitors' heroes were defenders James Collins James Collins may refer to:
  • James Collins, commander of HMS Meteor.
  • James Collins, footballer for West Ham United F.C. in London
  • James Collins, Irish politician and father of Gerard Collins
  • James Collins, British journalist
, in his first senior match for 11 months, Ashley Williams and Craig Morgan - but Germany had to fight all the way for the three points.

Wales also produced a strong performance in Russia last month but went down to a narrow defeat and Bellamy believes history had repeated itself.

He said: "It seems to be the same old story: we're doing well but that final little bit, we just seem to be falling short.

"We personally deserved a little bit more than that."

When asked what was missing, Bellamy continued: "A bit of experience but credit to them they kept going, they kept knocking at the door.

"We play as a team but it's a shame - it took something special to beat us "If you look at the table we've played two good games away from home but they have both ended up in defeat."
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Publication:Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Date:Oct 16, 2008
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