All in yellow Kazakhstan, 114th in the Fifa rankings, represented a banana skin on an artificial surface in Astana. Their last World Cup qualifying victory was almost 12 years ago, a narrow success against the Faroe Islands, but this was anything but a straightforward win for Wales.
By the end the chances were totting up, Craig Bellamy?s side clinging on with the Kazakhstan substitute Serizkhan Muzikov cracking the bar with a 95th-minute free-kick. The visitors were ultimately grateful for Kieffer Moore?s first-half winner, which was sufficient for a victory that keeps alive their hopes of automatic qualification from Group J.
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