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Wilkinson says Wales have learned from their experience at Euro 2025, when they stuggled to make an impact against three of the world’s best teams – Netherlands, France and England.<\/p>\n
“I think we all learned a lot through the Euros – myself, my staff, the players,” she said. <\/p>\n
“Do I wish I’d coached differently? Parts of it, absolutely. I’m sure they (the players) look back on it and think like ‘what if, what if we could have…’ <\/p>\n
“But you don’t know until you’ve been to a major event what it’s going to be like, what the pressure feels like, what the stress feels like. <\/p>\n
“We talked about it, we prepared for it, and it still blew us away, but there’s confidence that comes from having done it. <\/p>\n
“I also look at our last Nations League A campaign – two draws against Sweden, but also keeping the scores really competitive against some top nations.”<\/p>\n
Wales will have to improve their away form if they are to get through the play-offs and make it to Brazil.<\/p>\n
Wilkinson’s side sailed through their home qualifiers, with a 6-1 mauling of Montenegro, a 4-0 romp past Albania and a 3-1 win over Czech Republic to wrap up the group.<\/p>\n
On the road, however, they were fortunate to salvage a draw in the Czech Republic in their opening qualifier in March, then scraped a 1-0 victory in Albania before a shock 1-1 draw in Montenegro in the penultimate match.<\/p>\n
“We were a bit frustrated when we played Albania away (in April), but this is a good opportunity to improve our performance against a challenging opposition,” said Wilkinson. <\/p>\n
“I thought (Albania) played really well in that second leg, so they’ll be tough. It’ll be a good tactical battle between them and us, and who’s learnt the most. <\/p>\n
“It was obvious from our campaign that our away form wasn’t what we wanted it to be. There’s definitely some work to be done away from home.<\/p>\n
“It’s about showing up with the best version of ourselves.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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