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World Cup Qualification UEFA / Matchday 3
Cardiff City Stadium / 09.10.2016
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Fraser Masefield

Updated 09/10/2016 at 18:04 GMT


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16.55
FIVE MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: The players are in the tunnel and making their way out onto the pitch. A huge game in a tight group coming right up.
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16.50
TEN MINUTES TO KICK-OFF: Wales have won six of their last 10 competitive matches, losing three and drawing one.
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16.45
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DANGER MAN: Gareth Bale has scored 24 goals for Wales, four behind Ian Rush's record mark.
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16.40
Georgia have won all three of their previous matches against Wales and have scored eight goals in three games against their oppoents, who have struck only once in those encounters.
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16.35
Chris Coleman cont: "Nobody wants to give you anything for nothing, we learned that in the last campaign when we drew here with Israel and we were waiting for the result from Cyprus and Belgium scored a late goal. But of course you look at results because of the table and the standings. We all know who's playing next and that's the excitement of it all."
16.30
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16.25
Chris Coleman: "Any success I have had has not happened overnight, the journey has never felt like me sitting in the back of a limousine sipping champagne. It has always been more like riding up a hill on a push bike and the chain has come off. It is those disappointments that bring you through. That is what hardens us to the situation we are in now."
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16.20
With the team news in, Wales renew acquaintances with Georgia minus midfield pair Aaron Ramsey and Joe Allen - the latter suffered a hamstring injury in Thursday's 2-2 draw with Austria and has returned to Stoke for treatment.
16.15
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Current manager Chris Coleman was in the Wales team when they lost 5-0 to Georgia in 1994.
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