Italy, who had eked out a 2-1 win over Azerbaijan last Friday, relied on a goal from Graziano Pelle on his debut to scrape a 1-0 victory over minnows Malta. Wales, who have not been at a major finals
since the 1958 World Cup, overcame being reduced to ten men to edge Cyprus 2-1 in Cardiff and hold a one point lead over Israel, who beat Andorra 4-1, in Group B.
"When I saw the red card I thought it had killed us, " Wales coach Chris Coleman said. "We never had determination in the last campaign, we were too soft. We are a different group of people this time, the players have really matured.
"Their respective victories gave them some breathing space over two of the favourites
to qualify from the group World Cup qualifiers Bosnia and Herzegovina and Belgium, who drew 1-1.
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