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TONIGHT’S MATCH BRINGS AN END TO A QUALIFYING HENO, DAW YMGYRCH RAGBROFOL A DDECHREUODD GYDA CAMPAIGN THAT STARTED WITH A 3-0 WIN OVER BUDDUGOLIAETH 3-0 DROS Y SWISTIR YM MIS MEDI’R SWITZERLAND BACK IN SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR. LLYNEDD I BEN.

Although qualification for the finals in Italy next summer has Er na lwyddodd tîm Rob Page i gyrraedd y rowndiau terfynol yn yr eluded Rob Page’s side, the manager has challenged his players Eidal yr haf nesaf, mae’r rheolwr wedi herio ei chwaraewyr i orffen to finish the campaign in the same way they started it. “We want yr ymgyrch yn yr un ffordd a ddechreuon nhw. “Rydym ni eisiau to finish on a high and we want to finish as far up the group as gorffen yn gryf ac mor uchel i fyny’r grŵp ag sy’n bosibl,” meddai we can,” said Page when he announced his squad for the final Page pan gyhoeddodd ei garfan ar gyfer y ddwy gêm derfynol two games recently. “We’re not going into these last two games yn ddiweddar. “Dydyn ni ddim yn mynd i mewn i’r ddwy gêm olaf with the negativity that we can’t qualify, we’re going to go in gan feddwl yn negyddol na fedrwn ni gymhwyso, rydym ni am and give it our best shot to get maximum points. Of course, fynd mewn a rhoi o’n gorau i gael pob pwynt posibl. Wrth gwrs, we’re disappointed not to qualify, but with the players that we’ve rydym ni’n siomedig nad ydym ni wedi cymhwyso, ond gyda’r developed within the last 12 months, it bodes well for the future. chwaraewyr rydym ni wedi’u datblygu dros y 12 mis diwethaf, There’s far more positives than negatives to take from the mae’n argoeli’n dda ar gyfer y dyfodol. Mae llawer mwy o bethau whole campaign.” cadarnhaol na negyddol i gymryd o’r ymgyrch gyfan.”

Tyler Roberts, David Brooks and George Thomas scored the goals Sgoriodd Tyler Roberts, David Brooks a George Thomas yn erbyn against Switzerland on that night in Biel, and Page highlighted y Swistir ar y noson honno yn Biel, a thynnodd Page sylw at y the match when reflecting on the campaign. “I was really pleased gêm wrth adlewyrchu ar yr ymgyrch. “Ro’n i’n falch iawn gyda’r with that game,” he added. “We could have scored five on another gêm honno,” ychwanegodd. “Bydden ni wedi gallu sgorio pump day, and what a statement that was. They have one of the most ar ddiwrnod arall, cystal oedd ein chwarae. Mae ganddyn nhw un respected youth policies in world football, so to go and do that o’r polisïau ieuenctid mwyaf uchel ei barch ym mhêl-droed y byd, was a great start. It would have been nice to come away from felly roedd mynd a chyflawni hynny yn ddechrau gwych. Byddai that and rest the players, but we didn’t have that luxury. We went wedi bod yn dda dod yn ôl a gorffwyso’r chwaraewyr, ond doedd straight into a tough game against Portugal, which was their first gennym ni ddim y dewis hwnnw. Aethom ni’n syth i mewn i gêm game, and we lost and got played off the park. But they are an galed yn erbyn Portiwgal, eu gêm gyntaf nhw, a chael ein chwarae outstanding team, so we had to take that one.” oddi ar y cae. Ond maen nhw’n dîm rhagorol, felly roedd yn rhaid i ni gymryd hynny.” Playing a home double-header at Bangor recently, the side claimed a 2-1 victory over Liechtenstein, and made sure Portugal Chwaraeodd y tîm ddwy gêm ym Mangor yn ddiweddar, gan didn’t have everything their own way, despite a 2-0 defeat. “I was hawlio buddugoliaeth 2-1 dros Liechtenstein, a llesteirio fymryn pleased with the two performances,” explained Page. “I thought ar Bortiwgal, er i Gymru golli 2-0. “Ro’n i’n hapus gyda’r ddau we could have had more goals against Liechtenstein, but they just berfformiad,” eglurodd Page. “Ro’n i’n meddwl y buasem ni wedi didn’t come. We created enough chances but our end product gallu sgorio rhagor o goliau yn erbyn Liechtenstein, ond daethon just wasn’t good enough. It was a different type of test against nhw ddim. Fe wnaethom ni greu digon o gyfleoedd ond doedd Portugal, but again I thought we created enough chances to win y cynnyrch terfynol ddim digon da. Roedd hi’n her wahanol yn the game. So it was frustrating.” erbyn Portiwgal, ond eto dwi’n meddwl wnaethon ni greu digon o gyfleoedd i ennill y gêm. Felly roedd hynny’n rhwystredig.”

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A SOLITARY GOAL FROM NICOLAS HAAS HANDED ROEDD UN GÔL GAN NICOLAS HAAS YN DDIGON I ROI’R SWITZERLAND THE PERFECT START TO THEIR QUALIFICATION DECHRAU GORAU I YMGYRCH RAGBROFOL Y SWISTIR WRTH CAMPAIGN AS THEY DEFEATED BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 1-0 IDDYN NHW DRECHU BOSNIA A HERZEGOVINA 1-0 YN BIEL YN IN BIEL BACK IN JUNE LAST YEAR. ÔL YM MIS MEHEFIN Y LLYNEDD.

However, they failed to build on the result against Wales at the Ond ni lwyddon nhw i adeiladu ar y canlyniad hwn yn erbyn Cymru same stadium in September as Rob Page’s side emerged with an yn yr un stadiwm ym mis Medi wrth i garfan Rob Page gipio impressive 3-0 victory. A few days later, the side made the journey buddugoliaeth 3-0 benigamp. Ychydig ddyddiau’n ddiweddarach, to Romania as they looked to get their campaign back on track, but teithiodd y tîm i Rwmania mewn ymdrech i roi’r ymgyrch yn ôl ar y despite taking the lead through Dimitri Oberlin, they had to settle llwybr llwyddo, ond er iddynt fynd ar y blaen drwy Dimitri Oberlin, for a share of the points. The two sides met again the following rhaid oedd rhannu’r pwyntiau yn y pen draw. Daeth y ddwy ochr month, and this time it was Romania who took maximum points in benben eto fis yn ddiweddarach, a’r tro hwn Rwmania fachodd y Lugano as the visitors claimed a 2-0 win. The side regrouped a few pwyntiau i gyd yn Lugano wrth i’r ymwelwyr hawlio buddugoliaeth days later, and a brace from Marvin Spielmann either side of half-time 2-0. Ail-grwpiodd y garfan ychydig ddyddiau’n ddiweddarach, ac ensured a comfortable 2-0 win over Liechtenstein, before a goal roedd dwy gôl gan Marvin Spielmann bob ochr i’r hanner amser yn from Ulisses Garcia proved to be nothing more than a consolation ddigon i sicrhau buddugoliaeth gyfforddus 2-0 dros Liechtenstein. for Switzerland in November in Portugal, as the hosts claimed a 2-1 Roedd gôl gan Ulisses Garcia yn ddim mwy na gôl gysur i’r Swistir victory. The new year started in a similar fashion as Portugal claimed ym Mhortiwgal ym mis Tachwedd, wrth i’r tîm cartref ennill y gêm a 4-2 win in Neuchatel, Djibril Sow and Eray Comert scoring for the 2-1. Yr un oedd yr hanes yn y flwyddyn newydd wrth i Bortiwgal home side, and the dip in form continued in September as Bosnia hawlio buddugoliaeth 4-2 yn Neuchatel, gyda Djibril Sow ac Eray and Herzegovina avenged their defeat at the start of the campaign Comert yn sgorio i’r tîm cartref, a pharhau i waethygu a wnaeth eu by scoring three without reply in Zenica. However, Switzerland will perfformiad ym mis Medi wrth i Bosnia a Herzegovina ddial am eu take positives from their penultimate match against Liechtenstein colled ar ddechrau’r ymgyrch drwy sgorio tair yn Zenica i’w gwneud recently, as goals from Joao Oliveira, Spielmann and Comert made hi’n 3-0. Fodd bynnag, bydd gan y Swistir ambell i elfen gadarnhaol for a convincing 3-0 win. i adlewyrchu arnynt o’u gêm olaf ond un yn erbyn Liechtenstein yn ddiweddar, wrth i goliau gan Joao Oliveira, Spielmann a Comert roi iddynt fuddugoliaeth 3-0 gadarn.

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www.faw.cymru 5 GEORGE THOMAS GOAL 90+1’ SWITZERLAND 0-3 WALES BIEL, SWITZERLAND 1.09.2017

TYLER ROBERTS GOAL 7’ SWITZERLAND 0-3 WALES BIEL, SWITZERLAND 1.09.2017

6 www.faw.cymru FOCUS ON WALES – THE STORY SO FAR BWRW GOLWG GOAL 90+1’ SWITZERLAND 0-3 WALES BIEL, SWITZERLAND 1.09.2017 DROS GYMRU – YR HANES HYD YN HYN

GOALS FROM TYLER ROBERTS, DAVID BROOKS AND DECHREUODD YMGYRCH Y DREIGIAU YN Y FFORDD ORAU GEORGE THOMAS HANDED WALES THE PERFECT START TO BOSIBL DIOLCH I GOLIAU GAN TYLER ROBERTS, DAVID BROOKS THE QUALIFYING CAMPAIGN LAST SEPTEMBER IN BIEL AS ROB A GEORGE THOMAS FIS MEDI DIWETHAF YN BIEL, WRTH I DÎM PAGE’S SIDE CLAIMED AN IMPRESSIVE 3-0 VICTORY ROB PAGE HAWLIO BUDDUGOLIAETH WEFREIDDIOL 3-0 DROS OVER SWITZERLAND. Y SWISTIR.

However, a 2-0 defeat to Portugal a few days highlighted the size Fodd bynnag, ar ôl colli 2-0 i Bortiwgal ychydig ddyddiau’n of the task ahead, but the side responded with a 3-1 win away to ddiweddarach, daeth y dasg o’u blaenau yn amlwg. Er hynny, Liechtenstein in October. Two home qualifiers in November would ymatebodd y tîm gyda buddugoliaeth 3-1 oddi cartref i Liechtenstein shape the remainder of the campaign, but a heavy 4-0 defeat to ym mis Hydref. Byddai dwy gêm ragbrofol gartref ym mis Tachwedd Bosnia and Herzegovina proved disappointing. A 0-0 draw with yn llywio gweddill yr ymgyrch, ond siom a gafwyd yn dilyn crasfa Romania restored some pride and optimism for the remaining 4-0 gan Bosnia a Herzegovina. Llwyddodd y tîm i adennill ychydig fixtures, but a 1-0 defeat against Bosnia and Herzegovina in Zenica o falchder ac optimistiaeth ar gyfer gweddill y gemau gyda gêm back in March followed. Recently the side returned to Bangor City gyfartal 0-0 yn erbyn Rwmania, ond daeth colled arall 1-0 yn erbyn for a double-header against Liechtenstein and Portugal. Two goals Bosnia a Herzegovina yn Zenica yn ôl ym mis Mawrth. Yn ddiweddar, from Thomas earned a 2-1 win over Liechtenstein, but Page’s young dychwelodd y tîm i Fangor i chwarae dwy gêm yn erbyn Liechtenstein side couldn’t stop a talented Portuguese outfit leaving with a 2-0 a Phortiwgal. Daeth dwy gôl gan Thomas i guro Liechtenstein 2-1, win ahead of their final two games. However, while the elevation ond Portiwgal oedd yn fuddugol unwaith eto yn yr ail gêm, gan guro of a number of players to the senior side has left Page with limited Cymru 2-0 cyn y ddwy gêm derfynol. Fodd bynnag, gyda llawer resources, the benefits of providing a player pathway to ’ o chwaraewyr wedi’u dyrchafu i’r tîm cyntaf, prin yw’r adnoddau senior squad will prove to be the real success story of this campaign. sydd ar gael i Page erbyn hyn. Mae’n debyg mai manteision cynnig llwybr i chwaraewyr at dîm cyntaf Ryan Giggs fydd gwir lwyddiant yr ymgyrch hon.

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SWITZERLAND 0-3 WALES Y SWISTIR 0-3 CYMRU

BIEL, SWITZERLAND BIEL, Y SWISTIR 1ST SEPTEMBER 2017 1 MEDI 2017

WALES STARTED THE QUALIFYING AM DDECHRAU I GYMRU YN Y TISSOT CAMPAIGN IN INCREDIBLE STYLE AT THE ARENA FIS MEDI DIWETHAF! DAETH TISSOT ARENA LAST SEPTEMBER AS BUDDUGOLIAETH 3-0 GADARN ODDI ROB PAGE’S SIDE FOLLOWED ON FROM CARTREF I DÎM ROB PAGE, A HYNNY YN THEIR IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCES AT DILYN EU PERFFORMIAD TRAWIADOL THE TOULON TOURNAMENT TO CLAIM A YN NHWRNAMAINT TOULON. RESOUNDING 3-0 WIN OVER THE HOSTS. Yr ergydiwr Tyler Roberts a sgoriodd gyntaf Striker Tyler Roberts opened the scoring ar ôl saith munud yn unig. Aeth Cymru after just seven minutes to set the tone for ymhellach ar y blaen diolch i David Brooks ar the evening, and David Brooks increased the ôl 27 munud gyda chwip o ergyd a wibiodd lead after 27 minutes with a fine finish past heibio’r gôl-geidwad Gregor Kobel. goalkeeper Gregor Kobel. Er i’r tîm cartref ganfod eu ffordd yn ôl i’r Although the home side came back into the gêm yn yr ail hanner, llwyddodd Cymru i ddal match in the second half, Wales defended yn gryf yn eu gafael ar y fantais, gan fanteisio their lead impressively, and exploited the ar y gofod yn amser anafiadau wrth i George space in injury time as George Thomas Thomas ychwanegu trydydd o ongl dynn added the third from a tight angle. “We were iawn. “Roedden ni’n wych yn erbyn y Swistir,” excellent against Switzerland,” explained eglurodd Roberts ar ôl y gêm. “Roedden ni Roberts after the match. “We showed all of ar ein gorau, gan ddangos ein bod yn gallu our qualities there and we showed why we’re cyflawni yn y grŵp yma. Nawr mae gofyn i ni contenders to get through this group. Now adeiladu ar hynny.” we need to build on that.”

WALES U21: Pilling (G), Coxe, Abbruzzese, CYMRU DAN 21: Pilling (G), Coxe, Poole, Rodon (C), Mepham, Thomas, M Abbruzzese, Poole, Rodon (C), Mepham, Smith, Roberts (T Harris 83’), Brooks (J Thomas, M Smith, Roberts (T Harris 83’), Evans 90+2’), James (Broadhead 65’). Brooks (J Evans 90+2’), James (Broadhead SUBS NOT USED: O Evans (G), Cullen, 65’). EILYDDION NA DDEFNYDDIWYD: DaSilva, C Harries, L Thomas (G). O Evans (G), Cullen, DaSilva, C Harries, L Thomas (G).

8 www.faw.cymru LATEST FROM THE INTERMEDIATE TEAMS Y DIWEDDARAF GAN Y TIMAU CANOLRADD

THE UNDER-17 TEAM HAVE BEEN COMPETING IN THEIR UEFA QUALIFYING GROUP OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST WEEK AND TAKE ON HOST NATION PORTUGAL TODAY FOLLOWING THEIR PREVIOUS EARLIER GAMES AGAINST BELARUS AND KAZAKHSTAN AS THEY LOOK TO EARN A PLACE AT THE 2019 FINALS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE REPUBLIC MEETINGS OF IRELAND.

The side warmed-up for the fixtures by competing at the Telki Cup in Hungary back GEMAU in August, drawing 2-2 with the hosts after suffering defeats against the Czech Republic and Croatia.

Meanwhile, Wales will host the UEFA Under- BLAENOROL 19 Group 4 qualifiers next month ahead of the 2019 Championship finals that will take place in Armenia. Paul Bodin’s side will take on Scotland, Sweden and San Marino with fixtures to be played at Rhyl and Bangor City. In preparation for the mini-tournament, the side competed at the Slovakia Cup earlier this year, and yesterday faced Poland at Bangor City. Last month the side also played the Republic of Ireland twice, winning the opening match in Langford 1-0, before losing the second 2-0 in Galway.

MAE’R TÎM DAN 17 WEDI BOD YN CYSTADLU YN EU GRŴP RHAGBROFOL AR GYFER UEFA DROS YR WYTHNOS DDIWETHAF.

Heddiw, maent yn herio Portiwgal yn dilyn eu gemau blaenorol yn erbyn Belarus a Kazakhstan wrth iddynt geisio ennill eu lle yn rowndiau terfynol 2019 a fydd yn digwydd yng Ngweriniaeth Iwerddon. Aeth y tîm ati i baratoi ar gyfer y gemau drwy gystadlu yng Nghwpan Telki yn Hwngari yn ôl ym mis Awst, a chael gêm gyfartal 2-2 gyda’r tîm cartref ar ôl colli yn erbyn y Weriniaeth Tsiec a Croatia.

Yn y cyfamser, bydd Cymru yn cynnal gemau rhagbrofol Grŵp 4 Dan 19 UEFA fis nesaf cyn Pencampwriaeth 2019 a fydd yn cael ei gynnal yn Armenia. Bydd tîm Paul Bodin yn herio’r Alban, Sweden a San Marino gyda gemau i’w chwarae yn y Rhyl a Dinas Bangor. I baratoi ar gyfer y twrnamaint mini, roedd y tîm yn cystadlu yng Nghwpan Slofacia yn gynharach eleni, a ddoe fe wynebon nhw Wlad Pwyl ym Mangor. Fis yn ôl chwaraeodd y tîm yn erbyn Gweriniaeth Iwerddon ddwywaith, gan ennill y gêm agoriadol yn Langford 1-0, cyn colli’r ail 2-0 yn Galway.

www.faw.cymru 9 WHEN FLYNN’S YOUNG DRAGONS PUSHED ENGLAND ALL THE WAY DREIGIAU IFANC FLYNN YN GWTHIO LLOEGR YR HOLL FFORDD

IT WAS A DECADE AGO THIS MONTH THAT WALES CAME DEGAWD YN ÔL FIS YMA, DAETH CYMRU YN AGOS AT CLOSE TO QUALIFYING FOR THE UEFA U21 FINALS AS BRIAN GYRRAEDD ROWNDIAU TERFYNOL DAN 21 UEFA WRTH I FLYNN’S TALENTED YOUNG SQUAD FOUND THEMSELVES UP GARFAN IFANC DALENTOG BRIAN FLYNN GANFOD EU HUNAIN AGAINST RIVALS ENGLAND IN THE DECISIVE TWO-LEGGED YN ERBYN EU GELYNION PENNAF, LLOEGR YN Y DDWY GÊM AIL- PLAY-OFF TIE. GYFLE DYNGEDFENNOL.

Managed by former defender Stuart Pearce, England went into the Gyda’r cyn amddiffynnwr Stuart Pearce wrth y llyw, Lloegr oedd y 1st leg at Ninian Park as favourites, but didn’t have things their own ffefrynnau cyn y cymal cyntaf ym Mharc Ninian, ond Cymru oedd way until Gabriel Agbonlahor scored what would eventually prove to yn rhagori tan i Gabriel Agbonlahor sgorio’r gôl fuddugol ar yr awr be the winner on the hour mark to seal the 3-2 win. Simon Church i gadarnhau’r fuddugoliaeth 3-2. Roedd Simon Church wedi rhoi had put Wales ahead, but David Wheater and Adam Johnson swung Cymru ar y blaen, ond sgoriodd David Wheater ac Adam Johnson i the game back in England’s favour. However, Church grabbed his roi’r gêm yn ôl yn nwylo Lloegr. Yna, sgoriodd Church ei ail ychydig second of the match just before half-time, but it was England who cyn hanner amser, ond Lloegr a fyddai’n hawlio’r fantais cyn yr ail would claim the advantage ahead of the return match at Villa Park. gymal yn Villa Park.

An early free-kick from Tom Huddlestone eased the nerves for Daeth cic rydd gynnar gan Tom Huddlestone i leddfu nerfau Lloegr England as the two teams met for a second time, but goals from wrth i’r ddau dîm gwrdd am yr ail dro, ond daeth goliau gan Aaron and Church put Wales ahead after 28 minutes, and Ramsey a Church i roi Cymru ar y blaen ar ôl 28 munud, ac yn gyfartal level on aggregate. However, an own goal from Sam Vokes before dros y ddwy gêm. Ond, sgoriodd Sam Vokes i’w rwyd ei hun cyn half-time restored England’s advantage. The game ended 2-2 hanner amser i roi’r fantais i Loegr unwaith eto. Daeth y gêm i ben to hand England a place in the finals of the tournament with an 2-2 gyda Lloegr yn ennill y lle yn rowndiau terfynol y twrnamaint gyda incredible 5-4 win on aggregate, but it was the pride and potential buddugoliaeth 5-4 anhygoel dros y ddau gymal, ond roedd y balchder in a Wales team boasting a host of future senior internationals that a’r potensial o weld sêr dyfodol y tîm cyntaf yn cynnig gobaith i offered hope and optimism for the future. gefnogwyr Cymru.

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