WALES WINSAfter drawing five of its six qualifiers, Wales won again when it mattered on Saturday. After the World League we all were very disappointed so we clearly changed a couple of things in our approach and the boys adapted fantastically to that. The home victory gave Albania 12 points, four behind the Italians. he “Pista Magica”, the Mercedes driver conjured up a lap worthy of the great German rainmaster himself. Gareth Bale also went close with a left-foot shot to ignite a crowd desperate to see a rerun of Wales’ Euro 2016 heroics. “It was a brilliant lap, after a session where he was the quickest man throughout, and it was . I think after 34 years, we had a first medal at a big FIH tournament when we won the bronze in the World League in 2015. Yacine Brahimi’s long-range shot put Algeria back in the game early in the second half. Algeria is eight points behind runaway group leader Nigeria with three games remaining in qualifying. 5 finisher in a home-and-home playoff in November for another berth, which could mean a trip to Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia or Australia, or perhaps a match against Syria in Malaysia.