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The recent international break highlighted the quality and depth of talent in both England and Wales, offering a glimpse of the future for both national sides.
England delivered a dominant 5–0 World Cup qualifying victory over Serbia, blending experience with emerging talent.
Wales, under Craig Bellamy, also showcased emerging stars.
Dylan Lawlor, a 19-year-old Cardiff City academy product, made a commanding debut at centre-back against Kazakhstan, earning man-of-the-match.

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00:00The recent international break highlighted the quality and depth of talent in both England
00:08and Wales, offering a glimpse of the future for both national sides.
00:14England delivered a 5-0 dominant win over Serbia, blending experience with emerging
00:20talent as Tottenham's Jeth Spence made history as the first Muslim to earn a senior England
00:25cap, coming on in the 69th minute.
00:28His debut was celebrated as a landmark moment for British Muslims in football.
00:33Alongside him, Captain Harry Kane opened the scoring, Noni Madiweke netted his first international
00:38goal and defender Ezra Konsa and Mark Gahey also scored, while Marcus Rashford finished
00:44the victory with a late penalty.
00:47The blend of youth and experience illustrated England's ability to integrate promising talents
00:52while maintaining a strong competitive squad.
00:55No, I never set limits to my thoughts, we played the game how it plays out and we were
01:01very strong.
01:02I think it was teamwork in its purest form, we helped each other out, we had the right intensity,
01:09in the right moments we put the work in to not allow one shot on target for a strong home
01:15team and if you want to do this you need to support each other, you need to play disciplined
01:21and keep the intensity up.
01:24This is what we did and players did excellent, so full credit to the team, we had, I told
01:29you before, we had a brilliant week from start to finish and this was the proof of it.
01:36We've spoken a lot about your religion and how important that is to you and we understand
01:40you're the first Muslim player to play for the men's senior England team.
01:45How proud are you of that?
01:46Yeah, it's a blessing, it's great and it's good to make history and hopefully it inspires
01:52young kids around the world that they can make it as well, they can do what I'm doing so
01:57on a debut where you win 5-0 away at a team like Serbia.
02:01Yeah, they're strong things to break down but the boys had a good performance and we
02:06break them down well and got five goals, so yeah, I'm happy.
02:10Efficiency, being involved in goals with assists and finishes and goals, so that's why I'm
02:17very happy today because he played with the hunger and with the directness and on top
02:23of it, he needs to stay focused and I'm the most happy about his attitude today, the reaction
02:30after the ball losses, the work that he put in to help Riese, because we played a back
02:35four against the back five, so to help against the wing-backs and to push forward again into
02:41pressing.
02:42The work rate is what I like the most in his performance today and from there he's fast,
02:52he's direct and he likes to dribble, that's what we want from him.
02:58Wales under Craig Bellamy also showcased emerging stars Dylan Lawler and 19-year-old Cardiff City
03:03Academy product made a commanding debut at centre-back against Kazakhstan, earning it man of the
03:09match.
03:10Joel Colwell, another promising youngster, received his first senior call-up and was
03:15included off the bench in their friendly in Swansea against Canada.
03:20The insanity of the transfer market, the window, we didn't see until Monday night and they've
03:30had very little training for four or five days, some of them even a week leading into it.
03:36We have one training session because we travelled on a Tuesday and then game.
03:41It's like, that was new, that was really new.
03:45As much as you want to be prepared for it, I found that different, really different.
03:51But this has been nice because we got back here Friday late and now we've had Saturday,
04:00Sunday, today.
04:01So that's been, it's been nice to get some training into them because a lot of our players
04:06as well haven't been training, not just playing, but haven't been training.
04:12So due to one or two circumstances, which happens this time of year.
04:17So, yeah, this has been, it's been nice leading into this game.
04:22So, but yeah, we've all come through it fine.
04:26We're all good.
04:28The international break reinforced a key trend as both nations are successfully integrating
04:33young homegrown talent with established internationals, ensuring strong performances
04:38and a promising pipeline of players for the future.
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