Davies sees 'exciting times' ahead for Wales

Veteran defender Ben Davies believes location are "exciting times" up for Wales nether caller caput coach Craig Bellamy.

Davies, 31, captained Wales successful their 2-1 Nations League triumph successful Montenegro connected Monday to supply Bellamy pinch a four-point return from his first 2 matches successful charge.

Following a much-praised goalless tie pinch Turkey astatine Cardiff City Stadium connected Friday, Wales raced into a two-goal lead wrong 3 minutes successful rain-sodden Niksic.

They past showed gritty determination to spell pinch their attacking intent, hanging connected successful conditions Bellamy described arsenic nan "toughest" he had ever encountered.

And Davies, who was a cardinal portion of nan squad which reached nan semi-finals of Euro 2016, thinks nan early looks bright.

"It's a awesome commencement and I deliberation we tin really footwear connected arsenic a team," said nan Spurs player.

"We've worked hard; aft that 1 week of moving together we saw nan results that we had successful nan performance. It's very breathtaking times."

Bellamy has demanded precocious standards and an adventurous style from nan squad he inherited from Robert Page, who was sacked successful July.

That affirmative cognition saw Kieffer Moore put Wales up aft conscionable 37 seconds successful Montenegro, earlier Harry Wilson doubled their lead pinch a fabulous 25-yard onslaught 2 minutes later.

But it was their battling qualities that impressed nan caller boss, pinch Bellamy declaring: "I'm highly proud. I emotion this group, I really do."

"He [Bellamy] was very happy," added Davies.

"I deliberation successful games for illustration that it becomes a spot much of a conflict than astir nan value that we are tin of.

"That's what we did tonight; we fought, we gave our all. It was beautiful reliable conditions but sometimes you get conscionable arsenic overmuch enjoyment retired of getting done those."

The crippled was primitively scheduled for Montenegro's superior Podgorica but was moved because of a sub-standard transportation astatine nan National Stadium.

However, while Niksic's City Stadium looked a overmuch amended aboveground pre-match, it soon deteriorated successful torrential rain.

Davies believes nan consequence shows nan characteristic and togetherness successful nan squad.

"There's astir apt a cardinal things we could person travel up pinch that were against america tonight," said Davies.

"On insubstantial group mightiness opportunity we're favourites and whitethorn person amended players but nan reality is erstwhile you travel to places for illustration this they are immoderate of nan hardest games you'll play.

"It's nan conditions, it's nan atmosphere, it's nan travel, it's each against you astatine times.

"But I deliberation arsenic a group we made a pact to opportunity that we aren't going to person immoderate excuses and earlier we sewage present we were fresh for nan fight.

"You could spot by nan measurement we started we came retired pinch loads of energy, we moreover tried to play immoderate shot successful a akin measurement to what we did nan different day, but I deliberation we soon realised nan conditions weren't really location for that and we had to accommodate and that's what we did."