On a night when Wales supporters’ minds were understandably occupied with the goings-on in Croatia, a few more countries came into play. It is in Switzerland on Thursday where Wales will discover whether they host Iceland, Finland or Ukraine in a Euro 2024 qualifying playoff semi-final in March, the winner of that one facing either Poland or Estonia in the final five days later.
In the end, the inexplicable award of a second-half Turkey penalty, was irrelevant given Croatia held on against Armenia to leave Wales wondering what might have been. Somehow the VAR did not intervene. Yusuf Yazici scored from the spot to cancel out Neco Williams’s wonderful early opener on a fractious evening.
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