Bellamy was on one thing of a allure offensive when he confronted the media earlier than this fixture. There was to be a brand new and larger English viewers to see what the Welsh public had already witnessed: his evolution from a flamable, confrontational participant to a managed, deep-thinking coach.

This was the sternest examination to this point of that new picture.

He simmered on the Wembley touchline as he watched his crew fold obligingly within the face of torrential English strain.

Bellamy saved his cool on the floor however did he handle such calm within the altering room too?

“I fairly loved half-time,” he mentioned.

“I used to be like, ‘now we see’. What are we going to do?

“When these moments occur, it exhibits who you might be as a coach. You’ll be able to are available in balling and throwing stuff, however to who? It is unnecessary. Me, I am calm.

“This can be a second we have to relish. It isn’t gone properly for us, [so] how are we going to do one thing about it? Now we see who we’re. I like these moments.”

Bellamy is evident about how he desires his crew to play – urgent excessive, attacking each time attainable – however acknowledged that, on events like this in opposition to superior opposition, that won’t at all times be attainable.

“I take a look at England, their bodily profile, the pace, the duels. After all, it helps if you’ve bought quite a lot of gamers taking part in within the Champions League, however that is the place you need our gamers to be,” he mentioned.

“[For] the gamers, it is ‘that is the place we need to be’. However we additionally know, we’ve to be on the high of our sport to have the ability to play in opposition to all these nations.

“On Monday we’ve to be on the high of our sport.”