Wales 1-1 Czech Republic: Wayne Hennessey wins 100th cap in friendly draw

Wayne Hennessey celebrated 100 caps for Wales as their friendly with the Czech Republic ended in a draw in Cardiff.

Tomas Soucek's fine swivelled strike put the Czechs ahead before Rubin Colwill finished a swift team move to instantly level for Wales.

After a slow start, a much-changed Wales side created a flurry of second-half chances with Brennan Johnson impressing in attack.

Hennessey was then given a standing ovation when he was substituted.

The goalkeeper, who captained Wales for the night, also had his best friend in the squad Gareth Bale join in as the team's usual skipper made a late cameo appearance.

After last Thursday's momentous World Cup play-off semi-final win over Austria, this friendly was always likely to feel a little anticlimactic. As Wales manager Robert Page said himself, the important game was done.

But Hennessey's milestone at least gave the fixture some significance that would otherwise have been lacking.

This was the evening when Wales were meant to be playing their play-off final against Scotland or Ukraine, but because of Russia's invasion that semi-final had been postponed.

Wales instead arranged this fixture, with the Football Association of Wales donating profits from the game to the Disasters Emergency Committee Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal.

With the footballing stakes so low, Page made 10 changes to the team that beat Austria. While Bale was benched and Aaron Ramsey left out of the squad entirely, Hennessey was the only player to retain his place in a starting line-up in which none of the players had scored an international goal.

By contrast, the Czech Republic made only five changes from their 1-0 extra-time defeat against Sweden in Thursday's World Cup play-off semi-final.

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