Kevin Ratcliffe on Wales v San Marino

By Kevin Ratcliffe Former Wales and Everton captain

Wales got the result they wanted against San Marino, but the second half performance left a lot to be desired.

We completely dominated the first half and created great chances. It was a very professional performance, but the second half was totally unprofessional.

They didn't show the aptitude or desire to score. And that's the most disappointing aspect of the game because there were plenty more goals there for us.

I could see Toshack shaking his head on the touchline because he was obviously wasn't happy Kevin Ratcliffe

We started sloppy in the second half and never really progressed from there.

We were fortunate to get the penalty and then simply didn't create too many chances.

We should have threatened the San Marino goal much more and I think John Toshack will be very disappointed with the second half display.

We failed to break them down because the ball wasn't move around quickly enough.

That's how you create space against teams like San Marino who put everybody behind the ball.

But we gave them enough time to get themselves goal-side of the Wales players and made it easier for them to mark players.

We were playing far too often in straight lines - you've got to attack teams diagonally.

And the major problem was that the players who were influential in the first half just didn't perform in the second half.

Jason Koumas was very sloppy. Almost every time he tried to lay off a first-time ball, it ended up 10 feet in the air so the ball took those crucial extra few seconds to reach the intended target.

He moved well across the pitch in the first half, but in the second half he moved just a little bit more than the referee - and that wasn't a lot.

He's got so much quality on the ball, but he has to start creating space for himself by being more difficult to pick up.

I could see Toshack shaking his head on the touchline because he was obviously wasn't happy.

If we want to get a result against the Czech Republic in June then we've got to be much better than that.

I know it'll be a totally different match because we'll be up against far superior quality.

But there were times even against San Marino where we gave them the kind of space that better teams would have exploited.