Mark Hughes' side failed to pick up the point they needed that would have almost certainly booked a play-off place for the finals in Portugal when they were unluckily beaten by Serbia & Macedonia on Wednesday night.
Now the Welsh have to travel to play Italy in Rome on September 6th in the hope of getting a result that will keep them in contention at the top of the Group 9 table, and Savage has been included in the 27-man squad named on Thursday afternoon.
Wales squad: Coyne, Crossley, Jones, Ward, Barnard, Delaney, Gabbidon, Melville, Page, Symons, Trollope, Weston, Davies, Giggs, Johnson, Koumas, Oster, Pembridge, Robinson, Savage, Speed, A Williams, Bellamy, Blake, Earnshaw, Hartson, N Roberts.
Group Nine:
Now the Welsh have to travel to play Italy in Rome on September 6th in the hope of getting a result that will keep them in contention at the top of the Group 9 table, and Savage has been included in the 27-man squad named on Thursday afternoon.
Wales squad: Coyne, Crossley, Jones, Ward, Barnard, Delaney, Gabbidon, Melville, Page, Symons, Trollope, Weston, Davies, Giggs, Johnson, Koumas, Oster, Pembridge, Robinson, Savage, Speed, A Williams, Bellamy, Blake, Earnshaw, Hartson, N Roberts.
Group Nine:
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Wales | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| Italy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 10 |
| Serbia & M | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Finland | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 4 |