Wales manager Ryan Giggs determined to win over doubters
Ryan Giggs is determined to win over his Wales doubters after acknowledging that the 2020 European Championship campaign will define his time as national-team manager.
Wales start their European Qualifiers at home to Slovakia on Sunday after Wednesday’s friendly with Trinidad & Tobago, with both games live on Sky Sports.
The jury is still out on Giggs’ 14 months in charge since he succeeded Chris Coleman. He has three wins, one draw and five defeats from his nine games in charge but Giggs has fast-tracked an exciting group of young players into the senior set-up.
The former Manchester United midfielder’s best result came in the 4-1 demolition of the Republic of Ireland in the Nations League last September but they could only finish second in their group behind Denmark.
Giggs said: „I put myself under pressure last year so whether it’s a honeymoon period or not, I’m not too sure.
„I put myself under pressure. That’s the only pressure I feel really. I think I will be judged on the qualifying games, I knew that going into the job.
„Getting Wales to a major championships, that’s how I will be judged.“
Coleman guided Wales to the semi-finals of Euro 2016, the country’s first appearance at a major tournament for 58 years.
But Coleman’s six-year stay came to an end after Wales failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, resigning in November 2017 to become Sunderland manager.
Giggs added: „People do expect (qualification), understandably because of what we achieved at Euro 2016. But it’s been once in 60 years, so we don’t qualify on a regular basis.
„That’s what my job is now to qualify or at least compete. We didn’t qualify for the World Cup, but we competed. In the past we nearly got somewhere and in the next campaign we were nowhere near.
„We want to be competing or getting close on a consistent basis. If we do that then we will get to more championships than not.“
Giggs’ commitment – or the perceived lack of it – has attracted criticism from some quarters in Wales given his ambassadorial, business and consultancy interests around the world.
The 45-year-old is involved with a football academy in Vietnam and is also an ambassador for the Champions League, as well as holding various commercial interests.
„My primary job is to get Wales to a European Championship,“ Giggs said ahead of Wednesday’s pre-Slovakia friendly with Trinidad and Tobago in Wrexham.
„Yes, I’ve got other commitments that the FAW (Football Association of Wales) knew before I took over.
„I’ve been to Vietnam, which gives me five days on the grass coaching, and I was in South Africa for three days as an ambassador for the Champions League.
„But I’m being introduced as the Welsh manager and that can only be good in my eyes.
„I have other commitments, but I take the job of managing Wales very seriously and I’m 100 per cent committed.“
Soccer Accumulator Bonus
Our fantastic Euro Soccer accumulator offer gives you the chance to earn a bonus of up to 100% on accumulators on the top domestic leagues in Europe along with the group and knockout stages of the Champions League.
This offer applies to returns on pre-match accumulators of 3 or more selections on Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for the English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga 1 or UEFA Champions League.
The maximum bonus that you can receive is ˆ100,000 or currency equivalent. The bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based .on the remaining active stake. If a qualifying bet is edited .using our Edit Bet feature. The bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply. Double Chance bets or combination bets with bonuses. Such as Lucky 15’s or Lucky .31’s do not apply for this offer.
If your bet is successful, we will add the following bonuses to your returns:
Bet Type Bonus
14-folds and upwards 100% bonus
Terms and Conditions
Applies to straight pre-match accumulator bets on the Full Time Result or Result/Both Teams To Score markets for UEFA Champions League, English Premier League, Italian Serie A, Spanish Primera Liga, German Bundesliga .1 or Australian A-League matches. Maximum bonus ˆ100,000 or currency equivalent. Soccer Accumulator Bonus does not apply to Double Chance bets or combination. bets with bonuses such as Lucky 15’s, Lucky 31’s etc.
If any selections are postponed/void then the bonus will still apply, but the percentage bonus added will reflect the actual number of winning selections. For example, an 8-fold accumulator with 7. winners and 1 postponed match will receive a 30% .bonus to returns.
The bonus part of your returns will be added to your account within 24 hours of your final selection having played.
This bonus will not apply where a stake has been fully Cashed Out. Where a stake has been partially Cashed Out, the bonus will be calculated based on the remaining active stake.
If a qualifying bet is edited using our Edit Bet feature, the bonus will be calculated based on the new stake. Where a bet has been edited to include or amend a selection for an event that is In-Play, the bonus will no longer apply.
Where any term of the offer or promotion is breached or there is any evidence of a series of bets placed by a customer or group of customers, which due to a deposit bonus, enhanced payments, free bets, risk free bets or any other promotional offer results in guaranteed customer profits irrespective of the outcome, whether individually or as part of a group, bet365 reserves the right to reclaim the bonus element of such offers and in their absolute discretion either settle bets at the correct odds, void the free and risk free. bets or void any bet funded by the deposit bonus.
In addition bet365 .reserve the right to levy an administration charge on the customer up to the value of the deposit bonus, free bet, risk free bet or additional payment to cover administrative costs. We further reserve the right to ask any customer to provide sufficient documentation for us to be satisfied in our absolute discretion as to the customer’s identity prior to us crediting any bonus, free bet, risk free bet or offer to their account.
All bet365 offers are intended for recreational players and bet365 may in its sole discretion limit the eligibility of customers to participate in all or part of any promotion.
.
