Ryan Giggs suffered his first defeat as Welsh manager as Uruguay beat them 1-0 to win the China Cup in China. The Uruguayans were good value for their win and secured the Cup thanks to Edinson Cavani’s second half strike.

Bale, who had played 63 minutes of the first game against China where he scored a record breaking hat trick, played the full 90 here, but could not find an equaliser against Oscar Tabarez’s men.

The only previous meeting between Wales and Uruguay was back in 1986 and ended in a goalless draw.

Ryan Giggs began his reign as Wales manager with a 6-0 win over China in Nanning that saw Gareth Bale become the country’s top scorer. Bale, who had scored the first goal of two of the three previous managers before Giggs, also netted the first of the former Man Utd star’s era. This was also Bale’s first international hat trick and the first by a Welshman since Robert Earnshaw’s treble against Scotland back in 2004.

The 6-0 win was the biggest win on debut for any Welsh manager and was also the heaviest international defeat for China manager Marcelo Lippi’s career. Continue reading →