Bale opened the scoring for Wales inside two minutes

Bale was named in the starting lineup for the game by new Wales boss Ryan Giggs and whilst that was little surprise given his importance to his national team, he lined up in an unfamiliar centre forward role.

 

22 March 2018

The Real Madrid star quickly showed Giggs that he is perfectly capable of playing up front as he found the net with less than two minutes played.

The forward gathered the ball deep and drove for goal, shifting the ball past his man on the outside and onto his favoured left foot before sliding an effort into the top corner from 12 yards to get the Giggs era underway in earnest.

 

22 March 2018