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# Giggs has high hopes for Wales

Wales are currently top of Group B with fourteen points, three points clear of Belgium, with four games left to play – they are on course to qualify for the 2016 European Championship in France. Manchester United and Wales legend Ryan Giggs believes that his home country is the best team within their qualification group, reported by *Wales Online* writer *Steve Tucker*.

“I was impressed by the win over Belgium, but not surprised to be honest. The form Wales have shown in the group doesn’t make it a surprise really. Everyone in Wales is excited and just hoping and willing the lads on that we will get to a major tournament. I’m fairly confident, but I don’t want to jinx it as there are four games to go. They’ve got two away and two home so they have still got a long way, but they are in a great position and for me they look the best team in the group.”

Giggs believes that Wales look like a club side, possibly suggesting that their level of togetherness, work rate and trust in one another, is greater than most national sides, factors to why they’ve been so successful in the qualifiers.

“I don’t want to put too much pressure on them, but to me they look like a real team now. They look like a club side really. There’s young lads who have come through, there is experience too. They’ve got a good manager and, as I say, they are for me the best team in the group and they look like they can beat anyone both home and away.”

The Welsh Wizard, who achieved 64 caps and scored 12 goals during international duty, was unable to experience a major competition with his national team. He came close in two qualifiers; the World Cup 1994 and Euro 2004, but failed to reach the main stage of the competitions.

“I had a great playing career, I can’t complain, but to be honest, I would have loved to have played at a World Cup or European Championship.”

“You’ve got 22 players and if one is not playing, the other comes in and does equally a good job. Of course, there’s the likes of Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey, that’s different, but it really looks now like they are not fazed when they are missing a couple of players whereas before when that was the case we struggled.”