BITS AND BOBS

"In the cold light of day, without looking inside his head, I think that he has made a mistake," said Cruyff, who played for and managed Barcelona. "He has taken a decision in the heat of the moment. With his track record of what he has achieved in France and England it only lacked a spell in Spain to give him the rubber stamp. This spell could have been at Barcelona."

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Ryan Giggs's scored the vital goal in his first away friendly in a Wales shirt in a 1-0 victory against a Basque National XI in Bilbao.