WALES V URUGUAY

12:35pm UK time (7:35pm local time), Monday, March 26. Nanning Guangxi Sports Centre,

The China Cup final will be screened live on S4C with English commentary available. Coverage starts at 12.15pm. Alternatively, you can follow our live blog on Wales Online. Wales win in 90 minutes 3/1, Uruguay 19/20, Draw 12/5

The Real Madrid superstar travelled thousands of miles to join up with the national team and certainly made it worth his while, bagging a hat-trick in a record-breaking display against China. Don’t bet against him, whatever you do. For every Madrid star, you need a Barcelona rival to make things interesting and, in Suarez, Uruguay have a talisman to match Bale in terms of star quality. After scoring in the semi-final win over Czech Republic, the former Liverpool man will be hungry for more.

“It’ll be a big step-up because technically they (Uruguay) are very good and they’re one of the most experienced teams in the world, with a few players on 100 caps. They’re going to the World Cup, they’re a good team and they’ve got a manager who’s been there a long time also. We’ll definitely be up against it and we need to play like we did in the first game, if not better.”

The Welsh team have made remarkable progress in recent years and they have internationally renowned players. But this is an opportunity for us and the final won’t be an easy game. It will be a difficult test for us.”

Hennessey; Gunter, Chester, Williams, Davies; Allen, Evans; Woodburn, Wilson, Bale; Vokes.

Muslera; Varela, Godin, Coates, Laxalt; Bentancur, C.Sanchez; G.Ramirez, Stuani, Suarez, Cavani. all I can do. It’s not just me it’s the whole group of staff who are part of that, whether it be the medical team, or coaching staff, everyone’s involved in trying to win games.

“So there’s a lot of work behind the scenes that goes on. It’s not just myself, it’s not just the players, it is a lot of hard work. You have to do that to be successful.

“Your playing career can only get you so far, and then you have to do the right things when it comes to coaching.

“You can’t just rely on what you did in the past, you have to keep on improving, trying to be the best coach you can.”