Bruised Giggs ready for Russian rematch

RYAN GIGGS considers the horror assault that almost wrecked his season, “one of the worst” he has ever had to withstand in nearly 15 years as a professional.

And as the magnitude of the Welsh performance in the ferociously partisan Lokomotiv Stadium in Moscow began to sink in, Giggs also accused of using his elbow in the mayhem that followed was still darkly brooding about the incident that was the flash point of their Euro 2004 play-off first leg.

Having witnessed his career from his days as a 15-year-old for Salford Schools, it is hard to remember Giggs 30 at the end of the month looking so angry.