Chelsea loanee Ethan Ampadu has received huge praise from his national team boss Ryan Giggs. The Wales national team boss was full of praise for Ampadu after his impressive performance in midfield against Azerbaijan last Friday.
The Euro 2016 semi-finalists kept their hopes of qualifying for Euro 2020 alive with a 2-1 defeat of Azerbaijan in Cardiff thanks to a late winner from Gareth Bale.
The 18-year-old who turns 19 this month and is on loan at Bundesliga club RB Leipzig looked composed in the middle of the park distributing the ball comfortably. Ryan Giggs heaped praise on Ampadu despite a less than impressive performance by his team.
“He’s hardly played in seven or eight months and puts in a mature performance like that,” Giggs said in his post-match press conference.
“It’s best how to manage Ethan. It’s very tough for him to get through ninety minutes. It’s the fittest he’s been for a long time.
“He’s a future leader and it’s great to see him get minutes on the pitch. It’s my hope that he’ll get more games and he’ll get better.”
Wales are fourth in Group E and face a tough challenge to qualify for the 2020 European championship and now prepare to face Belarus in a friendly on Monday night before a crucial slate of Euro 2020 qualifiers next month which will see them travel to Slovakia before hosting group leaders Croatia three days later.
