Ryan Giggs inspired Wales to their second World Cup win in five days with a 2-0 win against an outclassed Azerbaijan at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
When Giggs says he is playing his best football for Wales, you fear for a poor side like Azerbaijan.
And the Wales skipper did not disappoint in this final World Cup group six qualifier.
Giggs chose his home city to produce a stunning free-kick and then a sensational run and curling effort for his second goal.
It is the first time he has ever scored twice a match for Wales and the first time he has netted in successive international appearances.
The Manchester United man barely had to break stride for this telling double, and his message to new boss John Toshack is that he is intent on making the new regime a success.
Defender Danny Collins won his third cap and his first appearance in the starting line-up, while David Vaughan was given an opportunity on the left and skipper Giggs playing in support of John Hartson.
Robert Earnshaw and Sam Ricketts were rested to the bench, while Cardiff goalkeeper Martyn Margetson was a last minute addition to the squad with both
Jason Brown and Lewis Price injured.
Brown had fractured a thumb while Price has added a finger injury to his hip problem, which meant Paul Jones won his 44th cap.
Just as Toshack had promised, there was clearly some mild experimentation as this bitterly disappointing campaign came to an end.
And Wales could not have had a better start, with the Azeris seemingly not having seen the video of Wales' win in Belfast on Saturday.
If they had, they would not have given away a soft free-kick on the edge of the box.
Against the Irish, Giggs stepped up to curl the ball home for the opener. And when Vuqar Guliyev brought down Vaughan in almost an identical position, there was only going to be one outcome.
Giggs left goalkeeper Dmitry Kramarenko flat-footed in the centre of the goal, with the ball nestling in the left of his net.
Crewe's Vaughan, who has spent a long time as a stand-by player waiting for his chance, caused problems every time he touched the ball.
He almost set up Simon Davies, before producing two calculated crosses from the left which gave Hartson chances.
But the visitors were not just around to defend, and when Farrukh Ismaylov threaded a neat ball into the six-yard box, Emin Imamaliyev thought he had scored with a crisp shot, but somehow Jones got his body in the way and the ball went over the bar.
Azerbaijan were quick on the break, and Danny Collins at left-back struggled to contain Zaur Tagizade down the right, and it needed cool work by Danny Gabbidon to pick off the runners from midfield.
Wales nearly scored again in the 26th minute when Richard Duffy set up Davies on the right for a cross that Carl Robinson nodded wide of the far post.
Carl Fletcher saw a snapshot saved while Hartson and James Collins both headed wide before Vaughan went even closer - driving Davies' cross against the foot of a post.
Giggs' crusade to reinvent Wales under Toshack took another turn six minutes into the second half when he struck a superb second goal.
He picked up the ball 40 yards out, cruised past Emin Agayev and Rashad Sadygov before cutting into the centre and leaving Ismaylov for dead before curling a stunning second into the top corner.
From this point, Wales were now in full control and embarked on a protracted keep-ball session which had the crowd roaring.
Vaughan was again key to much of the good work coming from Wales and pulled back another cross for Davies to hit wide, before Fletcher tried to get in on the act with an effort from the edge of the box which was short on accuracy.
Giggs started to attack on the left and fired in one searing ball which Kramarenko had to hurl himself at the feet of Hartson to avoid a third.
And after Ricketts had been blocked on the left, Giggs' free-kick was deflected wide from James Collins' header.
Sadygov looked to push down Giggs in the box as he went for a pass from Hartson - who was winning his 50th cap.
And in the 69th minute Wales were able to give 21 year-old Gillingham midfielder Andrew Crofts his Wales debut in place on Fletcher.
Then Giggs was relieved of his duties on 73 minutes, to a standing ovation, with Bristol City's 17-year-old David Cotterill coming on for his debut.
He is younger than Giggs when he made his first appearance, but older than Ryan Green, who holds the record as Wales' youngest international.
Gabbidon took over the captaincy, Giggs taking his seat on the bench with his night's work more than completed.
Vaughan, still causing trouble, saw a 25-yard effort skim wide of the far post with five minutes left.
