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The team's attention are firmly on the upcoming World Cup play-off fixture as they await discovering their semifinal and potential final challengers.

After finished as runners-up in their qualification pool following a decisive 7-1 triumph over North Macedonia – their biggest success since 1978 – Wales will play the semi-final match on their own turf.

They will play against either the Albanian side, Bosnia, the Kosovan team or Republic of Ireland in that match on 26 March.

Ex- Wales striker Rob Earnshaw feels the Dragons will relish a tie against whichever opponent after their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I'm familiar with Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his mentality is 'bring on anyone, we're ready'," Earnshaw stated.

"A lot of supporters were saying recently, 'should we actually want Ireland as it's that derby feel?'. In my view a number of people were hesitant. But personally, that would be incredible.

"So it's that type of situation, yes, we're ready for Kosovo or Bosnia and Albania are not bad and Ireland, naturally, they are a capable team so it will be tough.

"However the sense is that we're prepared for anyone right now and we're confident, and much of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

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The Welsh squad sit thirty-fourth in the FIFA standings, with the Albanian team 61st, Ireland sixty-second, Bosnia 75th and the Kosovan side 84th.

The Albanian national team enjoyed a strong qualifying run, with their sole losses coming at the hands of Group K winners England, who claimed maximum points without conceding a single goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and Lazio's Elseid Hysaj are part of the Red and Blacks's recognizable names, though it was former Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who topped their scoring chart in qualifying with three goals.

Importantly, the Albanians have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup, though they featured at the 2016 European Championship and Euro 2024, failing to advance to the knockout stages on each times.

While Slovenia and Sweden endured poor campaigns, with both not managing to win a qualifying match, Group B was a straight shootout between Switzerland and Kosovo.

The Swiss finished the six-match qualifiers three points clear of Kosovo, whose one defeat came at the hands of the pool winners.

Kosovo feature ex- Manchester City keeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his country's all-time top scorer – in a squad aiming for a first major tournament appearance.

They have never played Wales.

Bosnia lost just once in qualifying, and claimed a point additional than the Welsh managed in their eight games, but nonetheless ended two points behind of Group H winners Austria.

They were a quarter of an hour away from clinching a spot at the finals, but Michael Gregoritsch's equaliser for the Austrians ensured the pair tied in the final game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team topped the group.

Wales have not managed to defeat the Bosnian side in 4 matches but did have a unforgettable loss against Zmajevi as they qualified for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman despite the defeat.

As his country's historic top goalscorer and record appearance player, former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, now at Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia's key player.

The veteran was his squad's top scorer in the qualifiers with five goals.

And finally, we have Republic of Ireland.

Having secured just one point from their first three matches, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side stormed into the play-offs with successive wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott netted the two goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before bagging a hat-trick – with the final goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Irish surprised Hungary to secure runner-up spot in Group F in dramatic style.

Talisman Seamus Coleman played a crucial role in his team's resurgence while Premier League keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the number one jersey his own.

Ireland are winless in their last four encounters with Wales, losing 3 of these, although James McClean shattered the hopes of the Red Wall as Martin O'Neill's men won a decisive World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.