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The team's focus are firmly on the upcoming World Cup play-off fixture as they prepare for learning their semifinal and potential final opponents.

After ended second in their qualifying group following a dominant 7-1 victory over North Macedonia – their largest success since 1978 – Wales will play the semi-final match on home soil.

They will face either the Albanian side, Bosnia, Kosovo or Ireland in that match on 26 March.

Former Wales forward Rob Earnshaw believes the Welsh squad will embrace a match against whichever opponent following their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I'm familiar with Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his approach is 'bring on anyone, it doesn't matter'," Earnshaw said.

"A lot of fans were asking recently, 'do we really want Ireland because of that derby atmosphere?'. In my view a number of supporters didn't. But for me, that would be incredible.

"So it's one of those, indeed, we're ready for Kosovo or Bosnia and Albania are decent and Republic of Ireland, of course, they are a very good team so it will be tough.

"However you just feel that we're prepared for anybody at the moment and it doesn't matter, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

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The Welsh squad sit thirty-fourth in the world rankings, with the Albanian team sixty-first, Republic of Ireland 62nd, Bosnia seventy-fifth and Kosovo eighty-fourth.

The Albanian national team enjoyed a impressive qualification campaign, with their sole losses suffered at the hands of Group K winners England, who secured full points without allowing a solitary goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are part of the Albanian squad's recognizable players, although it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who led their goal chart in qualifying with 3 goals.

Notably, the Albanians have never earned a spot for a FIFA World Cup, although they featured at the 2016 European Championship and the 2024 Euros, failing to advance to the last 16 on both times.

As Slovenia and Sweden endured poor campaigns, with each failing to win a qualification match, their group was a straight shootout between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Swiss ended the six-match qualifiers three points clear of the Kosovans, whose single defeat came at the hands of the group winners.

Kosovo feature ex- Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his country's all-time leading goalscorer – in a team targeting a first international competition appearance.

They have never played Wales.

Bosnia lost just once in qualifying, and earned a point additional than the Welsh managed in their 8 games, but nonetheless ended 2 points adrift of Group H winners Austria.

They were 13 minutes away from clinching a spot at the World Cup, but Michael Gregoritsch's leveler for the Austrians ensured the teams tied in the last game of qualifying and Ralf Rangnick's team won the pool.

Wales have not managed to defeat the Bosnians in four matches but experienced a memorable defeat against the Dragons as they qualified for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman despite losing.

Being his country's historic leading scorer and most-capped player, ex- Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is undoubtedly Bosnia's standout player.

The veteran was his team's leading goalscorer in qualifying with 5 goals.

And finally, we have Republic of Ireland.

After secured only a single point from their first three qualifiers, 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 scoring a triple – with the third goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Irish surprised Hungary to secure runner-up place in their group in thrilling fashion.

Talisman Seamus Coleman had a crucial role in his team's resurgence while Premier League keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the starting position his own.

The Republic of Ireland are winless in their past 4 meetings with the Welsh, losing 3 of those, though James McClean shattered the hearts of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's men won a decisive World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.