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The team's focus are squarely on Thursday's World Cup play-off draw as they await discovering their semifinal and potential final opponents.

Having finished second in their qualifying group thanks to a commanding 7-1 triumph over North Macedonia – their biggest success since 1978 – Wales will play the semi-final match on their own turf.

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

Former Wales striker Rob Earnshaw feels the Welsh squad will embrace a tie against any opponent following their latest performance at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I'm familiar with Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his approach is 'give us whoever, it doesn't matter'," Earnshaw commented.

"A lot of fans were wondering last night, 'do we really want Republic of Ireland as it's that derby atmosphere?'. I think a number of people were hesitant. But for me, that could be fantastic.

"It's that type of situation, indeed, we'll take the Kosovans or Bosnia and Albania are competitive and Republic of Ireland, of course, they're a capable team so it will be tough.

"However you just feel that we'll take anybody right now and we're confident, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

Possible Playoff Semi-final Opponents Reviewed

The Welsh squad are placed 34th in the FIFA rankings, with the Albanian team 61st, Republic of Ireland sixty-second, Bosnia 75th and Kosovo 84th.

The Albanian national team enjoyed a solid qualification run, with their sole defeats coming at the hands of their group winners England, who claimed maximum points without allowing a single goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and Lazio's Elseid Hysaj are part of the Albanian squad's prominent names, although it was former Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who led their scoring tally in qualifying with 3 goals.

Notably, Albania have never earned a spot for a World Cup, although they featured at Euro 2016 and Euro 2024, not managing to advance to the last 16 on each occasions.

While Slovenia and Sweden endured poor runs, with both failing to win a qualification match, their group was a direct battle between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Switzerland ended the six-match qualifiers 3 points ahead of Kosovo, whose single loss came at the hands of the pool winners.

Kosovo feature former Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and Mallorca's Vedat Muriqi – his country's historic leading goalscorer – in a squad targeting a maiden international competition appearance.

They have not yet faced the Welsh team.

Bosnia lost only one time in qualifying, and earned a points additional than Wales achieved in their 8 games, but still finished 2 points adrift of their group winners Austria.

They were 13 minutes away from clinching a spot at the finals, 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 group.

Wales have not managed to defeat the Bosnians in 4 attempts but did have a memorable defeat against Zmajevi as they earned qualification for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman despite the defeat.

Being his country's historic leading scorer and most-capped player, ex- Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, now at Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia's key player.

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

Lastly, we have Republic of Ireland.

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

Troy Parrott scored both goals against the 2016 European Championship winners Portugal before scoring a triple – with the final goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Irish stunned Hungary to secure second spot in Group F in dramatic fashion.

Talisman Seamus Coleman played a vital role in his side's revival while Premier League keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the number one jersey his to keep.

The Republic of Ireland are without a win in their last four encounters with Wales, defeated in three of those, although James McClean broke the hopes of the Red Wall as Martin O'Neill's team won a decisive World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.