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The team's focus are squarely on the upcoming World Cup playoff draw as they prepare for discovering their semi-final and potential final challengers.

After ended second in their qualification group thanks to a commanding 7-1 victory over North Macedonia – their biggest success since 1978 – the side will play the semi-final match on home soil.

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

Ex- Wales forward Rob Earnshaw thinks the Dragons will welcome a match against any team after their latest performance at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I know Craig Bellamy, we were teammates with him and his mindset is 'bring on anyone, it doesn't matter'," Earnshaw said.

"Many people were asking last night, 'do we really want Ireland because of that derby atmosphere?'. I think a number of supporters didn't. But for me, that could be fantastic.

"It's one of those, yes, we'll take Kosovo or the Bosnians and the Albanians are decent and Republic of Ireland, of course, they are a strong team so they'll be challenging.

"But the sense is that we're prepared for anyone at the moment and it doesn't matter, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

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Wales are placed thirty-fourth in the FIFA rankings, with Albania 61st, Ireland 62nd, Bosnia seventy-fifth and the Kosovan side 84th.

Albania had a solid qualification campaign, with their only defeats suffered at the hands of their group winners England, who claimed full points without allowing a solitary goal.

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

It is worth noting, the Albanians have not yet qualified for a World Cup, although they featured at Euro 2016 and the 2024 Euros, failing to reach the knockout stages on each times.

As Slovenia and Sweden had difficult runs, with both failing to win a qualifying match, their group was a direct battle between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

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

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

They have never faced the Welsh team.

Bosnia-Herzegovina lost only one time in the qualifiers, and claimed a points additional than the Welsh achieved in their eight games, but still finished 2 points adrift of their group winners Austria.

They were 13 minutes away from clinching a place at the finals, but Michael Gregoritsch's leveler for the Austrians meant the pair tied in the final game of qualifying and Ralf Rangnick's team won the group.

Wales have not managed to defeat the Bosnians in 4 matches but did have a memorable loss against the Dragons as they qualified for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman even after losing.

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

The 39-year-old was his squad's top scorer in the qualifiers with 5 goals.

And finally, we have Republic of Ireland.

Having secured only a single point from their first 3 matches, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side stormed into the playoffs with back-to-back wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott scored both goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before scoring a hat-trick – with the third goal coming in the 96th minute – as the Irish surprised Hungary to secure second place in their group in dramatic style.

Talisman Seamus Coleman had a vital role in his team's resurgence while Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the starting position his own.

Ireland are winless in their past 4 meetings with Wales, defeated in three of these, though James McClean shattered the hearts of the Red Wall as Martin O'Neill's men won a crucial World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.