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The team's focus are squarely on the upcoming World Cup play-off fixture as they await learning their semi-final and potential final opponents.

Having finished second in their qualification pool following a dominant 7-1 victory over North Macedonia – their biggest win since 1978 – Wales will host the semi-final encounter on home soil.

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

Ex- Wales striker Rob Earnshaw believes the Dragons will embrace a tie against whichever team following their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I know Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his approach is 'give us anyone, we're ready'," Earnshaw stated.

"A lot of people were asking last night, 'should we really want Ireland as it's that local atmosphere?'. In my view a number of supporters were hesitant. But personally, that would be fantastic.

"It's that type of situation, yes, we're ready for the Kosovans or the Bosnians and the Albanians are decent and Republic of Ireland, naturally, they're a capable team so it will be challenging.

"However you just feel that we're prepared for anyone right now and we're confident, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

Potential Play-off Semifinal Opponents Evaluated

The Welsh squad sit 34th in the world standings, with Albania 61st, Republic of Ireland sixty-second, Bosnia 75th and Kosovo 84th.

The Albanian national team had a solid qualification run, with their only defeats suffered at the hands of their group winners England, who secured full points without conceding a solitary goal.

Burnley's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are part of the Albanian squad's more notable players, although it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford forward Rey Manaj who led their scoring chart in qualifying with three goals.

Importantly, Albania have not yet qualified for a World Cup, although they participated at the 2016 European Championship and Euro 2024, not managing to reach the knockout stages on both times.

While Slovenia and Sweden had torrid campaigns, with both failing to win a qualification match, Group B was a straight shootout between Switzerland and Kosovo.

The Swiss finished the six-match qualifiers three points ahead of the Kosovans, whose single loss was 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 top scorer – in a squad aiming for a maiden major tournament appearance.

They have not yet played Wales.

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

They were a quarter of an hour away from securing a spot at the World Cup, but Michael Gregoritsch's equaliser for the Austrians meant the pair drew in the last game of qualifying and Ralf Rangnick's team won the pool.

Wales have failed to beat the Bosnians in four attempts but experienced a memorable loss against the Dragons as they earned qualification for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman despite the defeat.

Being his nation's all-time top goalscorer and record appearance player, ex- Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is undoubtedly Bosnia-Herzegovina's standout player.

The veteran was his squad's top scorer in qualifying with 5 goals.

Lastly, we have Republic of Ireland.

After secured only a single point from their opening three matches, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side surged into the playoffs with back-to-back wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott netted both goals against the 2016 European Championship winners Portugal before bagging a hat-trick – with the final goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland surprised Hungary to secure runner-up spot in their group in thrilling style.

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

Ireland are winless in their last 4 meetings with the Welsh, losing 3 of these, though James McClean broke the hearts of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's men won a crucial World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.