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The team's focus are firmly on the upcoming World Cup playoff draw as they await discovering their semi-final and possible final rivals.

Having finished second in their qualifying pool thanks to a dominant 7-1 win over North Macedonia – their biggest success since 1978 – Wales will host the semifinal encounter on home soil.

They will meet either Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Kosovan team or Republic of Ireland in that fixture on 26 March.

Former Wales striker Rob Earnshaw believes the Dragons will welcome a match against any opponent following their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.

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

"A lot of fans were saying last night, 'do we actually want Republic of Ireland as it's that derby atmosphere?'. I think a number of supporters didn't. But personally, that would be amazing.

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

"However the sense is that we'll take anyone right now and we're confident, and much of that is down to Craig Bellamy."

Potential Play-off Semi-final Opponents Assessed

The Welsh squad are placed thirty-fourth in the FIFA standings, with Albania 61st, Ireland 62nd, Bosnia-Herzegovina 75th and the Kosovan side eighty-fourth.

Albania enjoyed a impressive qualifying campaign, with their only defeats coming at the hands of Group K winners England, who claimed full points without conceding a single goal.

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

Notably, the Albanians have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup, although they featured at Euro 2016 and Euro 2024, not managing to reach the knockout stages on both times.

While Slovenia and Sweden had difficult runs, with both failing to win a qualification match, Group B was a direct battle between Switzerland and Kosovo.

The Swiss ended the six-game campaign three points clear of Kosovo, whose one loss was at the hands of the group winners.

The Kosovan squad include former 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 played Wales.

Bosnia-Herzegovina lost only one time in the qualifiers, and earned a point additional than the Welsh achieved in their eight games, but still ended two points behind of their group winners Austria.

They were 13 minutes away from securing a spot at the finals, but Michael Gregoritsch's leveler for the Austrians meant the pair tied in the last game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team topped the pool.

The Welsh have not managed to beat the Bosnians in 4 attempts but experienced a unforgettable loss against the Dragons as they earned qualification for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman even after losing.

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

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

Lastly, we have Ireland.

Having secured only a single point from their opening 3 qualifiers, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side surged into the play-offs with back-to-back wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott scored the two goals against the 2016 European Championship winners Portugal before bagging a triple – with the third goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland surprised Hungary to take second spot in their group in dramatic fashion.

Talisman Seamus Coleman played a vital role in his team's revival while Brentford keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has made the starting position his own.

The Republic of Ireland are winless in their last four meetings with the Welsh, defeated in three of these, though James McClean broke the hearts of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's men won a crucial World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.