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The team's focus are squarely on Thursday's World Cup play-off draw as they prepare for discovering their semi-final and possible final rivals.

Having ended as runners-up in their qualification group thanks to a dominant 7-1 win over North Macedonia – their biggest win since 1978 – Wales will play the semifinal match on their own turf.

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

Ex- Wales forward Rob Earnshaw believes the Welsh squad will relish a match against any opponent following their most recent result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I know Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his mentality is 'bring on anyone, we're ready'," Earnshaw stated.

"A lot of fans were asking last night, 'do we really want Republic of Ireland because of that derby atmosphere?'. I think a number of people didn't. But personally, that could be incredible.

"So it's one of those, indeed, we'll take Kosovo or the Bosnians and Albania are decent and Republic of Ireland, of course, they're a capable team so they'll be tough.

"But the sense is that we're prepared for anybody at the moment and it doesn't matter, and much of that is down to Craig Bellamy."

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Wales sit 34th in the FIFA standings, with Albania 61st, Ireland 62nd, Bosnia 75th and Kosovo 84th.

Albania had a strong qualification campaign, with their only defeats coming at the hands of their group winners England, who secured full points without conceding a single goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and Lazio's Elseid Hysaj are among the Red and Blacks's recognizable players, although it was former Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who topped their scoring chart in the qualifiers with 3 goals.

Importantly, the Albanians have not yet earned a spot for a FIFA World Cup, though they featured at the 2016 European Championship and the 2024 Euros, failing to advance to the last 16 on each times.

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

The Switzerland ended the six-match campaign three points ahead of the Kosovans, whose single loss was at the hands of the group winners.

Kosovo feature former Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his nation's all-time top scorer – in a squad targeting a maiden major tournament appearance.

They have not yet played the Welsh team.

Bosnia-Herzegovina lost only one time in the qualifiers, and earned a points additional than Wales achieved in their eight games, but still finished two points behind of Group H winners Austria.

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

The Welsh have not managed to defeat the Bosnian side in four matches but experienced a unforgettable defeat against the Dragons as they qualified for Euro 2016 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 star player.

The 39-year-old was his squad's leading goalscorer in qualifying with 5 goals.

Lastly, we have Ireland.

Having secured only a single point from their first 3 qualifiers, 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 bagging a hat-trick – with the third goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Irish surprised Hungary to secure second spot in their group in thrilling fashion.

Key player Seamus Coleman had a crucial role in his team's resurgence while Premier League keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has made the starting jersey his to keep.

The Republic of Ireland are winless in their past four meetings with the Welsh, defeated in three of these, although 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.