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

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

They will meet either Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo or Republic of Ireland in that fixture on 26 March.

Former Wales forward Rob Earnshaw thinks the Welsh squad will relish a tie against whichever opponent following their latest performance at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I'm familiar with Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his mindset is 'bring on anyone, we're ready'," Earnshaw said.

"A lot of supporters were wondering recently, 'should we actually want Ireland as it's that derby atmosphere?'. I think a number of people were hesitant. But personally, that would be incredible.

"It's one of those, indeed, we'll take the Kosovans or the Bosnians and the Albanians are decent and Republic of Ireland, of course, they're a strong 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 because of Craig Bellamy."

Possible Play-off Semifinal Opponents Reviewed

Wales are placed 34th in the FIFA rankings, with the Albanian team 61st, Republic of Ireland sixty-second, Bosnia seventy-fifth and Kosovo eighty-fourth.

The Albanian national team enjoyed a impressive qualification run, with their sole losses suffered at the hands of their group winners England, who secured full points without conceding a solitary goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are among the Red and Blacks's more notable players, though it was former Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford forward Rey Manaj who led their goal tally in qualifying with 3 goals.

It is worth noting, Albania have never earned a spot for a World Cup, though they featured at Euro 2016 and the 2024 Euros, failing to reach the last 16 on each occasions.

While Slovenia and Sweden had difficult runs, with each failing to win a qualification match, Group B was a straight shootout between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Swiss finished the six-game campaign three points ahead of the Kosovans, whose single loss was at the hands of the pool winners.

The Kosovan squad include ex- Manchester City keeper Arijanet Muric and Mallorca's Vedat Muriqi – his country's all-time leading goalscorer – in a team targeting a maiden international competition appearance.

They have not yet played Wales.

Bosnia-Herzegovina lost only one time in qualifying, and earned a points additional than Wales managed in their 8 games, but nonetheless finished two points behind of Group H winners Austria.

They were a quarter of an hour away from clinching a spot at the World Cup, but Michael Gregoritsch's equaliser for the Austrians meant the pair tied in the final game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team won the group.

The Welsh have failed to beat the Bosnians in 4 attempts but did have a unforgettable loss against Zmajevi as they qualified for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman despite losing.

As his nation's historic leading scorer and most-capped player, former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is undoubtedly Bosnia-Herzegovina's standout player.

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

Lastly, we have Ireland.

After secured only a single 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 the two goals against the 2016 European Championship winners Portugal before scoring 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 Group F in thrilling style.

Key player Seamus Coleman played a crucial role in his side's revival while Premier League goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the number one jersey his to keep.

Ireland are without a win in their last four encounters with Wales, losing three of those, although James McClean broke the hopes of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's team won a crucial World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.