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

Having finished second in their qualifying pool following a decisive 7-1 victory over North Macedonia – their biggest success since 1978 – the side will play the semi-final encounter on their own turf.

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

Ex- Wales forward Rob Earnshaw believes the Dragons will welcome a match against any opponent after their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.

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

"A lot of fans were asking recently, 'should we really want Ireland because of that local atmosphere?'. I think a number of people were hesitant. But for me, that could be fantastic.

"It's one of those, indeed, we're ready for the Kosovans or the Bosnians and the Albanians are decent and Republic of Ireland, naturally, they're a very good team so it will be challenging.

"However the sense is that we'll take anyone at the moment and we're confident, and a lot of that is down to Craig Bellamy."

Potential Play-off Semi-final Opponents Reviewed

Wales sit thirty-fourth in the FIFA standings, with Albania sixty-first, Republic of Ireland sixty-second, Bosnia-Herzegovina 75th and Kosovo eighty-fourth.

Albania had a strong qualification run, with their sole defeats coming at the hands of their group winners England, who claimed 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 more notable players, though it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who led their goal tally in the qualifiers with three goals.

It is worth noting, the Albanians have not yet qualified for a World Cup, though they featured at Euro 2016 and the 2024 Euros, failing to advance to the last 16 on both occasions.

As Slovenia and Sweden endured difficult campaigns, with both failing to win a qualifying match, their group was a straight shootout between Switzerland and Kosovo.

The Switzerland ended the six-match campaign 3 points clear of Kosovo, whose one defeat came at the hands of the group winners.

Kosovo include former Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and Mallorca's Vedat Muriqi – his country's historic top scorer – in a squad targeting a first major tournament appearance.

They have never faced the Welsh team.

Bosnia-Herzegovina were defeated just once in qualifying, and claimed a point additional than the Welsh managed in their 8 games, but nonetheless ended two points adrift of their group winners Austria.

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

Wales have failed to beat the Bosnian side in four attempts but experienced a memorable loss against the Dragons as they qualified for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman even after the defeat.

Being his nation's all-time top goalscorer and record appearance player, ex- Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, now at Fiorentina, is undoubtedly Bosnia's star player.

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

And finally, we have Ireland.

After taken just one point from their opening 3 matches, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side surged into the play-offs with back-to-back wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott netted the two goals against the 2016 European Championship winners Portugal before scoring a hat-trick – with the final goal coming in the 96th minute – as the Irish surprised Hungary to take runner-up spot in Group F in dramatic style.

Talisman Seamus Coleman had a vital role in his side's resurgence while Brentford keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the number one position his own.

Ireland are winless in their past 4 meetings with the Welsh, losing three of these, although James McClean broke the hearts of the Red Wall as Martin O'Neill's team won a decisive World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.