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The team's attention are squarely on the upcoming World Cup playoff fixture as they prepare for discovering their semifinal and possible final rivals.

Having finished second in their qualifying group thanks to a commanding 7-1 win over North Macedonia – their biggest win since 1978 – Wales will host the semi-final match on their own turf.

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

Ex- Wales striker Rob Earnshaw feels the Welsh squad will welcome a match against whichever opponent after their latest result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I know Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his mentality is 'give us whoever, it doesn't matter'," Earnshaw said.

"A lot of people were asking recently, 'do we really want Ireland as it's that local atmosphere?'. I think many supporters didn't. But for me, that would be incredible.

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

"But you just feel that we're prepared for anybody at the moment and we're confident, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

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The Welsh squad are placed 34th in the world standings, with the Albanian team 61st, Ireland 62nd, Bosnia-Herzegovina seventy-fifth and Kosovo 84th.

Albania had a solid qualifying run, with their only defeats suffered at the hands of their group winners England, who claimed maximum points without conceding a solitary goal.

The Premier League's Armando Broja and Lazio's Elseid Hysaj are among the Albanian squad's more notable names, although it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford forward Rey Manaj who led their scoring chart in the qualifiers with three goals.

It is worth noting, Albania have never qualified for a FIFA World Cup, though they participated at Euro 2016 and Euro 2024, not managing to reach the knockout stages on each occasions.

As Slovenia and Sweden had difficult runs, with each not managing to win a qualifying match, Group B was a straight shootout between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Switzerland finished the six-game campaign three points clear of the Kosovans, whose one loss came at the hands of the pool winners.

The Kosovan squad feature ex- Manchester City keeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his country's historic top scorer – in a squad targeting a maiden international competition appearance.

They have never faced Wales.

Bosnia lost only one time in the qualifiers, and claimed a points additional than Wales managed in their eight games, but still ended two points behind of their group winners Austria.

They were a quarter of an hour away from securing a place at the World Cup, but Michael Gregoritsch's equaliser for the Austrians ensured the teams drew in the final game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team won the group.

The Welsh have not managed to defeat the Bosnians in four matches but experienced a memorable loss against Zmajevi as they earned qualification for the 2016 European Championship under Chris Coleman despite losing.

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

The veteran was his team's top scorer in the qualifiers with 5 goals.

Lastly, we have Republic of Ireland.

After taken only a single point from their first three qualifiers, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side stormed into the play-offs with back-to-back wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott netted the two goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before bagging a triple – with the third goal coming in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland stunned Hungary to take second place in their group in dramatic fashion.

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

The Republic of Ireland are winless in their past 4 meetings with the Welsh, losing three of those, though James McClean broke the hopes of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's men won a crucial World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.