The Welsh team Ready to Challenge Whichever Opponent in World Cup Qualifying Fixture

The team's focus are squarely on the upcoming World Cup playoff fixture as they await discovering their semifinal and possible final challengers.

Having ended as runners-up in their qualifying group following a decisive 7-1 win over North Macedonia – their largest win since 1978 – the side will host the semifinal match on home soil.

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

Former Wales striker Rob Earnshaw feels the Dragons will embrace a match against any team after their most recent result at Cardiff City Stadium.

"I'm familiar with Craig Bellamy, I played with him and his mindset is 'give us anyone, it doesn't matter'," Earnshaw commented.

"Many fans were asking last night, 'should we actually want Republic of Ireland because of that derby atmosphere?'. In my view many supporters didn't. But for me, that would be fantastic.

"It's one of those, indeed, we're ready for the Kosovans or the Bosnians and Albania are not bad and Ireland, naturally, they are a very good team so they'll be difficult.

"But you just feel that we'll take anybody right now and it doesn't matter, and a lot of that is down to Craig Bellamy."

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Wales are placed 34th in the FIFA standings, with Albania sixty-first, Republic of Ireland 62nd, Bosnia-Herzegovina 75th and the Kosovan side 84th.

The Albanian national team enjoyed a solid qualifying campaign, with their only losses suffered at the hands of Group K winners England, who claimed full points without allowing a solitary 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 topped their scoring tally in the qualifiers with 3 goals.

Importantly, the Albanians have not yet qualified for a FIFA World Cup, though they featured at Euro 2016 and Euro 2024, not managing to advance to the last 16 on each occasions.

As Slovenia and Sweden endured poor runs, with each failing to win a qualification match, their group was a direct battle between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Switzerland ended the six-match campaign three points ahead of Kosovo, whose one defeat was at the hands of the group winners.

The Kosovan squad feature ex- Manchester City keeper Arijanet Muric and Mallorca's Vedat Muriqi – his nation's historic top scorer – in a team aiming for a first international competition appearance.

They have never faced the Welsh team.

Bosnia lost only one time in qualifying, and earned a point additional than Wales managed in their eight games, but nonetheless ended 2 points adrift of their group winners Austria.

They were 13 minutes away from clinching a spot at the finals, but Michael Gregoritsch's equaliser for the Austrians ensured the teams drew in the last game of qualifying and Ralf Rangnick's team topped the pool.

Wales have failed to beat the Bosnians in four matches but experienced a memorable loss against Zmajevi as they qualified for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman despite losing.

Being his country's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player, former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, now at Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia's key player.

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

And finally, we have Ireland.

Having taken just one point from their first 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 bagging a hat-trick – with the final goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland surprised Hungary to take second spot in Group F in thrilling fashion.

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

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