The Welsh team Ready to Challenge Anybody in FIFA World Cup Qualifying Draw
Wales have won eight of their last sixteen matches under coach Craig Bellamy
The team's focus are squarely on the upcoming World Cup play-off draw as they await discovering their semi-final and potential final opponents.
After finished as runners-up in their qualification pool thanks to a dominant 7-1 win over North Macedonia – their biggest success since 1978 – Wales will play the semi-final match on their own turf.
They will play against either Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo or Ireland in that fixture on 26 March.
Ex- Wales forward Rob Earnshaw feels the Dragons will embrace a tie against any team after their most recent performance at Cardiff City Stadium.
"I know Craig Bellamy, we were teammates with him and his mindset is 'give us whoever, it doesn't matter'," Earnshaw commented.
"Many fans were asking last night, 'do we actually want Republic of Ireland as it's that local feel?'. In my view many supporters were hesitant. But for me, that would be fantastic.
"It's that type of situation, yes, we're ready for Kosovo or Bosnia and Albania are competitive and Republic of Ireland, of course, they're a very good team so they'll be difficult.
"But the sense is that we're prepared for anyone right now and it doesn't matter, and a lot of that is because of Craig Bellamy."
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Wales sit 34th in the FIFA rankings, with the Albanian team 61st, Republic of Ireland 62nd, Bosnia seventy-fifth and Kosovo 84th.
The Albanian national team had a solid qualification campaign, with their sole defeats suffered at the hands of their group 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 Albanian squad's recognizable names, though it was ex- 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 qualified for a FIFA World Cup, though they featured at Euro 2016 and the 2024 Euros, failing to advance to the knockout stages on both times.
While Slovenia and Sweden endured poor campaigns, with both not managing to win a qualifying match, their group was a direct battle between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.
The Switzerland finished the six-game qualifiers 3 points clear of Kosovo, whose one loss was at the hands of the pool winners.
Kosovo include former Manchester City keeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his country's historic top scorer – in a squad aiming for a first international competition appearance.
They have never faced the Welsh team.
Bosnia were defeated just once in the qualifiers, and claimed a point additional than Wales achieved in their eight games, but nonetheless ended 2 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 leveler for the Austrians meant the pair tied in the final game of qualifying and Ralf Rangnick's team won the group.
The Welsh have not managed to defeat the Bosnians in 4 attempts but did have a unforgettable loss against Zmajevi as they qualified for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman even after the defeat.
As his country's historic leading scorer and record appearance player, former Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia-Herzegovina's key player.
The 39-year-old was his team's leading goalscorer in qualifying with five goals.
Lastly, we have Republic of Ireland.
After taken just one point from their first three qualifiers, Heimir HallgrÃmsson's side surged into the play-offs with back-to-back wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.
Troy Parrott scored both goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before bagging a triple – with the third goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Irish stunned Hungary to secure second place in their group in dramatic style.
Talisman Seamus Coleman had a crucial role in his side's revival while Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has secured the number one jersey his to keep.
Ireland are without a win in their past four encounters with Wales, losing three of these, though James McClean broke the hearts of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's team won a crucial World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.