The Welsh team Prepared to Take on Anybody in World Cup Qualifying Fixture

The team's attention are squarely on the upcoming World Cup play-off draw as they await discovering their semifinal and potential final opponents.

Having finished second in their qualification group following a commanding 7-1 triumph over North Macedonia – their largest success since 1978 – Wales will play the semi-final encounter on their own turf.

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

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

"I know Craig Bellamy, we were teammates with him and his mindset is 'give us anyone, it doesn't matter'," Earnshaw stated.

"A lot of fans were asking last night, 'do we really want Ireland as it's that derby feel?'. In my view a number of supporters were hesitant. But personally, that would be incredible.

"So it's one of those, indeed, we're ready for the Kosovans or Bosnia and Albania are decent and Republic of Ireland, of course, they're a capable team so they'll be challenging.

"But the sense is that we'll take anyone at the moment and it doesn't matter, and much of that is because of Craig Bellamy."

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Wales sit thirty-fourth in the world rankings, with Albania 61st, Republic of Ireland 62nd, Bosnia seventy-fifth and the Kosovan side eighty-fourth.

The Albanian national team enjoyed a impressive qualifying run, with their only defeats suffered at the hands of Group K winners England, who secured full points without conceding a single goal.

Burnley's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are among the Albanian squad's more notable players, although it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who topped their scoring chart in qualifying with three goals.

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

As Slovenia and Sweden endured torrid runs, with both failing to win a qualifying match, their group was a straight shootout between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Swiss ended the six-match qualifiers three points ahead of Kosovo, whose one defeat was at the hands of the pool winners.

Kosovo include ex- Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and Mallorca's Vedat Muriqi – his country's historic leading goalscorer – in a team aiming for a first international competition appearance.

They have not yet played the Welsh team.

Bosnia-Herzegovina lost just once in the qualifiers, and earned a points additional than Wales achieved in their 8 games, but nonetheless ended 2 points behind of their group winners Austria.

They were 13 minutes away from clinching a place at the World Cup, but Michael Gregoritsch's leveler for the Austrians meant the pair drew in the final game of qualification and Ralf Rangnick's team topped the group.

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

As his country's all-time top goalscorer and most-capped player, ex- Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia's standout player.

The 39-year-old was his team's top scorer in the qualifiers with five goals.

Lastly, we have Republic of Ireland.

Having taken just one point from their first 3 qualifiers, Heimir Hallgrímsson's side stormed into the playoffs with successive wins against Armenia, Portugal and Hungary.

Troy Parrott scored the two goals against Euro 2016 winners Portugal before bagging a triple – with the final goal coming in the 96th minute – as the Irish stunned Hungary to secure second spot in Group F in dramatic style.

Talisman Seamus Coleman had a crucial role in his team's revival while Premier League keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has made the starting jersey his own.

The Republic of Ireland are winless in their past 4 meetings with the Welsh, defeated in three of these, although 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.