Craig Bellamy's squad Prepared to Take on Anyone in World Cup Qualifying Draw
Wales have won eight of their previous sixteen matches under manager Craig Bellamy
The team's attention are squarely on Thursday's World Cup playoff fixture as they prepare for discovering their semi-final and potential final challengers.
Having finished as runners-up in their qualification group following a dominant 7-1 triumph over North Macedonia – their biggest success since 1978 – Wales will play the semi-final encounter on home soil.
They will meet either Albania, Bosnia, the Kosovan team or Republic of Ireland in that match on 26 March.
Ex- Wales striker Rob Earnshaw believes the Dragons will embrace a match against any opponent after their most recent performance at Cardiff City Stadium.
"I'm familiar with Craig Bellamy, we were teammates with him and his mentality is 'give us anyone, we're ready'," Earnshaw commented.
"Many supporters were asking recently, 'do we really want Republic of Ireland because of that local atmosphere?'. In my view a number of people were hesitant. But personally, that would be incredible.
"So it's that type of situation, indeed, we're ready for Kosovo or the Bosnians and the Albanians are not bad and Republic of Ireland, of course, they are a strong team so it will be challenging.
"But the sense is that we'll take anybody at the moment and it doesn't matter, and much of that is because of Craig Bellamy."
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The Welsh squad are placed thirty-fourth in the FIFA rankings, with the Albanian team 61st, Ireland 62nd, Bosnia-Herzegovina seventy-fifth and the Kosovan side eighty-fourth.
Albania enjoyed a solid qualifying campaign, with their only losses coming at the hands of their group winners England, who secured full points without allowing a single goal.
Burnley's Armando Broja and the Serie A side's Elseid Hysaj are among the Red and Blacks's recognizable players, although it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford striker Rey Manaj who led their scoring tally in qualifying with three goals.
It is worth noting, the Albanians have not yet qualified for a World Cup, though they featured at Euro 2016 and Euro 2024, not managing to reach the last 16 on both occasions.
As Slovenia and Sweden endured difficult runs, with both not managing to win a qualification match, Group B was a straight shootout between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.
The Swiss finished the six-match campaign three points clear of the Kosovans, whose single loss came at the hands of the group winners.
The Kosovan squad feature former Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his country's historic leading goalscorer – in a squad targeting a first international competition appearance.
They have never faced Wales.
Bosnia-Herzegovina were defeated just once in the qualifiers, and claimed a points additional than the Welsh managed in their 8 games, but nonetheless finished two points behind of Group H winners Austria.
They were 13 minutes away from clinching a place at the finals, but Michael Gregoritsch's leveler for the Austrians meant the teams tied in the final game of qualifying and Ralf Rangnick's team topped the group.
Wales have not managed to beat the Bosnian side in four attempts but experienced a memorable loss against Zmajevi as they earned qualification for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman even after losing.
Being his nation's all-time top goalscorer and record appearance player, ex- Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, currently with Fiorentina, is unquestionably Bosnia's star player.
The veteran was his team's top scorer in qualifying with 5 goals.
Lastly, we have Republic of Ireland.
Having taken just one point from their first three qualifiers, Heimir HallgrĂmsson's side surged into the playoffs with successive 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 third goal arriving in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland stunned Hungary to secure second place in their group in thrilling fashion.
Talisman Seamus Coleman had a vital role in his side's revival while Brentford keeper Caoimhin Kelleher has made the starting jersey his to keep.
The Republic of Ireland are winless in their past 4 encounters with the Welsh, defeated in three of those, although James McClean broke the hopes of the Welsh fans as Martin O'Neill's men won a crucial World Cup qualifier at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.