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The team's attention are squarely on the upcoming World Cup play-off draw as they prepare for learning their semifinal and possible final opponents.

After finished second in their qualification pool following a commanding 7-1 victory over North Macedonia – their biggest win since 1978 – the side will host the semi-final encounter on home soil.

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

Ex- Wales forward Rob Earnshaw feels the Dragons will relish a tie against whichever team following 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 said.

"A lot of people were wondering last night, 'should we really want Ireland as it's that local feel?'. I think a number of supporters were hesitant. But for me, that could be fantastic.

"It's that type of situation, indeed, we'll take Kosovo or the Bosnians and Albania are competitive and Ireland, of course, they're a capable team so they'll be tough.

"However you just feel that we'll take anybody at the moment and we're confident, and a lot of that is down to Craig Bellamy."

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Wales sit thirty-fourth in the FIFA rankings, with Albania 61st, Ireland sixty-second, Bosnia seventy-fifth and Kosovo 84th.

The Albanian national team enjoyed a strong qualifying campaign, with their sole defeats suffered at the hands of their group winners England, who claimed maximum points without allowing a single goal.

Burnley's Armando Broja and Lazio's Elseid Hysaj are part of the Albanian squad's recognizable players, though it was ex- Inter Milan, Barcelona and Watford forward Rey Manaj who topped their scoring tally in the qualifiers with 3 goals.

It is worth noting, Albania have not yet earned a spot for a FIFA World Cup, although they featured at the 2016 European Championship and Euro 2024, failing to advance to the knockout stages on each occasions.

As Slovenia and Sweden had poor campaigns, with each failing to win a qualifying match, Group B was a straight shootout between Switzerland and the Kosovan team.

The Switzerland ended the six-match campaign 3 points clear of Kosovo, whose one loss came at the hands of the pool winners.

Kosovo feature former Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and La Liga's Vedat Muriqi – his nation's all-time top scorer – in a squad aiming for a maiden major tournament appearance.

They have never faced the Welsh team.

Bosnia lost only one time in qualifying, and claimed a point additional than Wales managed in their 8 games, but still ended two points behind of Group H winners Austria.

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

Wales have failed to beat the Bosnian side in 4 matches but experienced a memorable defeat against Zmajevi as they qualified for Euro 2016 under Chris Coleman despite losing.

Being his nation's all-time top goalscorer and record appearance player, former Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, now at Fiorentina, is undoubtedly Bosnia's key player.

The 39-year-old was his squad's leading goalscorer in qualifying with 5 goals.

Lastly, we have Ireland.

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

Troy Parrott netted both goals against the 2016 European Championship winners Portugal before scoring a triple – with the third goal coming in the 96th minute – as the Republic of Ireland stunned Hungary to secure second place in Group F in thrilling style.

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

The Republic of Ireland are winless in their past 4 encounters with Wales, losing three of those, though James McClean shattered the hopes of the Red Wall as Martin O'Neill's team won a decisive World Cup qualifying match at Cardiff City Stadium in 2017.