Wales will ‘take anybody’ in World Cup play-off draw

Wales’ main concern is the play-off draw for Thursday’s World Cup match, where they can find their semi-final and potential final opponents.

The final four match will take place on home soil after Craig Bellamy’s team won 7-1 over North Macedonia, their biggest victory since 1978, and they finished second overall in their qualifying group.

On March 26th, they will face Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo, or Republic of Ireland.

Rob Earnshaw, a former Wales striker, predicts that the Dragons will enjoy a tie at Cardiff City Stadium against any opponent.

“Many people were asking last night whether they really wanted the Republic of Ireland because it had a derby vibe.” ‘. Many people, in my opinion, didn’t. That would be incredible, to my mind.

“So it’s one of those,” and yes, we’ll choose Kosovo or Bosnia and Bosnia, which are both excellent teams, and of course, the Republic of Ireland, who are very good, will be challenging.

Republic of Ireland ranks second in the Fifa world rankings, Albania ranks third, Bosnia-Herzegovina ranks seventh, and Kosovo ranks eighth.

Albania had a successful qualifying campaign, with only their defeat coming from Group K champion England, who won the most points without conceding a single goal.

Armando Broja of Burnley and Elseid Hysaj of Lazio are the Red and Blacks’ more well-known names, but Rey Manaj, a former international at Inter Milan, Barcelona, and Watford, was the one who set the scoring record for qualifying with three goals.

Albania did not make it to the World Cup, despite playing at both Euro 2016 and Euro 2024 and failing to advance to the knockout stages on both occasions.

Group B was a straight shootout between Switzerland and Kosovo as Slovenia and Sweden battled tumultuous campaigns and both failed to win any qualifying matches.

The Swiss won the group opener three points clear of Kosovo, who suffered one defeat.

In a squad hoping to make their first major tournament appearance are former Manchester City goalkeeper Arijanet Muric and Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi, who is the country’s all-time top scorer.

Ralf Rangnick’s team topped the group in the final game of qualifying, but they were 13 minutes away from winning the World Cup. However, Michael Gregoritsch’s equaliser for the Austrians earned them a draw in the final game.

Wales, under the direction of Chris Coleman, qualified for Euro 2016 despite failing to defeat the Bosnians in four attempts, but did manage to salvage a memorable defeat in the end.

Former Manchester City forward Edin Dzeko, who is Bosnia-Herzegovina’s all-time best goalscorer and most-capped player, is unquestionably Bosnia-Herzegovina’s standout player.

With five goals, the 39-year-old led his team in qualifying.

The Republic of Ireland is finally available.

Heimir Hallgrmsson’s side advanced to the play-offs with successive victories over Hungary, Portugal, and Armenia after taking just one point out of their opening three qualifiers.

The Irish stunned Hungary in Group F with a dramatic hat-trick, with Troy Parrott scoring both goals as Portugal, who won the Euro 2016 tournament. The third goal came in the 96th minute, as the Irish stunned the hosts in dramatic fashion.

While Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher has become a his own, talisman Seamus Coleman had a significant impact on the team’s revival.