Wales find fate for World Cup play-offs

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Wales put on one of their finest displays in recent memory against North Macedonia to cement their place in the World Cup play offs. In March Wales will take on Bosnia-Herzegovina at the Cardiff City Stadium. Win that and its a final against a home nation or a former World Cup winner.

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00:00After one of the best performances we might have ever seen from a Wales side against North

00:09Macedonia to put us in the World Cup playoffs, we now know who will be playing en route to

00:13North America.

00:16The 7-1 drubbing at the Cardiff City Stadium was by far the biggest win of Craig Bellamy's

00:20tenure in charge at the National side, and our biggest competitive victory in terms of

00:24the scoreline in decades.

00:26It sealed our fate to second in the group, and in March, we'll need to win two games

00:30in order to make the finals.

00:34Both of those fixtures will be at home because of how the draw worked, and at first will be

00:38a Bosnia-Herzegovina side who Wales have never beaten in four matches against them.

00:43They ranked 39 places below Wales in the FIFA World Rankings, but were well on their way

00:48to making the World Cup directly, if not for a late equaliser in their final match of qualifying.

00:52Beat Bosnia-Herzegovina, and it's another home tie against either Northern Ireland or

00:59Italy at the Cardiff City Stadium.

01:01Either side bring their own challenges, facing the home nations as always tough, and Italy,

01:06who have failed to qualify for the last two World Cups, have been a dominant force in football

01:10in the past.

01:13Wales famously beat the Azzurri in 2002 thanks to a goal from now-manager Craig Bellamy, so

01:18we'll need to produce another historic performance to qualify and be one of the 48 teams in the

01:23new expanded World Cup.

01:27Wales qualified for their first World Cup in more than 60 years, last time out in Qatar,

01:32so players and fans will be eager to replicate that and put Wales back where they belong,

01:36on the biggest stage in world football.

01:39James Pete Watkins, reporting for Local TV.

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