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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