Craig Bellamy: Wales boss hopes to renew feud with Canada’s Jesse Marsch

Asked about the nature of the Canadian celebrations, Bellamy added: “All those wind me up, I’ve got to be honest, they all do. Be respectful.

“It’s not about the opposition, that’s part of the game I see through. It’s maybe more for TikTok or Instagram. I’m not a dinosaur, trust me. I’m not like old-fashioned, but there’s a level of respect.”

Marsch did his bit to stoke the fires of this unlikely feud during an interview in October.

“After we beat Wales, [Bellamy] went in the media and made up some ridiculousness about how we were celebrating because he was trying to take away from the fact that they lost to Canada,” the former United States international said.

“The point is this is a different Canada. This is a talented Canada. This is a team that doesn’t fear anyone.”

Before that rematch becomes reality, Wales must successfully navigate the play-offs – as they did to qualify for the 2022 World Cup.

Bellamy’s side host Bosnia-Herzegovina in their play-off semi-final on 26 March and, if victorious, will face Italy or Northern Ireland in Cardiff five days later with a World Cup spot on the line.

“You don’t want to get too far ahead. You can’t, so focus everything towards that,” said Bellamy. “My whole psyche goes back to Bosnia. Bosnia is the most important. If we don’t, it’s done.

“I’ll watch Northern Ireland games, watch Italy games as well. So it’ll be mainly Bosnia but there will be a game plan for Northern Ireland, there will be a game plan for Italy as well because of the turnaround.

“If you don’t, then suddenly you get through and then you have to work on this one and the simple fact is, whether we win or lose, we’re going to play the other one anyway [the losers of each play-off semi-final will play each other in a friendly].

“So it’s part of the turnaround, to be able to work with the intensity we want to have, we have to be watching the other two teams as well.”