Wales captain Ashley Williams believes the time is right for Chris Coleman's players to end over 50 years of hurt in Welsh football.
Coleman's side start their Euro 2016 campaign in Andorra on Tuesday night confident that they can challenge group favourites Belgium and Bosnia-Herzegovina for the automatic two qualifying spots on offer.
The stardust sprinkled by Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey is the envy of bigger nations, but Williams feels collective strength and togetherness will be just as important as Wales seek to reach their first major tournament since the 1958 World Cup finals.
"We're aware that Welsh teams fell short in the past for whatever reason and a lot has been put on this group," Williams said.
"A lot has been said about us and we really want to be the team that lived up to that potential and finally qualified in a good style and manner.
"Welsh teams could qualify in the future but I feel for this group now the time is perfect.
"We're settled, we've been together a long time and we're really comfortable with each other going into the campaign.
"We've got a lot of players playing at a good level and in good form at the start of the season - and we want to get it down now."
Swansea skipper Williams admits it "would be the biggest achievement in my career" if Wales qualified for the expanded 24-team European Championship in France in two years' time and they could not have asked for a kinder start high in the Pyrenees.
Andorra have lost their last 44 competitive games since a goalless draw against Finland nine years ago and have failed to score in 18 competitive matches.
"We know about their records and history and understand what type of game this is," Williams said.
"But it's not something that we're concentrating on.
"We'll concentrate on ourselves and if we do that then we're comfortable we're going to win the game."
The build-up to the game has been dominated by the controversial surface at the newly-built National Stadium in Andorra la Vella.
The artificial 3G surface was only passed fit for use by UEFA last Wednesday after original tests showed the ball was rolling too fast.
"I haven't played a competitive game but I've trained on these pitches a lot throughout my career," Williams said.
"It's maybe a different bounce or a faster roll, but we just have to get on with it."
Andorra coach Koldo Alvarez admits he is fearful of Wales' attacking strength with more than just Real Madrid star Bale to worry about.
"We can't only be concerned about Bale because Wales have lots of good players," Alvarez said.
"They have very dangerous players so we have to approach it as a team.
"We're talking about a lot of players in the Premier League and one of the best players in the world, so the problem for Andorra is that Wales have got one of their best teams and think that they can qualify."
Source: PA
