Chris Coleman's Wales won their opening Euro 2016 qualifying game, to Andorra, in September[GETTY]
Wales manager Coleman was stung by the criticism he took after a poor performance away to Andorra and is adamant that the current squad, led by superstar Gareth Bale, is good enough to reach the European Championship finals in 2016.
Coleman admits telling them that they can surpass the great Welsh players of the past will be his parting words before they tackle a Bosnian side featuring the likes of Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko, Roma playmaker Miralem Pjanic and Stoke goalkeeper Asmir Begovic.
Fans are turning up in droves tonight to see for themselves.
A crowd of around 30,000 is expected - a record for an international at Cardiff City and Wales' highest for three and a half years - and Coleman said: "We have the squad to beat Bosnia, I have 100 percent belief in the team we are putting out. We are good enough to get a result against Bosnia, absolutely.
"There's a great chance here for the players to live up to the tag they've been given as the golden generation."
Wales beat Andorra 2-1 with two Bale goals to open their Group B qualifiers with a victory. Now they meet Bosnia, one of the group favourites, and Cyprus on Monday with the opportunity to make themselves favourites to get to the Euro finals.
"The golden generation I thought was the first Welsh team I played in with Neville Southall, Mark Hughes, Dean Saunders, Gary Speed, Ryan Giggs," said Coleman.
"What a team that was. But they didn't do it.
"Now these boys have been labelled that and they will be the golden generation if they do the business.
"Are they good enough? Yes. I think we are good enough to do something that we've never done since 1958 and qualify for a major championships.
"There is a chance for us to create history. I know what it feels like, that feeling of failure. I was relegated a couple of times as a player. It's awful
"When you are part of an international outfit and you get so close and then you don't do it, it's not a good feeling. So I don't want that again. I want to be part of something that no Welsh team has done for so long.
"It's a huge task but is it possible? Yes. Have we got a good enough group of players? Yes.
"There's a vibe about this group. There's excitement, pressure because there's a big crowd coming, but don't be afraid of that.
"We have a blueprint of what we want to do, but you can talk about the technical, it comes down to heart, can you perform when the spotlight's on you and the pressure?
"Whose prepared to step forward and accept that, if they make a mistake, the consequences could be big, but I'd much rather lose a fight walking forward throwing punches than on my hands and knees crawling away getting kicked up the backside."
Gareth Bale leads Wales out against Bosnia-Herzegovina this evening [GETTY]
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Bosnia did actually lose their opening game, 2-1 at home to Cyprus.
Coleman is without two injured key players, Aaron Ramsey and Joe Allen, but is not fazed by it and in Bale sees someone who can go on to break Ian Rush's national goal scoring record.
Rush scored 28 goals from 1980-86 and Bale already has 14 from his 45 appearances.
"Bale's one of the best players in the world and he plays enough games for us, and is young enough, to beat Rush's record," predicts Coleman.