El Arabi Hilal Soudani speaks to FIFA.com about being No2 at Dynamo Zagreb and his aim to be the top man for Algeria in their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign on the road to Russia.
The final groups in CAF qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia will be drawn on Friday with teams like Senegal, Congo DR and Morocco well placed to make a statement during the current campaign.
CAF's footballing giants successfully navigated the early rounds of Russia 2018 qualifying with 20 teams left standing at the start of the group stage that will eventually winnow the field to five qualifiers for the finals.
Kenya, Niger, Botswana and Swaziland were among the big winners over the weekend in CAF qualifying for Russia 2018 as the first round heads into the second leg this week.
FIFA.com looks closer at the African Zone qualifiers following the Russia 2018 Preliminary Draw, with several of the continent's big guns facing potential banana skins.