By Rasaq Oboirien
ALGERIA Desert Foxes has recorded a third causality as Dinamo Zagreb of Croatia striker, Hilal Soudani for this weekend's Russia 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Nigeria in Uyo, reports NaijaSportsXtra.blogspot.com.
Soudani who picked up an injury in the game away to RNK Split in the 28th minute.
But the Federation of Algerian Football (FAF) confirmed Monday afternoon that the striker has been ruled out, as he would not recover on time for the Group B game against leaders, Nigeria.
Recall French-born whiz kid, Adam Unas was the first player to be ruled out of the game following an injury he picked two weeks ago. He was subsequently replaced with replaced by Sofiane Hanni by coach Georges Leekens.
Lyon of France ace, Rachid Ghezzal could also miss the game in Uyo after he sustained an injury when he collided with Bastia's goalkeeper during Saturday's French Ligue Une game.
Nigeria leads the group with 3points after beating Zambia Chipolopolo on match day 1 while Algeria and Cameroon are level on a point after sharing the spoils in Algiers.
