The Desert Warriors of Algeria players , have taken to their social me­dia handles to lament last Friday’s Africa qualifying draw for the FIFA 2018 World Cup in Russia that pitted them in Group B with heavyweights, Nige­ria, Cameroon and Zambia.

This is even as former Super Eagles player,Tijani Babangida is hinging Ni­geria’s chances of advanc­ing from the from the group dubbed ‘group of Death’ on divine interven­tion.

Watford of England player, Adlene Guedioura , on his Instagram page bemoaned the fate that has befallen him and his fellow Watford players; Odion Ighalo and Allan Nyom of Cameroon, describing it as a ‘difficult group’.

The midfielder will trade tackles with fellow Watford teammates, Ighalo and Nyom who play for Nigeria and Cameroon re­spectively when the series kick-off later this year in October.

“What a difficult Group with my fellows @ ighalojude [Odion Ighalo] and @allannyom [Allan Nyom] @bassongofficiel6 [Sebastian Bassong] but inshaAllah kheir,” Gue­dioura wrote.

Lyon midfielder Ghezzal Rachid reacting to the pair­ings , rallied his teammates on Twitter to work hard to seal qualification to Russia in 2018. “Now we have to work hard to [win] this dif­ficult group,” he said.

Meanwhile, ex-interna­tional, Tijani Babangida says it is only a miracle that would see the Eagles land in Russia.

The former Ajax Am­sterdam star told African­Football.com that while other teams are busy pre­paring hard for the 2018 World Cup qualifying se­ries which begins in Octo­ber, Nigeria is yet to have a permanent coach.

“The worse happened already after we were not seeded,” he said.

“And now with Algeria, Cameroon and Zambia in our group, only a miracle could take us out of this group, let’s be realistic even though we also know that anything is possible in football. “Other nations are already 100 percent ready for the qualifiers, while we are still not cer­tain who our coach will be.”

Babangida featured at the 1998 World Cup and was recently a special as­sistant to former Nigeria coach, Sunday Oliseh.