African puma stars ready to shine on the road to World Cup

Most of them playing in European clubs, African players are certainly no match for the rest of the world. With their quick tempo, readiness and good motivation teams from this continent have to be considered for a higher place no matter what competitions they are playing.
Since the start of this qualifying campaign, all 53 CAF (Confederation of African Football) member nations took part into the 2 year long journey towards the finals in Russia. After two knock-out rounds played, we are left with only 20 teams into round 3. Those teams will be divided into 5 groups and each will have 4 squads in it. On home-and-away basis 5 group winners will qualify for 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Matches are not yet known as the draw for this third and final round will be held at the CAF headquarters in Cairo on 24 June.

Overview in 2015 and expectations in 2016: Already 2 rounds behind us, all in all we can say that these 20 teams deserve to be called best on African soil. However when the draw will be made in June, the Egyptian capital may give us some exciting derbies from some groups that no one can predict. As only 5 group winners will go through as direct qualifiers for the big sporting showpiece in the world there will be no room for mistakes. We can only hope that we have to expect some exciting, thrilling and entertaining football ahead of us where no slip-ups will be made.