Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia have certified for the November 21-December 18 Qatar event and the African facets have most effective a September 19-27 window and one week before the World Cup kick-off to prepare.
The withdrawal of Zimbabwe from Group K way Morocco are loose to play heat-up video games in September, however the different four teams face African qualifiers each.
Cameroon are scheduled to play Namibia, Ghana to satisfy Angola, Senegal to tackle Mozambique and Tunisia to stand Libya home and away.
Speaking to the media in Dakar after Senegal snatched a closing-gasp 1-0 victory over Rwanda on Tuesday, Cisse known as on the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to delay the next two rounds of qualifying.
"The best aspect (to) help the five (African) alternatives which have certified (for the World Cup) is to stop the (qualifiers) in September," said the former Paris Saint-Germain midfielder-cum-defender.
"(This would) deliver the opportunity to the nations certified (for the World Cup) to do their preparations. I assume we are able to find a option to postpone the (qualifiers) scheduled for September."
The project for CAF will be to find new dates if they delay the 44 September fixtures as there's best one other window, next March, before the June-July 2023 finals within the Ivory Coast.
CAF plan to stage matchdays five and 6 of Cup of Nations qualifying between March 20-28, with the finals set for June and July 2023.Â
What the Cairo-based totally body may additionally remember is cancelling handiest the eight September fits regarding the World Cup qualifiers and asking them to play catch-up throughout the World Cup window once removed.
African pundits are extremely pessimistic about the possibilities of the five, giving handiest Senegal, who face the Netherlands, Qatar and Ecuador in Group A, a realistic chance of achieving the second one round.
