Esp&eacute;rance striker Bernard Bulbwa will definitely be monitoring proceedings at the Akwa Ibom International Stadium when the Super Eagles lock horns with the Desert Foxes in a crucial World Cup qualifier.<br /><br />And he has put country above club by providing the lowdown on Esperance teammate <span>Hicham Belkarou, who is in line to feature against the Super Eagles having made Algeria</span>&rsquo;s 23-man roster. <br /><br />&ldquo;Hicham is a good player, very good in the air but slow on ground. He is a very calm defender, he doesn&rsquo;t kick balls anyhow, he always wants to play, &rdquo; said Bulbwa to <b>allnigeriasoccer.com</b>.<br /><br />&ldquo;He is good in long balls, he can kick them directly to his man. <br /><br />&ldquo;The only weakness which I know he has as a player is when strikers rush on him he makes mistakes because he never wants to kick blindly.&rdquo;<br /><br />Asked what he has discussed with <span>Belkarou about the upcoming clash, Bulbwa answered : </span>&ldquo;He can&rsquo;t speak English and I can&rsquo;t speak Arabic but he is always showing me a hand on his throat which signifies that Nigeria is going down, which I don&rsquo;t believe. &rdquo;<br /><br />Bulbwa was part of the Nigeria U20s squad at the 2015 Fifa U20 World Cup along with Manchester City&rsquo;s Kelechi Iheanacho, Gent&rsquo;s Moses Simon, Genk&rsquo;s Wilfred Ndidi, Turkish-based defender Musa Mohammed and goalkeeper Dele Alampasu, who have been called up for the game against the North Africans.<br /><br />Ifeanyi Emmanuel <br />