The Democratic Republic of the Congo national team has qualified for the round of 32 of the 2026 World Cup, after achieving a well-deserved victory over the Uzbekistan national team with a score of 3-1, in the match that brought them together in the third and final round of the group stage competitions.
The Uzbekistan national team opened the scoring early in the tenth minute through Eldor Shomurodov, ending the first half with a 1-0 lead, despite Repeated attempts by the Congolese national team to equalize.
With the start of the second half, the features of the match changed completely, as Yoann Wessa succeeded in scoring the equalizer from a penalty kick in the 68th minute, before Feston Mailebi gave the Congolese team the lead with a second goal in the 78th minute.
In stoppage time, Yoann Wessa returned to confirm his country’s superiority by scoring The third goal in the first minute of stoppage time settled the confrontation and led Congo to a valuable victory.
With this victory, the Democratic Republic of the Congo secured qualification to the round of 32 after finishing the group stage in third place, behind Colombia, the leader, and Portugal, which ranked second, while the Uzbekistan national team exited the tournament after failing to secure a ticket. Transition to the knockout rounds.