{"id":2212,"date":"2026-07-02T14:38:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/?p=2212"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:43:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T13:43:14","slug":"england-v-dr-congo-atlanta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2026\/07\/england-v-dr-congo-atlanta\/","title":{"rendered":"England v DR Congo, Atlanta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Stifling heat and humidity so the covered Atlanta Stadium was very welcome. A noon kick off meant no long lunch too (although we were on the beers by 09:30). Could have been a disaster but somehow Harry Kane rescued us as we managed to beat Doctor Congo!
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Match Report <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

England 2\u20131 DR Congo<\/strong>
World Cup Round of 32 \u2013 Atlanta<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Venue:<\/strong> Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Attendance:<\/strong> 68,239<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Brief match summary<\/strong>
    England came from behind to beat DR Congo 2\u20131 after a nervy display. DR Congo shocked them early through Brian Cipenga, and England struggled for long spells against a very organised side. Harry Kane then rescued it late on with two goals in the final quarter of the match to send England through to the last 16.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Goalscorers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • 7\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Brian Cipenga (DR Congo<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 75\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Harry Kane (England<\/strong>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • 86\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Harry Kane (England<\/strong>)  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      England starting XI<\/strong>
      Jordan Pickford; Ezri Konsa, Marc Gu\u00e9hi, Nico O\u2019Reilly, Djed Spence; Declan Rice, Elliot Anderson, Jude Bellingham; Noni Madueke, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      DR Congo starting XI<\/strong>
      Lionel Mpasi; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Axel Tuanzebe, Chancel Mbemba, Arthur Masuaku; Ngal\u2019ayel Mukau, Samuel Moutoussamy, Noah Sadiki, Nathana\u00ebl Mbuku; Brian Cipenga, Yoane Wissa.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      England substitutes used<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • 61\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Anthony Gordon for Marcus Rashford<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 61\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Bukayo Saka for Noni Madueke<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 70\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Eberechi Eze for Djed Spence<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 81\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Morgan Rogers for Elliot Anderson<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • 81\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 Curtis Jones for Declan Rice  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        Stifling heat and humidity so the covered Atlanta Stadium was very welcome. A noon kick off meant no long lunch too (although we were on the beers by 09:30). Could have been a disaster but somehow Harry Kane rescued us as we managed to beat Doctor Congo! Match Report England 2\u20131 DR CongoWorld Cup Round […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2171,"url":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2026\/07\/atlanta-road-trip\/","url_meta":{"origin":2212,"position":0},"title":"Atlanta Road Trip","date":"2 July 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Around a 4 hour drive down to Atlanta from Nashville (a bit longer with loo stops and lunch at the famous Buc-ee's with the largest gas station we have ever seen). Armed with a massive cooler full of iced beers we battled the traffic and arrived at our 72 storey\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6454666F-C193-47BE-9465-7D7C08B0FABA.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2130,"url":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2026\/06\/nashville-party-city\/","url_meta":{"origin":2212,"position":1},"title":"Nashville - Party City","date":"30 June 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Our newest favourite place on the planet! Nashville delivered... Our host Jonny sorted everything (and won the golf and go karting). Great bars, everywhere has live music and a very friendly place - so much better than Las Vegas for a stag\/hen (and there's loads of those!). Onwards with a\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_6374.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2400,"url":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/2026\/07\/nashville-onwards-our-mate-chizs-article-for-true-faith-fanzine\/","url_meta":{"origin":2212,"position":2},"title":"New York to Miami - Our mate Chiz's Article for True Faith Fanzine","date":"8 July 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Chiz been writing for True Faith NUFC fanzine. Reproduced here... After the ecstasy of finally getting to the knockout stages in NY, the plan on Sunday was to fly to Nashville. A friend of ours\u2019 brother had lived there for 24 yrs and I have to be honest, I didn\u2019t\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2212"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2235,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2212\/revisions\/2235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/FOOTBALL\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}