1 min: DR Congo lost only match in 2025, a World Cup qualifier against Guinea. Algeria’s streak goes back even longer, Vladimir Petkovic losing his first game in charge back in 2024 against Guinea.
The referee blows the whistle and we are off. Two teams who went unbeaten in the group stages … that streak ends today!
Algeria in their white kits with green trim and DR Congo in all blue.
The teams are out, the national anthems are being sung and we are getting close to kick-off. The camera pans to Zinedine Zidane, whose son Luca is between the sticks for Algeria.
There are not as many DR Congo fans in Morocco but they are making their voice heard in Rabat. We see the fan who has gained social media virality for standing for all of DR Congo’s matches. He resembles the country’s first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, who led the country in 1960.
