{"id":1458474,"date":"2026-06-15T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?post_type=news&p=1458474"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:01:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:01:42","slug":"portugal-vs-dr-congo-team-news-predicted-lineups","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/world-cup\/portugal-vs-dr-congo-team-news-predicted-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Portugal vs DR Congo team news and predicted lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Portugal<\/a> get their World Cup 2026<\/a> campaign underway when they face DR Congo<\/a> on Wednesday at 6pm (UK time).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Portugal have been ever-presents at the World Cup since 2002, having only appeared in two of the previous 16 tournaments. They’ve only failed it out of the group stage three times in total, and were quarter-finalists in Qatar. But there will be hopes of the Selecao<\/em> finally ending their — and Cristiano Ronaldo’s — hopes of lifting the trophy before their striker calls time on his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DR Congo have not appeared at the World Cup under their current name. But they were part of the 1974 tournament, when they were known as Zaire. It was a brief and unsuccessful tournament, as they lost all three of their matches without scoring a goal. So this will be a chance for DR Congo history,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will be the first meeting between these two sides.<\/p>\n\n\n

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