{"id":1844,"date":"2026-06-26T12:10:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=1844"},"modified":"2026-06-26T12:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:10:57","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-schedules-stats-preview-tv-channel-live-online-streaming-predictions-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/?p=1844","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026 Schedules, Stats &#038; Preview, TV Channel, Live Online Streaming &#038; Predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/topic\/dr-congo-national-football-team\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1450\">DR Congo<\/a> take on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/topic\/uzbekistan-national-team\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"4854\">Uzbekistan<\/a> on Saturday, knowing that a convincing win could see them usurp Portugal to finish second in Group K <a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/topic\/cristiano-ronaldo\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"838\">Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a> and Co.<\/p>\n<p>While Portugal take on pool leaders Colombia, DR Congo take on the Uzbeks in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>Defeat for Roberto Martinez&#8217;s side would open the door for the Africans, but they also need to overturn a six-goal deficit.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a tough request, but they&#8217;ll be happy to do it. Any win would almost certainly be enough for them to go through as one of the best third-place finishers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They (Uzbekistan) are a very good team, I know some players from there. They never give up. But we are the same, it should be a very good game.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/sports\/soccer\/dr-congo-itching-get-back-pitch-after-colombia-defeat-2026-06-25\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8211; striker Simon Banza told Reuters<\/a>. &#8220;We&#8217;ve had a goal since we arrived at the World Cup, and that&#8217;s to go far in the tournament.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Uzbekistan can qualify, but they also need a resounding win, which seems like a tall order for a team coached by former Italy defender Fabio Cannavaro, who won the tournament as a player in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>In the matches against Colombia and Portugal, they scored only one goal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td\/>\n<td>P<\/td>\n<td>V<\/td>\n<td>D<\/td>\n<td>L<\/td>\n<td>GF<\/td>\n<td>GA<\/td>\n<td>GD<\/td>\n<td>PTS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Colombia<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Portugal<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DR Congo<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>-1<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Uzbekistan<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>-7<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span id=\"World_Cup_2026_DR_Congo_v_Uzbekistan_team_news\">World Cup 2026: DR Congo &#8211; Uzbekistan news<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>DR Congo have a fully-prepared squad to choose from, although coach Sebastien Desabres could switch from five backs to a four-man defense given the need to score goals. That could lead to the recall of Sunderland midfielder Noah Sadika, who was unexpectedly left out of the starting line-up for the first two games.<\/p>\n<p>There are no new issues in Uzbekistan. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DR Congo take on Uzbekistan on Saturday, knowing that a convincing win could see them usurp Portugal to finish second in Group K Cristiano Ronaldo and Co. While Portugal take on pool leaders Colombia, DR Congo take on the Uzbeks in Atlanta. Defeat for Roberto Martinez&#8217;s side would open the door for the Africans, but &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xrpfaucet.site\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}