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England News:
Before the first ball was kicked in Panama vs. England, the Three Lions were safe in the knowledge that even a shock loss would not lead to a catastrophic elimination, thanks to results elsewhere in the group stage going their way on Friday evening.Top spot still had to be wrapped up on the final matchday in Group L, when Croatia and Ghana were both capable of usurping the Three Lions, and Tuchel's side produced another tepid first half against the nation they pummelled 6-1 at Russia 2018.However, the handful of world-class talents in the England squad came to the fore in the second period, when Harry Kane - becoming his nation's highest World Cup scorer of all time - and Jude Bellingham struck quickfire goals to seal a largely straightforward 2-0 victory.
England team talk has been dominated by one area and one area only - the right-back position - after Jarell Quansah joined Reece James on the treatment table with the ankle injury he picked up against Panama.Tuchel is optimistic that the Bayer Leverkusen defender will be back up and running in a few days, but the same is unlikely to be true for the injury-plagued James, so Djed Spence will almost certainly start out wide on Wednesday night.Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford should have also done enough to reprise their roles on the flanks - fitness-permitting - while Kane is now chasing another Lineker record; the Bayern Munich man has scored three WC knockout goals for England, half the total of the 65-year-old.
DR Congo News:
England have not yet had to exhibit their powers of recovery at the 2026 World Cup, but after coming from behind to rescue an opening draw against Portugal, DR Congo went one better in their crucial Uzbekistan contest.Falling 1-0 down inside 10 minutes to an Eldor Shomurodov strike, the Leopards turned on the style in the second half, when star man Yoane Wissa netted twice either side of Fiston Mayele's effort to write a new chapter of national history.Competing at their first World Cup as DR Congo, the Leopards will play in the knockout rounds for the first time ever, having crashed out of the 1974 tournament in the group stage - as Zaire - with three losses to their name.
Meanwhile, DR Congo have reported no physical concerns before their first World Cup knockout game, in which Desabre could revert to the 5-3-2 shape he deployed against Portugal and Colombia after switching to a 4-4-2 against Uzbekistan.Number nine Brian Cipenga is likely to make way for centre-back Steve Kapuadi if that is the case, while at the other end of the pitch, Mayele has made his case to start over Cedric Bakambu after his goal on matchday three.However, Desabre should still lean on the experience of 35-year-old Bakambu alongside Wissa, who has scored more goals at the World Cup (2) than he did in the whole of the 2025-26 Premier League (1).
