DR Congo arrive in the US for the World Cup after Ebola quarantine

DRC squad arrived connected a formation from Paris aft US authorities insisted they service a 21-day quarantine play elsewhere.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) squad person yet arrived successful the United States for the World Cup, aft they were forced to walk 3 weeks isolating successful Europe owed to an Ebola outbreak successful their location country.

The squad arrived connected a formation from Paris connected Thursday aft US authorities insisted they service the quarantine play successful Belgium oregon hazard being denied introduction for the tournament.

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Head manager Sebastien Desabre said helium hoped his squad would enactment up a “good showing” and bring immoderate pleasance to their beleaguered compatriots who are dealing with an outbreak of the virus.
“It has been a portion since the radical person seen the squad astatine the World Cup,” said the Frenchman.

“We already had the honour of qualifying for the finals. Now, it is up to america to enactment up a bully showing successful this tournament.”

DRC – who person qualified for their archetypal World Cup since they featured successful the 1974 variation arsenic Zaire – cancelled a planned pre-World Cup grooming campy astatine location aft the state was deed by the Ebola outbreak past period and were based successful Belgium instead.

The team’s World Cup preparations were further thrown into chaos erstwhile a planned warm-up lucifer against Chile successful Spain was cancelled owed to fears implicit the dispersed of the virus.

“We adapted to the situation,” said Desabre. “We had to focus, arsenic we person had to accommodate often.

“That is what we did. We worked well, we played 2 pugnacious friendlies, and present we are. Now, it is different measurement for us.”

They are to beryllium based successful Houston during the competition, wherever they volition play their archetypal Group K lucifer connected June 17 against Portugal.

DRC are past scheduled to caput to Guadalajara successful Mexico to look Colombia connected June 23 earlier playing Uzbekistan successful Atlanta connected June 28.