{"id":671276,"date":"2026-06-23T20:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=671276"},"modified":"2026-06-23T20:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T00:44:12","slug":"colombia-vs-dr-congo-team-news-and-confirmed-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2026\/06\/23\/colombia-vs-dr-congo-team-news-and-confirmed-lineups\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia vs DR Congo: Team News and Confirmed Lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colombia faces added pressure on matchday 2 against DR Congo after Portugal dismantled Uzbekistan earlier today to take leadership of the group. A win or a draw would be enough to secure Colombia’s place in the knockout phase of the 2026 World Cup. We look at confirmed lineups and team news.<\/p>\n

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Colombia vs DR Congo<\/h2>\n

Date: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026
\nVenue: Estadio Akron in Guadalajara
\nKick Off: 22:00 in Guadalajara
\nReferee: Maurizio Mariani
\nCurrent Odds: Colombia 1.55, Draw 4.2, DR Congo 7.5<\/p>\n

Colombia Team News<\/h3>\n

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Guadalajara is painted the festive color of Colombia’s iconic yellow jerseys as Los Cafeteros feel the anxiety of a game where they begin as favorites, but not certain favorites. With no obvious injury or suspension issues, Colombia will repeat their XI from the opening match, even though a few players like goalkeeper Camilo Vargas, and the famous #10 James Rodriguez had subpar performances in the opener. An argument<\/a> has been made to start Deiver Machado over Jhon Mojica at LB.<\/p>\n

After he was not used in the opening game, Juan Fernando Quintero could see minutes off the bench as the #10, while Cucho Hernandez looks set to be the second striker option, ahead of Jhon Cordoba. Nestor Lorenzo has opted for an unchanged lineup on matchday 2, with Richard Rios also a midfield bench option.<\/p>\n

DR Congo Team News<\/h3>\n

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Another case of “no news is good news”, DR Congo has the same players available for matchday 2 as the team that drew with mighty Portugal on matchday 1. Their manager gave little away ahead of the game, saying his team was aiming<\/a> for a “win or a draw”.<\/p>\n

Accordingly, a defensive setup should continue to suit DR Congo, five at the back, sitting behind the ball and absorbing Colombia’s pressure, looking for an opening or set piece magic. It’s the formula that has allowed many underdog countries to secure wins or draws this tournament, including CAF sides Cape Verde and Ghana.<\/p>\n

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Colombia Confirmed Lineup (4-2-3-1)<\/h3>\n

GK; Camilo Vargas<\/p>\n

Defenders: Johan Mojica, Jhon Lucumi, Davinson Sanchez, Daniel Munoz<\/p>\n

Midfield: Gustavo Puerta, Jefferson Lerma, James Rodriguez<\/p>\n

Forwards: Luis Diaz, Luis Suarez, Jhon Arias<\/p>\n

DR Congo Confirmed Lineup (5-3-2)<\/h3>\n

GK: Lionel Mpasi Nzau<\/p>\n

Defenders: Arthur Masuaku, Steve Kapuadi, Axel Tuanzebe, Chancel Mbemba, Aaron Wan-Bissaka<\/p>\n

Midfield: Edo Kayembe, Samuel Moutoussamy, Ngal’ayel Mukau<\/p>\n

Forwards: Yoane Wissa, Cedric Bakambu<\/p>\n

Main Photo Credit: Smartframe Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Colombia faces added pressure on matchday 2 against DR Congo after Portugal dismantled Uzbekistan earlier today to take leadership of the group. A win or a draw would be enough to secure Colombia’s place in the knockout phase of the 2026 World Cup. We look at confirmed lineups and team news. Read More:\u00a02026 World Cup […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1442,"featured_media":671278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":true,"sfio_embed_code":"<\/smartframe-embed>","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,161,1831,2132],"tags":[798,226,7220,32867,1111,8859,32569,8806],"class_list":["post-671276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international-football","category-starting-line-up","category-world-cup","tag-2026-world-cup","tag-colombia","tag-dr-congo","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-james-rodriguez","tag-luis-diaz","tag-nestor-lorenzo","tag-yoane-wissa"],"modified_by":"Steen Kirby","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1442"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671276"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671282,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671276\/revisions\/671282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}