Carried by a fiery Ellia Meschak, the Democratic Republic of Congo takes on Tanzania and validates its ticket for the CAN Morocco 2025.
In group H, DR Congo travels to Tanzania to challenge the Taifas Stars as part of the fourth day of the qualifiers for the CAN Morocco 2025.
In the first leg, the Leopards won 1-0, helped by Clément Mzize’s CSC.
Sébastien Desabre’s men, who have 3 wins in 3 matches, have 9 points and can qualify in the event of a good result.
In front, Tanzania has a victory and a draw, therefore 4 points. Fayçal Salum and his teammates must also achieve a good result in order to maintain their chance of qualifying.
There were no goals in the first half of this match. Despite the huge opportunities, no one managed to find the loophole.
Returning from the locker room, the two teams will continue on the same momentum. Tanzania dominates but struggles to score. We had to wait until the last 10 minutes of the match to finally see deliverance come from the Leopards side. With a sudden strike, Ellia Meschak opened the scoring (88th, Tanzania 0-1 DR Congo).
The Young Boys player will score a double later (90th + 3, Tanzania 0-2 DR Congo) and seal the victory for his team.
With this victory, DR Congo, which has 4 victories in 4 matches (12 points), is qualified for the CAN Morocco 2025.
