Sports news in the DRC was marked by the match between Olympique Club Renaissance du Congo (OC Renaissance) and FC Céleste. This meeting took place on Saturday October 7 at the Tata Raphael stadium in Kinshasa, as part of the DRC national football championship, also known as LINAFOOT.
OC Renaissance brilliantly dominated FC Céleste, winning by two goals to one. While they were behind, the OC Renaissance players managed to equalize thanks to an achievement by Glody Mambembe. The two teams returned to the locker room with a parity score.
Returning from the break, OC Renaissance showed determination and managed to score the winning goal thanks to Gervinho Mayitikidi. This victory is all the more crucial for OC Renaissance, because it constitutes their second success in this group B of LINAFOOT, after a victory by forfeit (3-0) during the first day against AC Rangers. These 3 additional points allow the team to stay in the race and count 8 points in the ranking.
At the same time, other meetings also took place during this championship day. AC Kuya managed to win with difficulty against the Eagles of Congo, winning with a narrow score of one goal to zero.
In Group A of LINAFOOT, FC Lupopo and TP Mazembe faced each other in a match which ended in a blank draw. This meeting took place at the Kalemie stadium, located in the province of Tanganyika.
This day of the championship was therefore rich in emotions and twists and turns, offering a spectacle to the supporters present in the stadiums and to those who followed the matches on television.
OC Renaissance thus confirms its good form and its determination to continue its momentum in this national football championship of the DRC. The next matches will be decisive in determining the teams which will qualify for the final stages and which will have the opportunity to win this prestigious title. Congolese football fans are impatiently waiting to see what the next surprises will be in store for this exciting championship.