{"id":13358,"date":"2026-11-09T14:46:05","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/2027-u-23-afconq-dr-congo-begin-training-ahead-olympic-eagles-showdown\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T14:46:05","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T14:46:05","slug":"2027-u-23-afconq-dr-congo-begin-training-ahead-olympic-eagles-showdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/2027-u-23-afconq-dr-congo-begin-training-ahead-olympic-eagles-showdown\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 U-23 AFCONQ: DR Congo Begin Training Ahead Olympic Eagles Showdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo have started preparations for their 2027 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations second round qualifying encounter against Nigeria\u2019s Olympic Eagles.<\/p>\n<p>The Congolese squad assembled on Sunday and began their preparations with gym workouts as they look to get ready for the crucial two-legged tie.<\/p>\n<p> Guy Bukasa\u2019s men are scheduled to begin outdoor training on Monday (today) as attention shifts towards Friday\u2019s opening encounter.<br \/><strong><br \/>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/2027-u-23-afconq-chelle-names-olympic-eagles-squad-for-dr-congo-clash\/\">2027 U-23 AFCONQ: Chelle Names Olympic Eagles Squad For DR Congo Clash<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bukasa named 26 players for the qualifying fixtures but will be without three members of his squad.<\/p>\n<p> Faveurdi Bongeli, Messy Manitu and Yohan Mboko have all been ruled out due to injuries.<\/p>\n<p>DR Congo are set to host Nigeria in the first leg at the TP Mazembe Stadium in Lubumbashi on Friday, where they will be hoping to make home advantage count.<\/p>\n<p>The Olympic Eagles will have the opportunity to respond when both sides meet again for the return leg at the Remo Stars Sports Complex in Ikenne on Tuesday, November 17.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo have started preparations for their 2027 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations second round qualifying encounter against Nigeria\u2019s Olympic Eagles. The Congolese squad assembled on Sunday&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13359,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}