Nick Ames

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377 appearances 4 recordings 3 series first heard May 2026 last heard 7 Jul

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Football Weekly · England take the handbrake off but Ronaldo is stuck in park – World Cup Daily · 18 Jun 2026 podcast

Bember in there, you've got Aaron Wan-Bissaka who played very well down the right you've got Johan Wisser who headed in that equaliser from an in-swinging Arthur Masuaku cross by the way he rose and thundered this header in right on the stroke of half-time and all the little blue pockets of DR Congo fans because this stadium was mainly full of people in red Ronaldo 7 shirts with Texan accents I have to say

But there were these little pockets of DR Congo fans in light blue and it was really nice partly because I think some of the backdrop to their preparation has been covered but they had to spend 20-21 days in a bubble preparing in Belgium before they came to the US because of the devastating Ebola outbreak back in their home country and some of their staff had come directly from there.

So their preparation hadn't been ideal.

One of their friendlies was cancelled as a result.

They came over, they're actually based in Houston.

I was there when they were greeted at the airport last week as they arrived just after me.

And it was a really lovely moment with various fans and volunteers there.

But their own fans basically can't afford to come over from DR Congo and quarantine for three weeks.

It would just be impractical logistically and financially.

So to see that goal go in, to see the supporters who were there, who were mainly expats, have that moment, and then to hear all of the dedications afterwards to the fans back home who follow their country very passionately, it was a wonderful moment because, of course, they haven't qualified for a World Cup since as Zaire in 1974, which went a bit disastrously.

So this was a good moment.

And it was also a moment that, you know, we...

We can romanticise these teams a bit, but they're a serious team.

They're very well coached by Sebastian De Silva.

As I say, a lot of experience, a bit of flair in there.

And unlike their opposition, they had in Cedric Bakambu a veteran centre-forward who could move and link the play and get some shots away and generally cause problems.

Quite a lot of trouble.

So no, I enjoy watching them play.

I expect more from them.

I think there's a good chance they make the next round now and it wouldn't be an accident.

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