Democratic Republic of Congo is back at the World Cup for the first time since 1974. The team arrived in the United States after a quarantine period related to an Ebola outbreak in the region. Coach Sebastien Desabre told France 24 he hopes the squad's performance will bring relief to supporters back home—a symbolically significant moment for a nation watching from afar.

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