Losing start in AFCON qualifying for 78-year-old coach Le Roy
What happened
French coach Claude Le Roy made a losing start on Thursday to a second stint with Congo Brazzaville as they were beaten 1-0 by Namibia in a 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier.Group E top seeds Democratic Republic of Congo, the first of the 10 African participants at the 2026 World Cup to debut in 2027 AFCON qualifying, beat Equatorial Guinea 2-0 in Kinshasa.
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