{"id":772779,"date":"2026-07-01T20:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772779\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T20:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T20:12:11","slug":"fifa-world-cup-2026-england-v-dr-congo-harry-kane-scores-two-to-save-england-from-massive-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/772779\/","title":{"rendered":"FIFA World Cup 2026 | England v DR Congo; Harry Kane scores two to save England from massive upset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/harry-kane-25mm\" class=\"sc-jNzrEP eIMCEl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Kane<\/a> has scored two second-half goals to help <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/england-football-25jw\" class=\"sc-jNzrEP eIMCEl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a> rally for a 2-1 victory over DR Congo and a spot in the round of 16 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/world-cup-26j4\" class=\"sc-jNzrEP eIMCEl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>England\u2019s all-time leading scorer evened the score with a header after Brian Cipenga had given Congo a surprising halftime lead in Atlanta on Wednesday (early Thursday AEST) . <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/92795c00bd4a14c85c4f09c3e48d2bb1e02c31f9.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Harry Kane celebrates with teammates Jude Bellingham and Anthony Gordon.\u00a0Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Kane then scored the decisive goal into the top corner in the 86th minute at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/mercedes-2624\" class=\"sc-jNzrEP eIMCEl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mercedes<\/a>-Benz Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>For much of the game, England looked to be headed for one of the biggest upsets in World Cup <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/history-jll\" class=\"sc-jNzrEP eIMCEl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 1966 World Cup champions will next play co-host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/mexico-ck5\" class=\"sc-jNzrEP eIMCEl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mexico<\/a> in the round of 16 in Mexico City on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/f070f37c481a66b7c8c27bb422a16611b8dfa7c6.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">Dr Congo&#8217;s Brian Cipenga celebrates after scoring their first goal during the World Cup round of 32.\u00a0AP Photo\/Butch Dill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry Kane has scored two second-half goals to help England rally for a 2-1 victory over DR Congo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":772780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-772779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/772780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}