Not the best of Tuesdays for Yoane Wissa.
The Newcastle United striker and his DR Congo teammates losing their final warm up match ahead of the World Cup finals.
It looked like the friendly wasn’t going to go ahead at all, when Spain decided against hosting the DR Congo v Chile match due to Ebola concerns.
In the end though it did go ahead, albeit behind closed doors, played at the Stade de la Source in Orleans, France.
A poor goalless first half ended with Yoane Wissa and two others subbed off at the break, then DR Congo went 2-0 down in the second half due to goals from Osorio and Sepulveda for Chile. Kayembe getting a late consolation for DR Congo.
Last week DR Congo played out a decent draw with Denmark, Yoane Wissa played all but the last few minutes of that 0-0 draw.
Tuesday’s defeat to Chile not so good, especially considering they finished rock bottom of the South American World Cup qualifying group and only won two of their 18 qualifiers.
Yoane Wissa and his DR Congo team have their first World Cup group match in eight days time, a tough start as on Wednesday 17 June they face Portugal.
The 2026 World Cup finals begin on Thursday 11 June and run through until the final on Sunday 19 July.
All of the remaining World Cup warm up matches for the Newcastle United players called up are listed below, then their group games schedule at the finals.
The warm up friendlies and 2026 World Cup group games schedule for Newcastle United players:
Wednesday 10 June
England v Costa Rica (Dan Burn, Tino Livramento) Friendly at neutral venue, Orlando
Saturday 13 June
Morocco v Brazil (Bruno Guimaraes) World Cup group match 11pm BBC
Sunday 14 June
Curacao v Germany (Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade) World Cup group match 6pm ITV
Monday 15 June
Tunisia v Sweden (Anthony Elanga) World Cup group match 3am ITV
Wednesday 17 June
Portugal v DR Congo (Yoane Wissa) World Cup group match 6pm BBC
Croatia v England (Dan Burn, Tino Livramento) World Cup group match 9pm ITV
Saturday 20 June
Haiti v Brazil (Bruno Guimaraes) World Cup group match 1.30am ITV
Ivory Coast v Germany (Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade) World Cup group match 9pm ITV
Netherlands v Sweden (Anthony Elanga) World Cup group match 6pm BBC
Tuesday 23 June
Ghana v England (Dan Burn, Tino Livramento) World Cup group match 9pm BBC
Wednesday 24 June
Scotland v Brazil (Bruno Guimaraes) World Cup group match 11pm BBC
Colombia v DR Congo (Yoane Wissa) World Cup group match 3am ITV
Thursday 25 June
Ecuador v Germany (Malick Thiaw, Nick Woltemade) World Cup group match 9pm BBC
Friday 26 June
Japan v Sweden (Anthony Elanga) World Cup group match 12am BBC
Saturday 27 June
Panama v England (Dan Burn, Tino Livramento) World Cup group match 10pm ITV
Sunday 28 June
Uzbekistan v DR Congo (Yoane Wissa) World Cup group match 12.30am BBC