Kinshasa, June 18th, 2026 (CPA).- The parallel between Yoane Wissa’s goal against Portugal and François Omam-Biyik’s historic strike against Argentina in 1990 has been highlighted by a writer, who sees it as a symbolic continuity in the history of African football and the Democratic Republic of Congo at FIFA World Cups. “On June 8th, 1990, at San Siro, François Omam-Biyik scored a legendary header, the only goal for Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions, and entered football history. Maradona and his teammates never saw it coming. Thirty-six years and nine days later, Yoane Wissa reconciles the Congolese with the World Cup. CR7 loses his Portuguese,” recalled writer Blaise Ndala.
The goal scored by Cameroon’s Oman-Biyik at the 1990 World Cup
According to him, the comparison places the performance of the Democratic Republic of Congo striker within the broader sporting memory of the African continent, marked by remarkable achievements against teams widely regarded as favorites. He believes that the two goals symbolize continuity in Africa’s greatest World Cup performances, particularly in opening matches where teams from the continent have often produced unexpected results. The writer stressed that such moments contribute to building a collective memory of African football that transcends generations and national boundaries by celebrating achievements that remain etched in World Cup history. He also expressed the hope that the Leopards of the Democratic Republic of Congo will maintain the same momentum in their next Group K fixture against Colombia, scheduled for June 24th. Author of the novel The Equation Before the Night, dedicated to a chapter of the Second World War linked to uranium from the former Belgian Congo, Blaise Ndala has lived in Ottawa since 2007 after specializing in human rights in Belgium. His first novel, I Will Dance on Senghor’s Grave, published in 2014, won the Ottawa Book Award in 2015 and was later adapted for the cinema. His second novel, Without a Condom or a Kalashnikov, published in 2017, won the 2019 edition of Radio-Canada’s Combat of books literary competition.