Wasanni uku, ci-rani uku, kuma an ci kwallaye 14 ba tare da zura ɗaya ba — shiga DR Congo ta farko a Gasar Duniya ta FIFA, a shekarar 1974 a ƙarƙashin sunan Zaire, shi ne irin wasannin da ƙasar ta fi son mantawa da shi.

Sun kasance ƙungiyar farko daga Afirka ta Kudu da Sahara da ta kai matakin kusa-ƙarshe, amma an doke su 2-0 da Scotland da 9-0 da Yugoslavia, wanda ya kara dagula yakin da ya cika da zafi. Hoto da ba za a manta ba ya zo a wasan rukunin ƙarshe da Brazil, lokacin da mai tsaro Mwepu Ilunga ya tsallaka daga bango na tsaro yayin da Brazil ke shirya harba gaba, kuma ya yi tsalle wa kwallo har gaban fili. An ba shi katin rawaya, kuma mutane suka yi masa ba'a a duniya baki ɗaya — duk da haka, kamar yadda Ilunga ya bayyana shekaru kusan arba'in bayan haka, aikin ya kasance zanga-zangar da aka yi da gangan.