So far, this is the highest-scoring match in the World Cup – eight goals.
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The Germans scored in the 6th minute: Felix Nmecha found the net. 13 minutes later, Livano Comenencia equalized for Curaçao, who held on until about the 38th minute, and then the floodgates opened. Schlotterbeck, Havertz from a penalty, Musiala, Braun, Undav, and Havertz again. The final score was 7:1.
Before this, the highest-scoring game was USA — Paraguay.
Curaçao is a small island in the Caribbean Sea with a population of 155,000 people. It is a self-governing territorial entity within the Netherlands. The island has broad autonomy: its own government, parliament, constitution, and laws, but the Netherlands is responsible for foreign policy and defense. However, it is a member of FIFA, like Gibraltar or the Faroe Islands.
This is Curaçao's debut at the World Cup, which they reached because the USA, Canada, and Mexico received direct berths as hosts. Curaçao qualified for the championship, while Honduras, Guatemala, and Costa Rica did not.
Usually, four national teams from North and Central America directly qualify for the World Cup, and the team in 4th place goes into intercontinental playoff matches.
In today's starting lineup for Curaçao, there were three players from the Dutch top division, one from the second division, two players from the English Championship (second division), one from the Turkish Süper Lig, captain Leandro Bacuna from "Iğdır" in the Turkish second division, and two players from "Miami" in the American second division (not to be confused with Lionel Messi's "Inter Miami"). Comenencia, who scored the goal, is from Swiss "Zürich."
In this group, Côte d'Ivoire and Ecuador are also playing (match at 2 AM).
Today at 11 PM — Netherlands — Japan. Tomorrow: Spain — Cape Verde (7:00 PM), Belgium — Egypt (10:00 PM)
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