Germans have always been known for taking things very seriously. And a World Cup it is, especially when it comes from having their colors taken away in the last two events, in which they fell in the first phase. For this reason, he did not want any surprises with one of the debutantes. Curacao gave everything it had but, as expected, it was not enough.
It did allow the team coached by Advocaat to set off the German alarms and create a surprise when Livano Comenencia tied a game that they had started losing very early. However, the German machinery turned to carburetor to finish crushing its rival.
Nmecha’s early goal heralded a victory that everyone predicted before kickoff. Germany pressed, scored and continued to press. Everything was going according to the established script. But Curacao fought back, avoided more goals and put the romantic moment in the 21st minute.
It could have been a historic afternoon when Comenencia tied it at 1 with a shot that touched Kimmich and made the entire Caribbean island and soccer lovers dream. It is Curacao’s first goal in a World Cup. History for your country. A goal that at the same time represented the Germans’ seventh consecutive goal without keeping a clean sheet. Since winning its fourth title in Brazil 2014 against Argentina, it has not been able to stay clean.
Schlotterbeck had to fix the small set-piece mess. With a header, the Dortmund centre-back broke the tie and once again brought peace to the Germans who, shortly before half-time, opened the gap from eleven metres.
Havertz converted a clear maximum penalty on Nmecha and, in case there were any doubts, Musiala extended the distance as soon as the second half began. There, if not before, Curacao lowered its arms. And Germany is not characterized by compassion.
The goals continued to fall as the match progressed. Brown, a player who we already pointed out that we had to follow, put his hand in and Undav, who entered Nagelsmann’s replacement rotation where Rüdiger also had minutes, put in the sixth.
The account was closed by Havertz, who takes the Pichichi of the World Cup with Balogun.
