Curacao stuns Germany at World Cup with historic goal that sends supporters into understandable frenzy

Germany is simply a four-time World Cup champion, portion Curacao is lone making its World Cup debut successful 2026. The 2 teams are not equals, but for astatine slightest a little infinitesimal during their Group Stage lucifer successful Houston connected Sunday, adjacent is precisely what they were.

The Germans, who entered the lucifer arsenic incredibly dense favorites, got disconnected to the cleanable commencement by taking a 1-0 pb conscionable six minutes into the contest. In different words, the lucifer began precisely arsenic expected, but past came the unexpected successful what is undoubtedly the infinitesimal of the tourney frankincense far.

While chasing the shot with Germany wholly dominating possession, Curacao managed to support things successful check, and not conscionable settee into the match, but really marque it 1 by scoring the nation's first-ever extremity successful World Cup history.

Livano Comenencia #8 of Curacao celebrates scoring his team's archetypal extremity during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group E lucifer betwixt Germany and Curacao astatine Houston Stadium connected June 14, 2026 successful Houston, Texas. (Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

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Livano Comenencia, a 22-year-old defender who plays professionally successful Switzerland, was the antheral liable for the historical moment.

The astir 7,000 Curacao fans wrong NRG Stadium celebrated the juncture accordingly.

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Germany got the momentum backmost connected its broadside with a extremity disconnected a country footwear successful the 38th minute, but the extremity from Curacao was a definite triumph successful and of itself.

Livano Comenencia #8 of Curacao celebrates with Juninho Bacuna #7 aft scoring the team's archetypal extremity during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group E lucifer betwixt Germany and Curacao astatine Houston Stadium connected June 14, 2026 successful Houston, Texas. (Julian Finney - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

To accidental that Curacao is the underdog, and not conscionable against Germany but for the full tournament, would beryllium an understatement with the Caribbean island's approximate colonisation being conscionable nether 160,000. The colonisation of Houston alone, the big metropolis for the match, is 2.4 million.

Germany has a colonisation of astir 83 million.

Curacao fans cheer successful the stands during the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group E lucifer betwixt Germany and Curacao astatine Houston Stadium connected June 14, 2026 successful Houston, Texas. (Steph Chambers - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

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Curacao, ranked 82nd successful the FIFA rankings, qualified for its archetypal World Cup successful benignant by going unbeaten and winning CONCACAF Group B implicit Jamaica, Bermuda, and Trinidad & Tobago.

The Curacaoan nationalist squad is made up astir wholly of Dutch players who personally chose to correspond their families who near the islands and came to the Netherlands. The squad is managed by 78-year-old Dick Advocaat, who took the Dutch to the quarterfinals of the 1994 World Cup held successful the United States.