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Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026: Another FIFA World Cup and Germany have scripted another 7-1 scoreline! They have put Curacao to the sword since the island nation levelled the scores at 1-1 in the 21st minute! While Kai Havertz has scored twice, Deniz Undav has also been instrumental, scoring one and aiding in two more goals. Besides Havertz and Undav, Jamal Musiala, Nico Schlotterbeck, Felix Nmecha and Nathaniel Brown also scored for Germany.
For Curacao, Livano Comenencia had scored a wonderful equaliser for Curacao after the four-time champions Germany had taken a 1-0 lead as early as the 6th minute. Curacao are the smallest nation in the the history of the World Cup to qualify for the final tournament.
The match was being played at the Houston Stadium in Houston, long celebrated as one of North America’s premier hubs for football. Commonly known as NRG Stadium since 2014 and before that as Reliant Stadium, a name it is set to go back to once the World Cup is done, it is home to the Houston Texans in the NFL. Additionally, it sometimes serves as a home venue for the Mexican football team.
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Germany players pose a team photo before an international friendly soccer match against the United States in Chicago, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
They call him Bambi. Not for fragility, but for the way he carries the ball in traffic, that particular cleanness of movement. Jamal Musiala had 40 Germany caps and was being called the next Lionel Messi before he was 20. Then on July 5 last year, Gianluigi Donnarumma went for a loose ball and collided with him. Musiala fell screaming. His fibula fractured, his ankle dislocated. Donnarumma held his head in his hands.
Nagelsmann visited him at home during the months that followed. Not a phone call. He went in person, to tell him there was no rush. “It’s better if I come back in top form at the end of the season, and at the World Cup,” Musiala said. He did. Scored against Finland last month, completed 90 minutes for the first time since March, started against the United States on June 6. Bambi is back. Whether the old Bambi is back is the question this World Cup will answer. READ MORE.
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: FULL TIME
Seven goals, six different scorers! What a game fo Germany! Absolutely clinical!
They also scored their 239th goal at the FIFA World Cup, which makes them the leading goalscoring team in World Cup history.
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: GOAL
The goals just have not stopped coming for Germany since Curacao levelled at 1-1 on the 21st minute!
Havertz scores his second goal of the night, a delightful chip that takes a nick off a defender's foot to fly past the keeper.
Germany 7-1 Curacao
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: GOAL
What an impact after coming on as a substitute! Deniz Undav has been on the pitch for just 14 minutes after coming as a second half substitute. But he has scored a goal and assisted one (for Nathaniel Brown) with a delighful flick with his back to goal to help Germany take a 6-1 lead against Curacao.
Germany 6-1 Curacao
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: GOAL
Nathaniel Brown scores Germany's fifth just before the second hydration break! What a goal. VAR takes a look to see if he was offside, but besides a small part of his palm, nothing's offside. So the goal stands.
It was Wirtz who sent a silken pass into the box which Undav’s flicked with his back to the goal. The pass finds Brown, who shoots low into the goal.
Germany 5-1 Curacao
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Goal? Nope offside
Curacao thought they had scored a goal but Leandro Bacuna was offside by a kilometer. The Curacao fans were still jumping in their seats despite the players heading back to their positions with their head down!
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: WHAT A MISS!
Leroy Sane demonstrates great control over the ball which is sent his way fro mthe German defence by Tah. A literal quarterback pass if there was ever one! But while Sane beats the offside trap and shows silky touch to bring the ball down, his shot flies wide from the left upright!
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: CLOSE!!
Curacao almost score their second goal from a free kick. Leandro Bacuna rises and is unchallenged in the air. But he nods his header just high over the crossbar!
After 62 minutes, Germahy 4-1 Curacao
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: GOAL
69 seconds from the start of the second half and Musiala scores Germany's fourth goal! A smooth goal from the right of the goal, where he holds off a Curacao defender with his left shoulder and slips the ball into the far post with a first-touch goal! Tight angle, but Musiala makes it work!
After 46 minutes, Germany 4-1 Curacao
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Second half starts
here we go! Can Curacao sneak in one more goal! They certainly have shown that they have the means to score against a team of Germany's heft.
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: penalty for Germany!
Despite having to take his penalty kick with the largest contingent of Curacao fans behind that goal, Kai Havertz calmly rolls the penalty in to hand Germany a 3-1 lead at half-time!
The Germans were given the penalty after a rough tackle from Bazoer in the Curacao box. Cannot dispute that one!
And right after the German celebrations end, the ref blows the whistle for half-time.
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: GOAL
Nico Schlotterbeck has scored in the 38th minute to restore Germany's one-goal lead again in their their FIFA World Cup opener against Curacao.
Off a corner, Schlotterbeck came towards the near post and re-directed the ball into the net. Completely unmarked while he took flight and nodded the ball in!
Germany 2-1 Curacao
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: GOAL ??
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT! CURACAO HAVE SCORED! FIRST EVER WORLD CUP GOAL FOR THE CARIBBEAN ISLAND!
Livano Comenencia scores past Neuer with a superb shot in the 21st minute. And the smallest nation ever to qualify for the global finals has made a big splash!
A goal so good that even the German fans were clapping! The Curaçao fans inside Houston Stadium erupt! tears in the eyes of some fans! What a moment!
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Here's how Comenencia scripted history: After another attack from Curacao, German defenders try desperately to scramble the ball clear. The ball falls to Comenencia, who lets fly with a shot which deflected off a Germany defender and past the helpless Neuer.
Germany 1-1 Curacao
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Finally a chance for Curacao
After 19 minutes of absorbing the pressure of the German attackers, Curacao finally have a shot of their own. The attack started from the left flank before a cross in to the box was kept in play. Curacao's players seem reluctant to shoot at the goal and almost four of their players are in the box. They try to be selfless, and pass it around before a shot at goal flies high!
After 20 minutes, Germany still lead 1-0
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: One way traffic
The Germans are letting it fly after taking inspiration from the first goal! Soon after scoring Germany's opener, Nmecha takes another ferocious shot that flew past the post.
And now it's Florian Wirtz who goes on a run on the left flank before cutting in and trying to curl the ball in to the side netting just like Nmecha did for the goal! But the ball whooshes past the upright!
After 15 minutes, GER 1-0 CUW
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: GOAL ??
Felix Nmecha, playing in only his ninth game for Germany, slots the ball into the goal for their opener. Curled the ball around the defender to fly into the side netting! Germany are a goal up in just sixth minute!
GER 1-0 CUW
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Germany attacking
Germany hogging the ball in the early phase. Nathaniel Brown barges into the Curacao box dodging defenders. His cut-back is scrambled clear. And just like that Curacao are on a counter-attacking run! But Pavlovic is alert to the danger and fouls the runner.
After 3 minutes, GER 0-0 CUW
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Kick off!
We have liftoff in the USA's space city of Houston!
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: here we go
Germany in the traditional white jerseys and black shorts.
Manuel Neuer remains the only link to the German side that won the World Cup in 2014. He's come out of international retirement after an injury to Marc-André ter Stegen and a direct call from head coach Julian Nagelsmann
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: national anthem time
Alright! here we go! Both sets of players are out for the national anthems as are the gigantic flags that cover almost half of the pitch. We're starting with the German anthem first up.
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: About Curacao
The tiny nation of Curacao take on bonafide footballing royalty today. A country of 158,000 inhabitants standing David-like with a slingshot facing a Goliath that has 83.6 million population. The most populous country in the European Union and the 19th most populous globally versus a former Dutch colony from the Caribbean.
But this if the FIFA World Cup, where reputations matter for little when the kickoff happens.
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: More on the teams
That is some squad that Germany has put out, although it is a bit of a surprise that Antonio Rudiger is not in that back four. But Joshua Kimmich, Jonathan Tah, Nico Schlotterbeck and Nathaniel Brown make a strong back line. Aleksandar Pavlovic, Floran Wirtz, LEroy Sane, Kai Havertz and Jamal Musiala makes for some incredible attacking potential. As for Curacao, it looks like they haven't gone for a back five. A couple of familiar names for fans of Premier League clubs in there - Leandro Bacuna used to play for Aston Villa while Tahith Chong made a few appearances for Manchester United until 2022.
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Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Here are the lineups!
Germany: Neuer; Kimmich, Tah, Schlotterbeck, Brown; Pavlovic, Nmecha; Sane, Musiala, Wirtz; Havertz. Subs: Baumann, Nubel, Rudiger, Anton, Goretzka, Leweling, Woltemade, Gross, Beier, Stiller, Amiri, Raum, Thiaw, Ouedraogo, Undav.
Curacao: Room; Floranus, Bazoer, Obispo, Fonville; Comenencia, Leandro Bacuna; Hansen, Chong Juninho Bacuna; Locadia. Subs: Bodak, Doornbusch, Sambo, Gaari, van Eijma, Roemeratoe, Antonisse, Noslin, Gorre, Martha, Margaritha, Kuwas, Kastaneer, Brenet, Felida.
The referee will be Jalal Jayed of Morocco.
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Jamal Musiala - Germany's greatest hope
They call him Bambi. Not for fragility, but for the way he carries the ball in traffic, that particular cleanness of movement. Jamal Musiala had 40 Germany caps and was being called the next Lionel Messi before he was 20. Then on July 5 last year, Gianluigi Donnarumma went for a loose ball and collided with him. Musiala fell screaming. His fibula fractured, his ankle dislocated. Donnarumma held his head in his hands.
Nagelsmann visited him at home during the months that followed. Not a phone call. He went in person, to tell him there was no rush. “It’s better if I come back in top form at the end of the season, and at the World Cup,” Musiala said. He did. Scored against Finland last month, completed 90 minutes for the first time since March, started against the United States on June 6. Bambi is back. Whether the old Bambi is back is the question this World Cup will answer. Read more from Shashank Nair HERE.
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Germany's post-2014 nightmare at the World Cup finals
Germany entered the 2018 World Cup with a team that looked too good to be true on paper. Well, it wasn't true, as it turned out. The defending champions started off with a shock 1-0 defeat to Mexico. Then they beat Sweden 2-1 and it looked like they had course-corrected. But then came an even more stunning 2-0 defeat to South Korea, thus ending the tournament placed last in their group.
In 2022, Germany started with another shock defeat, this time 2-1 to Japan. Then, they only managed 1-1 draw against Spain which pretty much sealed their fate. Even a 4-2 win against Costa Rica couldn't stop them from dropping out in the group stage once again.
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Counting down to history for Curacao
What a moment this will be for the tiny island nation, about 65km north of Venezuela. Part of the Kingdon of Netherlands, Curacao's first match as an independent nation after the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles (1958 to 2010) was a 1-0 defeat to the Dominican Republic in August 2011. Since they are still technically part of the larger Dutch kingdom, Curacao are the first non-sovereign national team from the Americas to have made it to the World Cup finals. According a 2023 census, Curacao's population is 155,826.
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Age-gap of 40 years between the two coaches...
Julian Nagelsmann has been Germany's manager since September 2023. The 38-year-old's first stint as head coach of a senior team anywhere was when he took over Hoffenheim in October 2015. Dick Advocaat first took over Curacao's management in January 2024, left the role to take care of his ailing daughter after leading the team to their first-ever World Cup qualification and then returned to coaching the side last month when her health improved. His first stint as head coach of a senior football team? It came in 1987 when he took the reins of Dutch side HFC Haarlem - the year Nagelsmann was born.
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Curacao's full squad for the World Cup
Goalkeepers: Tyrick Bodak (SC Telstar), Trevor Doornbusch (VVV-Venlo), Eloy Room (Miami FC)
Defenders: Riechedly Bazoer (Konyaspor), Joshua Brenet (Kayserispor), Roshon Van Eijma (RKC Waalwijk), Sherel Floranus (PEC Zwolle), Deveron Fonville (NEC Nijmegen), Juriën Gaari (Abha Club), Armando Obispo (PSV Eindhoven), Shurandy Sambo (Sparta Rotterdam)
Midfielders: Juninho Bacuna (FC Volendam), Leandro Bacuna (Igdir), Livano Comenencia (FC Zürich), Kevin Felida (FC Den Bosch), Ar’Jany Martha (Rotherham United), Tyrese Noslin (SC Telstar), Godfried Roemeratoe (RKC Waalwijk)
Forwards: Jeremy Antonisse (AE Kifisia), Tahith Chong (Sheffield United), Kenji Gorré (Maccabi Haifa), Sontje Hansen (Middlesbrough), Gervane Kastaneer (Terengganu FC), Brandley Kuwas (FC Volendam), Jürgen Locadia (Miami FC), Jearl Margaritha (SK Beveren)
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Germany's full squad for the World Cup
Goalkeepers: Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Manuel Neuer (Bayern München), Alexander Nübel (VfB Stuttgart)
Defenders: Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund), Nathaniel Brown (Frankfurt), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich, captain), David Raum (RB Leipzig), Antonio Rudiger (Real Madrid, vice-captain), Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund), Jonathan Tah (Bayern Munich), Malick Thiaw (Newcastle)
Midfielders: Nadiem Amiri (Mainz), Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich), Pascal Gross (Brighton), Jamie Leweling (Stuttgart), Assan Ouédraogo (RB Leipzig), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund), Alexander Pavlovic (Bayern Munich), Angelo Stiller (Stuttgart), Florian Wirtz (Liverpool)
Forwards: Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund), Kai Havertz (Arsenal), Leroy Sane (Galatasaray), Denis Undav (Stuttgart), Nick Woltemade (Newcastle)
Germany vs Curacao FIFA World Cup 2026 Live Updates: Hello and welcome!
There are four teams making their World Cup debut this year and one of them start their campaign off today with a match against a team that has won the covetted trophy four times. Indian football fans may remember Curacao as the country India played in as their first assignment under erstwhile coach Igor Stimac, one of the pundits for Zee for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, in the 2019 King's Cup. Well, seven years, later, here they are, making their debut as the smallest team to ever qualify for the finals. For Germany, it is a chance to hit the ground running at this tournament. After the delirium of winning in 2014, Germany have been hit by two back-to-back group stage exits and so they are desperate to break out of that little rut.