Curaçao enjoy their moment but Havertz and ruthless Germany show no mercy
The net rippled and Curaçao’s bench exploded in every conceivable direction, their giddiness underpinned by a lucid awareness of the goal’s place in history. Livano Comenencia had just equalised against Germany and an island of 158,000 inhabitants, represented here by an accomplished group born almost entirely in t…
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