Curacao’s World Cup debut may have ended in a reality check of a 7-1 hammering by four-time champions Germany on Sunday but it “is nothing to be ashamed of” said their head coach Dick Advocaat.
The 78-year-old, the oldest coach to appear at a World Cup finals, had been out of his seat when a deflected strike from Livano Comenencia levelled the match at 1-1.
However, Nico Schlotterbeck, Kai Havertz with a double, Jamal Musiala, Nathaniel Brown and Deniz Undav scored to put to bed any possibility of one of the greatest upsets in World Cup history.
“It is not embarrassing to lose like that against such a team,” said Advocaat at
