It is still relatively quiet when Curaçao takes on superpower Germany at 7 p.m. No one in the room expects to win, but there is one dream: to score at the first World Cup that the country will ever play. When Livano Comenencia takes the ball and his team shoots wide of the Germans, the room explodes.
The fact that they ultimately lost 7-1 doesn’t bother anyone at all. “We are the smallest country ever at a Football World Cup, and then we also score against such a top country. We Antilleans are more than happy. And we like Ecuador and Ivory Coast raw.”