By Daniel Feuerstein | Houston, TX | June 14th, 2026
The first match in matchday four of the 2026 FIFA World Cup pitted a four-time World Cup Champion in Germany, taking on the Dutch Caribbean Island of Curacao, making their first World Cup Finals appearance. From start to finish, it was a destruction like no other as the Germans scored throughout the entire 90 minutes and showed no mercy. While Curacao gave them fits at times, the answer was always going to be a victory for Germany as they defeated Curacao by a final score of seven goals to one.
Kai Havertz scored a brace
The Arsenal striker had a special day as he scored two goals to help Germany get the three points for their first win in the group. During first half stoppage time, a foul was committed inside the area, and the referee had no choice but to blow his whistle and point to the spot for the penalty. Kai Havertz calmly struck the penalty and beat Eloy Room inside the fifth minute of first half stoppage time.
His second goal came in the run of play when he sprinted between two Curacao defenders and got a looping ball that landed right in front of him. Off to the races he went, and when Havertz got close toward Room, who was well off his line, a chip shot easily landed over the line and into the back of the net in the 88th minute to end the match with a huge victory and the full three points for the Germans.
Germany quickly gets on the board first
It didn’t take long for Germany to put the ball into the back of the net as they controlled the play at the far side of the pitch. Nathaniel Brown quickly gave the ball to Florian Wirtz, and then he saw Felix Nmecha make a run into the space and laid the ball off to him. One a one timer, Nmecha rips the ball hard as Room never moved from his spot and the ball splashes the net inside the back post. The goal came in the 6th minute
Curacao answers and makes history
Many people thought Curaçao was coming into the World Cup; they were just happy to be there. But not so, they wanted to make some noise and prove they deserve to be there after going through a tough final round of qualifying in CONCACAF. They got control of the ball and started to make their way to Germany’s area to prepare for a big shot. As the initial shot was blocked, Juergen Locadia got to the ball, and his shot was blocked, but the rebound was left for a trailing Livano Comenencia, who smashes it and scores the first World Cup Goal in the history of their Caribbean Nation in the 21st minute
Germany shows their domination
There was still shock and awe after Curacao equalized the match and thought it was game on, but very quickly the Germans showed why they are always one of the favorites to win the World Cup. A corner was earned along the near side, and Brown went to deliver the ball. Finding a little space was Nico Schlotterbeck as he ran in to create a flick header past Room and put his nation back up top with a two goals to one lead in the 38th minute.
From that point on, the Germans showed no mercy and dominated the match. After Havertz’s first goal to make it three goals to one at halftime, they went back to work very quickly. Jamal Musiala quickly scored two minutes after the restart on a tight angle. Nathaniel Brown took his chance one time on a mid volley after a cheeky back heel flick from Deniz Undav in the 68th minute. Then Undav got his goal in the 78th minute before Havertz scored the last German goal to get the victory. This scoreline matches Germany’s 7-1 Win over Brazil in the 2014 World Cup Semi-Finals
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