Bibhash Lodh, BS News Agency, Houston Stadium, Houston: Germany scored three goals in the first half against Curacao. After the break, the four-time world champions took on an even more formidable form. In the end, the European superpower team started its World Cup campaign by crushing Curacao 7-1. Through this match, Germany brought back the memories of defeating Brazil 7-1 in the 2014 World Cup. Germany increased the pace of attack from the beginning of the second half. In the 52nd minute, Jamal Musiala scored a goal with a great finish from Joshua Kimmich's perfect pass. His goal further increased the gap.
Then, Curacao's defense seemed helpless in the face of one German attack after another. In the 68th minute, left-back Nathaniel Brown came on the attack and scored the team's fifth goal. Ten minutes later, Deniz Undav scored to take the scoreline to 6-1. Still, Germany did not stop. Kai Havertz scored his second and team's seventh goal in the 88th minute to bring back memories of the 2014 World Cup.
Germany had crushed hosts Brazil 7-1 in the semi-finals. This time, Curaçao, who made their World Cup debut, lost by the same margin.