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Germany walloped Curacao 7-1 successful their World Cup opener connected Sunday (June 14, 2026) after Felix Nmecha scored the tournament's fastest extremity truthful far and past drew a punishment successful first-half stoppage clip which Kai Havertz converted to widen the lead.
The four-times champions dominated from the start of the Group E match against the smallest federation to suffice for a World Cup and were rewarded when Nmecha curled a changeable into the country aft a sublime one-two with Florian Wirtz in the sixth minute.
A determined Curacao broadside gave their fans thing to cheer erstwhile Livano Comenencia's deflected changeable bushed goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to level but Germany rapidly took power again with a Nico Schlotterbeck header and the Havertz penalty.
Germany picked up wherever they near disconnected after the interruption with Jamal Musiala holding disconnected a defender to slot home. Nathaniel Brown past notched a extremity on his World Cup debut earlier Deniz Undav and Havertz added precocious goals to implicit an casual victory.
