Germany thrash Curacao 7-1 in World Cup group match

Four-time winners Germany thrashed World Cup debutants Curacao 7-1 in their first group game on Sunday. Kai Havertz got two goals and Nico Schlotterbeck, Jamal Musiala, Nathaniel Brown and Deniz Undav also scored in Houston to secure Germany's fir...

By AFP | Jun 15, 2026, 12.44 AM IST

Germany's Kai Havertz in action with Curacao's Livano Comenencia.

Houston: Four-time winners Germany thrashed World Cup debutants Curacao 7-1 in their first group game on Sunday.

Kai Havertz got two goals and Nico Schlotterbeck, Jamal Musiala, Nathaniel Brown and Deniz Undav also scored in Houston to secure Germany's first opening-match win at a World Cup since their successful 2014 campaign in Brazil, after Livano Comenencia had briefly cancelled out Felix Nmecha's opener.

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