[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"header-nav":3,"footer-nav":29,"article-curacao-comenencia-germany-2026-world-cup-historic-goal":82,"category-counts-nav":99,"related-curacao-comenencia-germany-2026-world-cup-historic-goal":109},[4,8,11,14,17,20,23,26],{"label":5,"to":6,"exact":7},"Home","\u002F",true,{"label":9,"to":10},"World Cup","\u002Fworldcup",{"label":12,"to":13},"Standings","\u002Fstandings",{"label":15,"to":16},"Football","\u002Fcategory\u002Ffootball",{"label":18,"to":19},"Basketball","\u002Fcategory\u002Fbasketball",{"label":21,"to":22},"Tennis","\u002Fcategory\u002Ftennis",{"label":24,"to":25},"F1","\u002Fcategory\u002Ff1",{"label":27,"to":28},"Long Reads","\u002Fcategory\u002Flong-reads",{"brand":30,"columns":32,"tagline":80,"copyright":81},{"description":31},"In-depth sports journalism covering football, basketball, tennis, F1, and beyond. 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All rights reserved.",{"title":83,"slug":84,"category":85,"badge":86,"author":87,"excerpt":88,"date":89,"readTime":90,"image":91,"imageAlt":83,"tags":92,"body":97,"_path":98},"Comenencia's PlayStation Dream: Curaçao's Goal That Will Outlast the 7-1","curacao-comenencia-germany-2026-world-cup-historic-goal","football","Football: Feature","James Chen","The smallest nation to ever qualify for a World Cup scored once against Germany, and the moment mattered more than the result.","2026-07-25 19:33:03","1 min read","\u002Fimages\u002Farticles\u002Fcuracao-comenencia-germany-2026-world-cup-historic-goal.webp",[93,94,95,96],"FIFA World Cup","2026 World Cup","Curaçao","Germany","## Curaçao's first World Cup goal beat the best goalkeeper of his generation\n\nLivano Comenencia scored Curaçao's first-ever World Cup goal against Manuel Neuer in a 7-1 defeat to Germany, a result that mirrored the semi-final scoreline German fans remember from Belo Horizonte in 2014. Curaçao, the smallest nation ever to qualify for a World Cup with a population of roughly 150,000, would not score again in the tournament. They arrived knowing the opening fixture against four-time champions was a question of damage limitation and seizing one instant of glory. They managed both.\n\n> \"I played with him on my PlayStation, and now I've scored against him.\"\n\nCuraçao's qualification itself was the story the expanded 48-team format was built to produce: a Caribbean island punching through a qualifying process designed for nations with far deeper player pools. The argument against expansion was that lopsided scorelines like 7-1 would become routine. Comenencia's goal, and the quote that spread faster than any tactical breakdown, offered the counterpoint. 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