00:00Our special envoy in Curaçao, Belén de Los Santos, to learn more on how this historic game for the Caribbean
00:06nation was experienced there.
00:11Hello, studios. It's big news from Willemstad here in Curaçao.
00:167-1 was the final score of the game against Germany with a win for Germany.
00:23But that one goal, it was the first participation of Curaçao in the World Cup and the first goal scored
00:30against none other than Germany.
00:32It was a true party and really the fans here were following that game, the importance of national pride until
00:40the very last.
00:41Following a team that also followed every ball, tried every pass and continued the game and the maximum pressure until
00:50the very last minute.
00:52It truly showed a display of concentration from the national team and the fans here were so proud.
00:58We're going to talk to some of them right now.
01:01What are your feelings on this game after seeing Curaçao in the World Cup for the first time?
01:07Okay, I'm very, very, very proud.
01:10I mean that 1-1 coming back from 1-0 to 1-1 against Germany, like a very big country
01:17in football.
01:17That feeling was amazing.
01:19Even though the game ended 7-1, these are valuable lessons learned.
01:24It's the first appearance in the World Cup against none other than Germany.
01:28You know, it's like the second country that has the most wins of the World Cup.
01:32So I'm very proud of the boys.
01:34They never gave up.
01:35They were still fighting until the end.
01:37So we are nothing but proud.
01:39Even though it was 7-1, it's okay.
01:40We're good.
01:41You know, this happens to the best.
01:43It truly does happen to the best because we've seen scores like that against Brazil, for example.
01:49Exactly.
01:492014.
01:50Exactly.
01:51So we matched the same score with Brazil.
01:53So we're good.
01:54And this is our debut.
01:55So we are really proud regardless of the score.
01:58I think this was the, how do you say, the biggest country in the pool we're in.
02:03So if we had 7-1 now, these are valuable lessons.
02:06We can learn to go to the next two matches with more experience.
02:10You know, this is, it's all, it's beautiful.
02:12We're still enjoying the World Cup.
02:14Thank you so much.
02:15You're welcome.
02:16Exactly.
02:16That is one of the things that many here are saying.
02:20Whatever they learn in this game, they actually come out stronger for the next two.
02:25And now after scoring a goal against Germany, for example, we can really look at the next two games
02:32with true hope of coming to the other stage of this World Cup.
02:37So it has really, truly been a party here in Willemstad.
02:41And we'll continue reporting as always.
02:43Now I go back to you.
