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00:00One giant leap for Curacao, the tiny island nation. First of all Germany, Manuel Neuer, age 40, is controversially backing
00:08goal for Germany after coming out of international retirement.
00:12The exciting left-back Nathaniel Brown's interesting. He has an American father that chose to play for Germany.
00:18Jamal Muziala fully recovered from the horrendous broken leg he suffered in the U.S. last summer.
00:24And Arsenal's Kai Havertz gets the nod up front.
00:28As for Curacao, while the selection is bold, they've picked the Middlesbrough winger, Sanjay Hansen.
00:35He comes in at the expense of a defender, Julian Ghali.
00:39Both Bakuna brothers, Leandro and Juninho, played in the English Premier League and Tahith Chong was once the young player
00:45of the year at Manchester United.
00:48Most of the players play in the Dutch 1st or 2nd divisions, but have chosen to play for Curacao.
00:56Brown, that's a lovely ball.
00:58Curran, there's an opportunity here maybe for Germany to get the first goal, and what a very good block to
01:05Danai Muziala.
01:08No ground, looking to watch something on this left-hand side.
01:13Wietz.
01:14Oh, and it's a sensational goal.
01:17Brilliant, and he's struck home by Ometa.
01:22Gorgeous, gorgeous goal by Germany.
01:49Justifies his selection, Landon.
01:51Yeah, and this starts with Florianis getting down that right side from Curacao.
01:56The play continues on.
01:57Ometa, a little 1-2 with Florian Wirtz.
02:00And a pretty simple finish inside of the foot.
02:04Eli Ruhm can't see it.
02:071-0 to Germany.
02:09Just his second goal for his national side.
02:14And look at Julian Nagelsmann.
02:17The early goal that they hoped would come, and it arrives inside six minutes.
02:24And I just wonder what the thought process was behind that.
02:41But when you score that early in the match, you start to feel like you can do nothing wrong, and
02:46not necessarily from Curacao.
02:49And you'll see their center backs very high up the field to put away any hope of a Curacao counterattack.
03:02And you're going to see more and more of this.
03:06Combinations picking apart this bat and trying to find the second now.
03:10Sonny just keeps himself onside, cuts inside.
03:13Probably a corner kick there.
03:16Yeah, you can see it's a fleck not once, but twice.
03:20I'm not sure how a referee missed that.
03:26Trying to go, doesn't he?
03:34Schminkerbeck tries to find it.
03:36And Metscher again, who got another effort away.
03:39He really has been very, very prominent in the early action.
03:44It's just a dream for him, Ian, because he doesn't have to worry about what's behind him.
03:49Usually in that position, you have to be attacking players behind.
03:52You have to be a little more conservative.
03:53He has the full freedom now with time.
03:55Trying to hand shake for the strength of Lake Claudia.
03:58He once got Spryton, 15 million.
04:00Philip Lahm before him.
04:02Going back.
04:05Fietz again here, cutting inside.
04:08Fizzing 1-1.
04:10A foot or two wide.
04:17The next opportunity for Germany.
04:20Gloranis can't allow him to come inside on his right foot.
04:23This is too easy.
04:25Again, Eli Rome a bit late to see it.
04:28Happy to see it go just wide of the post.
04:34Gave it to Leandro Bakuno.
04:36There's an opportunity here.
04:38Come on in, Sear.
04:41Can he get his cross away?
04:42They've got plenty of players in there.
04:44Chong got a head to it.
04:46Locario.
04:48And then Giannino Bakuno.
04:49Listen to the cries of the crowd.
04:52There is a shot.
04:54At last.
04:55From Curaçao.
04:58Well, there will not be many chances like that.
05:02Come on in, Sear here.
05:04Trying to find Hanson.
05:06Locario.
05:08And there's a goal for it.
05:11Curaçao, can you believe this?
05:13Come on in, Sear.
05:15Makes history.
05:17That is a sensation.
05:43What do you know about this game?
05:46The first thing Manuel Neuer has to do in the match
05:49is pick the ball out of the back of his net
05:52ever to qualify
05:55have scored against the four-times world champions.
05:58And Cominencia starts the play, rolls it wide,
06:01comes into La Calle,
06:04bounces fortuitously back to him.
06:07Toss, stretching
06:08to try to block it.
06:11Unfortunately, deflects it past Manuel Neuer.
06:15They're absolutely incredible.
06:17And the 6,000 Curaçao fans
06:18are going absolutely crazy.
06:221-1.
06:25Looking to set the record straight again.
06:28Germany.
06:33There's real tigerishness
06:35and now extra belief
06:37about Curaçao
06:38who are showing
06:39just why
06:40they did manage to qualify
06:41for Germany.
06:48And the head has grimly turned away
06:50from L.I. Ruhm.
06:56This is a really clever set piece.
06:59They picked a few guys
07:00to get Schlatterbach free
07:01at the back post.
07:03Unfortunately,
07:04it's kind of getting it.
07:06Difficult to deal with.
07:08Ruhm saw it lay.
07:09That's why he went for the punch.
07:10It worked.
07:13Ruhm to lay it back.
07:17Ruhm for Muziala.
07:21Muziala again here though.
07:25Oh, nothing.
07:26Challenge from Obispo here.
07:28He misses it.
07:29Muziala's by him
07:30or he fouls him.
07:31The organization
07:32by Curaçao back there.
07:33He's very good though.
07:35Working hard
07:36off the ball.
07:37Trying to get an IVF
07:38but he was too clever.
07:39Zane to lay it.
07:41Square.
07:41And it's Pavlovich's effort.
07:44Great block.
07:46Superb.
07:47And it was coming and saying
07:48of a goal scorer
07:49who was in the way
07:50of that shot.
07:51In a pretty bad area too.
07:53And might be able
07:54to come up with something
07:55here.
07:55Zane!
07:58Some fantastic defending.
08:00Once a guy
08:01heads on deck
08:02and
08:03Bondo's the one
08:04who gets beat
08:05but ends up
08:06recovering so well.
08:07A couple blocks
08:08right in front of their
08:09ball now.
08:10And if they want
08:11any chance of getting
08:12to stick out the cat
08:14he's had a wonderful
08:16long
08:1639 year career
08:18as a coach.
08:21Is he back
08:22for
08:22one last
08:23brilliant
08:24Kimmich joins in.
08:27There's the
08:28challenge so far
08:30but no further.
08:31Zane Curaçao
08:32cutting out
08:32that's
08:32behind her corner.
08:39You made a good point
08:40Brandon.
08:49Slotter back
08:50gone across
08:52and Germany
08:54regained the lead.
09:15Well he's been
09:15the danger man
09:16on every set.
09:17The first few
09:17started at the
09:18near post
09:19and peeled to the
09:19back.
09:20This time
09:20he starts
09:21at the back post
09:22and just had a
09:22feeling he would
09:23run across the
09:23near.
09:24Still has a
09:25decent amount
09:26of work to do.
09:27Little glancing
09:28header.
09:28But he's not
09:29going to miss
09:29many of those.
09:302-1 to Germany.
09:32Delight for him.
09:34Despair for
09:35Curaçao.
09:37It's the first
09:38ever goal
09:39for his country
09:40for Nico
09:40Schlotterbeck.
09:43What a time
09:44to score it
09:45as well
09:46to save.
09:48Imagine if they
09:49score there.
09:56a half-time
09:57show.
09:59Rebecca Lodge
10:00needs to
10:01intervene to
10:02drift in
10:03off that
10:04left-hand
10:04side.
10:05Musiala
10:05has found
10:06space
10:07and ruined
10:08as well.
10:16To take
10:16into half-time
10:17Musiala
10:18Nezmar is in
10:19skill.
10:20He's got it
10:20all, hasn't
10:21he?
10:22With the ball
10:23at his feet
10:23and another
10:24fantastic block.
10:25Zane lays it
10:26off.
10:26Another block
10:27this time by
10:28Juninho Bakunia
10:29who hits it
10:30away.
10:31Absolutely
10:31loving it
10:32whatever the
10:32result is.
10:33They've seen
10:34their team
10:35score at the
10:36World Cup.
10:38It's almost
10:39like a training
10:40exercise at
10:40times Ian
10:41where you're
10:42just playing
10:43at a
10:43Hanson
10:43this time.
10:47Didn't really
10:47get hold of
10:48it.
10:54Brown to lay
10:55it back
10:56and Mecha
10:57goes down
10:58they want a
10:59penalty kick
10:59and the referee
11:00points to the
11:01spot.
11:12No protests
11:13from Curaçao
11:15either.
11:16Not really.
11:18Yeah, very light
11:18protest.
11:20It's hard to tell
11:21from where we are
11:22out there.
11:24Judging back.
11:25Quick word from
11:26Mark Glattenberg.
11:27What do you think
11:27then Mark?
11:28Once the defender
11:29dives in
11:30catches him on the
11:31back foot
11:32and therefore it was
11:33a simple penalty.
11:34The referee's in a
11:34very very good position.
11:36It was that second
11:36movement of the leg.
11:37He goes to ground
11:38up.
11:38He kept his leg
11:38low.
11:39He got away with it
11:41but once he lifts
11:41his leg up
11:42there's a second
11:42bit touch
11:43of Curaçao
11:44fans behind the
11:44goal trying to put
11:45him off.
11:50But they don't.
11:52It's 3-1.
11:53Cool as you like.
11:54Kai Havertz.
12:19Great penalty, wasn't it?
12:23Really caught
12:24from Kai Havertz.
12:26Starts into the ball.
12:28Little stutter here
12:29lets Eli Rublin
12:31to his left.
12:33Kai Havertz
12:34rolls it to his left.
12:37Simple penalty.
12:39Simple goal.
12:41And 3-1 Germany
12:41heading into halftime.
12:44First time they've
12:45scored three in the
12:46first half of a
12:47World Cup game
12:47since that amazing
12:49semi-final against
12:50Brazil.
12:51And they won 7-1.
12:54You might remember
12:55and went on to win
12:56the World Cup.
12:57Halftime.
12:58What a half that was
13:00facing Tonje Hansen
13:01so that is a
13:02like-for-like switch.
13:04They will get
13:04hammered in the
13:05German press if they
13:06don't make this
13:07bigger score.
13:08Oh and it's
13:09beautiful for
13:10Muziala.
13:11It's a sensational
13:13strike from him.
13:14He made it look
13:15easy.
13:15It wasn't.
13:32the Germans
13:33starting to pull away.
13:41just saying I had a
13:43feeling they were
13:44going to come out
13:44and continue to push
13:46and push.
13:47We saw the opposite
13:48with Mexico the other
13:49day taking their foot
13:51off the pedal.
13:51Not this German team.
13:52Good diagonal run
13:54end of the box.
13:55And getting this off his
13:56foot quickly doesn't
13:58allow Eli room to set.
13:59It's a fantastic finish
14:01inside the farm post.
14:04That man's happy.
14:064-1 to Germany.
14:07Shot with his left foot.
14:09You've got to be careful
14:10because this doesn't
14:10become like a shooting
14:11gallery at the moment.
14:13It's resembling one.
14:13That was Pavlovich this
14:15time.
14:15Well again everything's
14:16happening quickly now.
14:18Germany.
14:20The game being played
14:21almost exclusively now
14:23in Curacao's half.
14:25It's a clever ball
14:25towards Brown.
14:26Room was switched
14:28on and alert.
14:40He thought he was
14:41fouled and the referee
14:42agrees.
14:471-2-3-4-5-6-7
14:49waiting.
14:50Trying to get on
14:51the end of this.
14:59Oh!
15:00Leandro Bacuna.
15:03Who's that?
15:07Can't fix it up again.
15:10And this.
15:11A great running behind.
15:13And Zane.
15:15With a wonderful
15:16opportunity blazes it wide.
15:23They can't believe it.
15:25I can't believe it.
15:26Ian.
15:26I was waiting.
15:27It's a ball chair.
15:28Fantastic little clipped
15:29ball by Todd.
15:30The first touch is
15:30excellent.
15:31Exactly where you want it.
15:33You expect Leroy Zane
15:35to score from there.
15:36He certainly knows.
15:39He's getting really
15:40busy.
15:41At times.
15:43With Melina Kaj.
15:45So on comes
15:45a man who's quite a
15:47story.
15:48Denis Undav.
15:51Four years ago
15:52playing in the Belgian
15:53second division.
15:54Now he's banging
15:54in the goals.
15:57Six in nine
15:57caps.
15:58State his case
15:59in the World Cup.
16:01It did seem as if
16:02Nagelsmann
16:02was not much
16:03of a fan.
16:04With one or two
16:05controversial quotes
16:06about Bunda
16:07for which he later
16:08apologizes.
16:10He's giving them
16:10a chance now.
16:11Margarita is going to be
16:14forward.
16:15Give a good bounce.
16:16He coped well with it.
16:18By Munich now.
16:21Free kick.
16:22As Leandro Bakuna goes down.
16:29Undav doesn't see him
16:31here.
16:31Just tries to flick the ball.
16:33A little contact with Bakuna.
16:36The route is on here so.
16:39There's no boiling heat for the players
16:42to deal with.
16:44Well dealt with again.
16:46And this will surely be
16:47offside.
16:48It's not out of town.
16:49I'm sure of that.
16:50Miles offside.
16:52The Curacao fans
16:53don't quite realise
16:54that.
17:00It's the easiest offside decision
17:02anybody's going to take.
17:05Just offside.
17:10Undav.
17:12Undav to now
17:14with a world-time goal.
17:28And it's Nathaniel Brown.
17:32What a moment
17:33for him.
17:35Forced his way in the team.
17:37And now he's on the score sheet.
17:52Well as it came in
17:53I was curious
17:54maybe if he's offside
17:56that was the only question
17:57and we'll get another look at it.
17:59Close.
18:01What a fantastic finish.
18:03With his right foot
18:04see him strike through the laces
18:08down into the ground.
18:10Possible for Eli Room
18:11to get down that quickly.
18:14Really good finish.
18:175-1 to the Germans.
18:21First international goal.
18:24Scoring in
18:25at the World Cup
18:25and I think he's at the start
18:27of what might be
18:28a stellar career.
18:32It's a hydration break now.
18:35You can see the
18:35offside flick there.
18:37And it's sponsored by
18:39Lenovo.
18:44Looking after players
18:45with other games
18:47coming up of course
18:48in the group.
18:50Did Nagelsmann not tell them
18:52during the break
18:54that they were coming off?
18:55Why did they all go out
18:56onto the field
18:56and then run all the way back?
18:58Hopefully.
18:59Don't understand that.
19:00Maybe just decided.
19:04I digress.
19:05You can see it.
19:06Come in and see it.
19:08It's time
19:08Trump's waiting
19:09in the middle.
19:10Oh!
19:12Sensational
19:13piece of play
19:14it really was.
19:17Steps inside
19:18on his right foot
19:19and he came off his footy
19:20and I thought
19:20that was going to hit the net.
19:21Just
19:23just over the
19:24outstrand's hands
19:24of Neuer.
19:25in the
19:26phone booth
19:27ties
19:27in there
19:28from Germany.
19:31Intricate little openings
19:32and Hammers
19:33has done well
19:33there.
19:34Look at here
19:35with Kivik
19:36lays it across.
19:37Goal!
19:38And
19:38Undev is in there
19:39and Germany
19:40well
19:41they keep on
19:43hitting the back of the net
19:44and Dennis Undev
19:45scores
19:46at the World Cup
19:48his fairy tale
19:49goes on.
20:07Seven and ten caps
20:08for Dennis Undev
20:10now.
20:12Starts with
20:13clever work done.
20:15Little slip ball
20:16down the line
20:17as it came across
20:18I was thinking
20:18first time here
20:19Kivik will hit it
20:20second time there
20:21he'll hit it
20:22but he's seen this
20:23all before
20:24rolls it across
20:27wants to get his
20:28striker on the board
20:29here
20:29and Undev
20:31not clean his
20:32contact
20:35but he put it on
20:36net and good things
20:36happen
20:386-1 now
20:39to Germany.
20:42Fox tonight
20:43for another
20:44nightly wrap
20:45of
20:45everything
20:46going on
20:47in the World Cup
20:48and Son Fox
20:49at Midnight Local
20:50of course
20:52then we're going to
20:53bring on
20:53another striker
20:55Jovan Castanier
20:57who led the way
20:58with five
20:59World Cup
21:00qualifying goals
21:04and for Germany
21:06Chas
21:07the central defender
21:12he was originally
21:14that smells
21:15replacement
21:16at Dortmund
21:19nice
21:27another little test
21:29here for the German
21:29defense
21:30as the goal
21:31by
21:31Undev
21:33which he can put
21:35on the show
21:35celebrating
21:36all that
21:39between
21:39the Italian
21:40realm
21:40here
21:41he wants one
21:42two
21:42the legs of
21:44goalkeeper room
21:44do the job
21:47unfortunately fell
21:49right to him
21:58very very
22:00fine town
22:01of St. Petersburg
22:10and it's seven
22:12and it's seven
22:43comes from a turnover
22:45in midfield
22:47Havertz
22:48you can see the deflection
22:50there from Gretzka
22:51played through Havertz
22:53turns on the speed and then
22:55just the experience
22:57the technique
22:59lays
23:00Eli room down
23:01clips it over him
23:03number seven
23:04with the seventh goal
23:06for Germany
23:08cute finish
23:13isn't it
23:14the comments of
23:15London Donovan
23:17who on this day
23:1824 years ago
23:19scored for the USA
23:20against Ola
23:22remember that
23:23was done for
23:24Julian Nagelsmann
23:28he's yet to win over
23:30the German football
23:32public
23:33completely
23:33I thought Germany
23:34played pretty well
23:35at the last
23:37we'll see who wins
23:38out
23:44and they run
23:46chips it instead
23:47Gretzka
23:48couldn't control it
23:51and that
23:52will be harmless enough
23:54and that might
23:55be just about
23:56everything
23:57we want to see
23:58the referee's going to
23:59blow for time
24:01Germany have the points
24:03for 17 minutes
24:04though
24:05it was 1-1
24:06Curacao making history
24:08Lovano
24:08Komen and Sayer
24:09with their goal
24:10but Germany
24:12restored order
24:13and here in Houston
24:15they have lift off
24:16they win by
24:17three goals to one
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