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Curaçao internationals Juriën Gaari and Leandro Bacuna reflect on representing their country at the FIFA World Cup 2026, the team's resilience, support from fans around the world, and the belief that continues to drive their historic campaign. They also discuss preparation, tactical adjustments, and what it means to wear the Curaçao jersey on football’s biggest stage.


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00:03I think we see and feel the support definitely from the people of our island
00:09but also from the people that are supporting like other countries like
00:12from Ecuador from Mexico from Brazil so you have a lot of people that are
00:18seeing what we are doing and I think for the team that gives a really really good
00:27feeling to be honest I think we have a very good team a lot of I think people
00:35underestimate our team but you can see on the pitch and like in trainings and how
00:40we go with each other we treat each other like family and for the goalkeeper
00:45I already seen MC perform like this I think for no seven years ago in the
00:51gold cup and he made the same impact like the last game and he he had a great
01:00transfer to America so I know that he is capable of keeping us alive and to be
01:05like a very important player for us I think our preparation is still the same so
01:10we try to enjoy enjoy the moment that you are on the on the pitch every game we
01:17try to show ourselves I think it's a you can see already our character from the
01:22team if you lose 7-1 and the next game you play 0-0 it's as a team we have
01:28a big
01:29character so and the last game yes we have everything to play for and the people
01:34on the island are already very proud enough on us and just try to enjoy the
01:40moment and yes and in the game we will see what what will happen yeah it was it
01:47was tough in my previous interviews I said the same thing of course we lost the
01:52first game 7-1 but we still made history we scored our first goal we were very
01:58happy as a team as a nation but as players you never want to lose everyone so it
02:05was for us it was time to rebuild try to look at the game what can we do better
02:11where can we improve I think we we we went back home to here our base camp we
02:19analyzed the game and yeah we got out out there against Ecuador we showed heart
02:25we showed passion for 90 minutes and I think of course the keeper played the
02:30played the brilliant role in there as well he saved us with almost 15 saves but
02:35those kind of things those are the small details you need in in one game and
02:39then you can see when it goes your way it goes your way I think it's amazing I
02:44think it's a it's a kid's dream like you're always dreaming as a when you
02:49become a professional footballer you want to play at the highest level and I
02:52think the World Cup is the highest level for for for every player so to
02:56represent Curaçao on that level I think it's nothing about proud like if you see
03:01your family if you see the fans like how they like experiencing did this moment I
03:07think it's just unbelievable and we are very happy with it but like I said you
03:12still want to show people that what we can do as well and I think we've been
03:17doing that we still got one more important game to go and we're gonna give
03:21everything we got to get the three points I think you you you see in the
03:26second game we played a bit different as well because we started with before
03:29defenders and then we changed to five defenders so we're gonna analyze we
03:33still got two days to for preparation we're gonna analyze and see what's the
03:37best solution to play against the Iverkos so the manager he's got a lot of
03:43experience so he he knows what he's doing and he's gonna put the right team
03:47out there to to win the battle now I'm enjoying myself I'm some quite serious at the
03:52moment but like I'm enjoying myself I'm having the best time of my life and I am
03:5734 years old like a cassette and it's been a crazy career at the moment and to
04:04actually play at the World Cup I'm so happy you you don't want to know
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