Recent Cup debut: Curaçao undergoes historic turnaround after being losing 3-0; check it out
In their World Cup debut, Curaçao beat Costa Rica 4-3 in the inaugural Concacaf Nations League, completing an unlikely turnaround after a losing start. The result confirms the strength of the Caribbean team and shows that its world championship campaign was not by chance, while Costa Rica is experiencing reconstruction moment of his generation.
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The unlikely start-up in world football
The national team of Curaçao lived a historic moment in the last World Cup: it was the debutante of the competition, stamping for the first time the passport to the most watched tournament on the planet. For a Caribbean island with small population size, the feat would already be enough to mark a generation of fans.
But what Curaçao fans wanted to know was something else: after the World Cup party, could the team keep up? The answer came right away in the first game of the new cycle.
The game: São Paulo's score and improbable turn
At the opening of the Concacaf Nations League, Curaçao faced Costa Rica, a traditional opponent from the region and always present in World Cup qualifying matches.
That's when the game turned into a novella. 4 to 3, completing a turn that at first seemed very unlikely even to the most optimistic fan.
What this result means
Three points in the inaugural CONCACAF Nations League are worth much more than the scoreboard suggests. The competition is the main official stage for regional teams between knockout windows and serves as a thermometer for cycles towards upcoming international competitions.
For Costa Rica, the reverse exposes the moment of reconstruction for a generation that has dominated Central American football in recent years.For Curaçao, 4 to 3 confirms that their World Cup debut campaign was no accident: the team has cast and identity to fight on an equal footing with more traditional Concacaf opponents.
Where we are now
Curaçao opens the new cycle with victory and morale to spare, but the Nations League is long and the heroic turn of 4-3 over Costa Rica is only the first chapter.
Warning
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