The German national team opened its World Cup campaign with a crushing 7-1 victory over Curaçao in Houston. Felix Nmecha scored first in the 6th minute, Livano Comenencia temporarily equalized in the 21st minute with a historic goal for Curaçao, but the Germans ran away with goals from Nico Schlotterbeck in the 38th minute, Kai Havertz from a penalty in first-half stoppage time, Jamal Musiala in the 47th minute, Nathaniel Brown in the 68th minute, Deniz Undav in the 78th minute and Havertz, who completed a brace, in the 88th minute.

