Dick Advocaat, the old man, coach of the Curaçao national team

A remarkable and extraordinary miracle occurred today in the North American qualifiers for the World Cup!

The team that is celebrating from the bottom of its heart is Curaçao, an island in the Caribbean with an area of 444 square kilometers.

Imagine that this team was founded in 2011 after being recognized by FIFA, meaning it has only been playing soccer for 14 years!

What’s impressive is that Curaçao managed to draw with Jamaica today without any goals, topping the group by

one point and qualifying for the World Cup for the first time in its history as the smallest country to ever play in the World Cup, with a population of only 156,000!

The story doesn’t end there. Imagine that the coach of the Curaçao team, Dick Advocaat, had an emergency family situation and was forced to leave the team’s training camp before the last match against Jamaica, and yet they still managed to qualify!

Because Dick Advocaat, the 78-year-old man, returned to participate in the World Cup as a coach 32 years after leading the Netherlands in the 1994 World Cup, it was a historic event in every detail.

This country belongs to the Dutch royal crown,

and is located in the Dutch Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea.

It has an area of only 444 square kilometers

and is only 65 kilometers from the coast of Venezuela. Its capital is Willemstad.

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