âEveryone is welcome with usâ: Curaçao want you along for their first World Cup ride
The smallest nation ever to compete in the tournament celebrate the long adventure that got them there, and remember those who cannot be there to
The smallest nation ever to compete in the tournament celebrate the long adventure that got them there, and remember those who cannot be there to enjoy it with them Angelo Cijntje can look back now and smile. It was September 2023 and Curaçaoâs trip from Trinidad to Martinique for a Concacaf Nations League game had been complicated on matchday by the lack of a charter flight.
âA small propeller plane had to shuttle back and forth, flying players over in groups of six,â Cijntje, the performance coach, says. âThe starting XI made it on time, but the subs came in while the game was under way.
Their luggage didnât make it, so they had nothing but their boots, shin pads and maybe a pair of socks.â Wouter Jansen, Curaçaoâs team coordinator, was also part of that trip. âItâs worthy of a film,â he says.
âThose are the kind of adventures you never forget.â Continue reading...
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