Curacao have no reason to be ashamed after Germany defeat, insists Dick Advocaat

[p]The 78-year-old Dutchman said his players were not expecting such a result but acknowledged his team gave up easy goals in the Caribbean nation's first appearance at a World Cup tournament.[/p][p]"[b]We need to turn this into a beautiful tournament[/b]," ‌Advocaat said. "[b]We can have a surprise ⁠in the second and ‌third match. In the end we will be glad ​we were part of the biggest football tournament in the world[/b]."[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/ptQide1O/"]Germany[/a]'s [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nmecha-felix/80RErj9O/"]Felix Nmecha[/a] netted ​the tournament's fastest goal and the four-time world champions kept scoring but Curacao gave their fans ⁠something to cheer ​when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/comenencia-livano/QVwOF3CH/"]Livano Comenencia[/a]'s deflected shot beat goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/neuer-manuel/Sh5KwIo6/"]Manuel Neuer[/a] to level the match at 1-1.[/p][p]In the end, though, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/curacao-bLLGpOkQ/germany-ptQide1O/?mid=dtiRRcc6"]Germany proved too much to handle[/a] -- something ‌Advocaat said his players had nothing to be ashamed about.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="cc79d4dc-5736-444c-a581-a509dbc32c76" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="b5966976-5a63-4e3d-bd1c-d066e90f6e6b" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p]"We had expected to do more against Germany but we couldn't," he added. "They were very very strong and we conceded some easy goals.[/p][p]"[b]Players know if they lose they shouldn't be downcast. This is not a disgrace[/b]."[/p][p]Advocaat also praised the travelling supporters who roared their team on even ‌as the scoreline against them kept growing.[/p][p]He also ​said he had to step back into the ‌dugout when the national anthem started because the moment became too emotional for him.[/p][p]"This is related to the joy of the people in Curacao," he said. "[b]This is when the emotions ⁠come to the surface. ⁠The joy of ‌the people is fantastic[/b]."[/p][infobox id="4ccc1b10-d68f-4c97-bcf4-5e613c17c2e3" /]