Livano Comenencia scored a historic goal -- the first World Cup goal ever for the smallest nation to qualify -- and Curaçao briefly gave Germany reason to doubt themselves and remember the recent World Cup group-stage failures of 2018 and 2022.

Kai Havertz scored two goals as Germany pulled away from World Cup first-timer Curaçao late in the opening half and piled on after that in a 7-1 win Sunday in a group match

That is a game that could, but probably won't, deliver the greatest upset in World Cup history, the four-time champions against a side representing just over 150,000 people. Let's get into it. A quick glance at most bookmakers' odds or prediction models before the tournament had an inner circle of six teams that looked like realistic World Cup winners.

The Germany shot-stopper interrupted his international retirement as he seeks to close out a legendary career with steep highs and lows.