Overview
- Curaçao need only a draw in Jamaica on Wednesday to qualify for the 2026 World Cup for the first time.
- The national federation confirmed that 78-year-old Dick Advocaat will be absent for family reasons.
- His assistant coaches will take charge on the touchline, and Advocaat says he will stay in close contact with the staff from the Netherlands.
- Captain Leandro Bacuna called the coach’s absence an extra source of motivation and said the team will play for him as well as the island.
- Curaçao hold a one-point edge over Jamaica and would become the smallest country ever to reach a World Cup, replacing Iceland.