Houston, June 14 -- Following his side's thumping win over Curacao, Germany's coach Julian Nagelsmann said that while the debutant's equaliser goal was unexpected. He said that his side played with the right intensity, and there are things where they can still improve with many tough opponents yet to come.

On their World Cup debut match, Curacao had their slice of World Cup history sealed with a goal in the 21st minute from Livano Comenencia, but soon, the class and big-match skill of four-time champions took over, with Kai Havertz and Deniz Udav leading from the front in a massive 7-1 win at Houston.

Following the match, Julian said, as quoted by Reuters, "It was a great start to the game, the first 15 minutes were fantastic. We had ma...