Houston, June 14 -- German footballer Deniz Undav had a memorable outing in his side's FIFA World Cup campaign opener against debutants Curacao, becoming just the third player from his national team to score a goal and deliver an assist at least during a WC match since 1966.

World Cup debutants Curacao made history by scoring a goal on their World Cup debut and sending German camp into distress for a brief period, but it was not long before the four-time champions, powered by Undav and Kai Havertz hammered it to secure a win by a massive 7-1 margin, which is the heaviest defeat suffered by a WC debutant since 1954 (South Korea falling 0-9 to Hungary), as per Opta.

After being drafted as a substitute, Undav delivered two assists and scor...