The unknown rival of the Argentine team tonight is a Caribbean island that has officially been named after him since 2010. Know the details.
After the win against Panama in it Most Monumental Stadium of nunezthe Argentine national team I travel to Santiago del Estero to face in the Mother of Cities Stadium to curacaoa country unknown to most Argentines and, especially, soccer fans.
To catch up, we tell you that curacao is a constituent country of Kingdom of the Netherlands with an approximate area of 444 km², located in the sea Caribbeanin the northern region of South America.
It is located within the group of Leeward Islands —along with its neighboring islands of Aruba and bonaire-, in the lesser antillesin the south of the sea Caribbean about 50 km off the northwestern coast of Venezuela.
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curacao achieved its autonomy from Netherlands Antilles in 2010. Its capital and most populated locality is willemstad, located south of the island. The country has a population of about 160 thousand inhabitants.
Even though it is a constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlandsis not part of the European Union similar to other territories of European sovereignty. Despite this, all citizens of curacao they hold a Dutch passport and therefore enjoy the same rights as European Union citizens.
In terms of football, from 1946 to 2011 he competed as the Netherlands Antilles National Team, but then he started his own path. So far he got the Caribbean Cup 2017 and the ABCS 2021 Tournament in which four nations that use Dutch as their official language (Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao and Suriname).
The small island was wiped out hand by hand by Panama in the second round of the playoffs of the concacaf for him Qatar World Cup 2022.
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