Curaçao beat Aruba 4-0 in Willemstad tonight, a clean-sheet win under D. Advocaat that confirms the new regime is settling before the autumn qualifiers. The scoreboard kept its counsel until the 53rd minute, then the hosts accelerated in ruthless bursts.
Advocaat kept faith with his undefined yet flexible setup, the official sheet again offering no fixed formation. He handed control to the Bacuna brothers and Tahith Chong between the lines, and they patiently stretched M. Bermudez’s side until Joshua Brenet stepped in with the opener in the 53rd minute. That strike broke the resistance Aruba had built through compact first-half lines and a goalkeeper in M. Lentink who had dealt well with the early pressure.
Jeremy Antonisse supplied the release valve Curaçao wanted, adding the second in the 68th minute just as Aruba’s midfield legs faded. By then Juninho Bacuna was dictating tempo, sliding between phases and keeping Curaçao in the attacking third. Against that tempo, Aruba struggled to stitch three passes together; Rovien Ostiana and Jairo Romano dropped ever deeper but the visitors could not escape.
Livano Comenencia’s goal in the 83rd minute brought Advocaat off the bench with visible satisfaction: he had pushed the young full back high all evening and the reward underlined the coach’s insistence on width. Juninho Bacuna capped the night in the 90+1st minute, a deserved reward for his control of the match. With no cards to interrupt the rhythm, Curaçao looked fitter, sharper, more coherent.
Bermudez now has to rebuild confidence before Aruba’s next competitive outing; their back line wilted once Curaçao increased the tempo and there was little counter-threat to ease the pressure. Advocaat, meanwhile, can frame this as proof that his veterans and youngsters can mesh without chaos, even if sterner tests await. Expect Curaçao to lock in further friendlies before qualifying resumes, while Aruba search for solutions in possession or risk another one-sided evening.
