Veteran coach Advocaat hails Curacao’s 'crazy' World Cup qualification
The newly appointed head coach of Russia's national soccer team, Dick Advocaat, speaks during an executive committee session of the Russian Football Union in Moscow on May 18, 2010.
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Veteran coach Dick Advocaat said tiny Curacao's qualification for the World Cup is the "craziest thing" he had ever achieved in his long-standing career.
The Caribbean island of barely more than 150,000 people, which is a self-governing part of the Netherlands, became the smallest country to qualify for the World Cup when they drew with Jamaica in Kingston on Tuesday.
