Curacao achieved a difficult goalless draw with Ecuador, earning the first point in its history in the World Cup, at dawn on Sunday, after a wonderful performance by goalkeeper Eloy Rom, which enabled the team to celebrate this historic day. Six days after a crushing 7-1 defeat by Germany in its first match in the World Cup, Curacao, the smallest country ever to reach the finals with a population of about 156,000 people, made a strong showing, thwarting Ecuador's attempts and keeping alive its hopes of reaching the knockout stage.