Dick Advocaat is absent from the crucial World Cup qualifier for Curaçao against Jamaica due to private circumstances. He has left the training camp in Kingston because of family reasons and is on his way to the Netherlands. In the night of Tuesday to Wednesday (Netherlands time), Curaçao can qualify for the World Cup for the first time. The team of Advocaat has enough to win the tie against Jamaica, which is played in Kingston, to make history. The coach is not present at the last match due to personal circumstances, so the honors are taken by assistant coach Dean Gorré and Cor Pot. However, the staff will remain in contact with the selector. Advocaat informed his players on Saturday afternoon that he would return to the Netherlands. "It's a very difficult decision to leave the boys here", said the coach. "With a heavy heart, I had to make this decision, but the family is more important than football. From the Netherlands, I will maintain intensive contact with the staff and I have full confidence in this team." After Advocaat informed the Curaçao selection, team captain Leandro Bacuna reacted with surprise, but determination. "Let this be an extra stimulus for us all", said the former FC Groningen midfielder. "We must now show that we are one family. We do not play only for ourselves or for our island, but now for our coach."