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Curacao's team doctor, Dr. Suzanne Huurman, has defended allowing players to spend time with their partners and even engage in sexual activity before FIFA World Cup matches after Dutch coach Dick Advocaat allowed them to stay with their partners in their hotel in Florida.
Explanning the decision, Curacao team doctor Suzanne Huurman said while players are able to share their living quarters with a roommate or their families, sex and family time have helped the Curacao team settle into life away from home, with intimacy recommended for emotional support.
'Players can stay with their teammates in the same room and, when there are children, the family receives an additional room,' Huurman said.
'It's something quite unique in national team football. Curacao is a small country, with a very cheerful, warm and family-oriented people, something that reminds me a lot of Brazil.
'Yes, I believe sex helps, but perhaps more on the emotional side than for a direct physiological effect.
