The Ecuadorian national team surprised its German counterpart and achieved a valuable victory with a score of 2-1, in the confrontation that brought them together in the third round of the group stage in the 2026 World Cup, to reserve a ticket to the round of 32 among the best third-placed teams.
Despite the strong start of the German national team, which opened the scoring early through Leroy Sane after a successful follow-up to Florian Wirtz’s cross, the Ecuadorian response came quickly, after Nelson Angulo fired A missile shot from outside the penalty area in the ninth minute, Manuel Neuer failed to handle, and the match returned to the starting point.
The confrontation continued at a high pace between the two teams, before Ecuador succeeded in turning the result around during the second half, when Kevin Rodriguez rose to a corner ball and prepared it inside the penalty area, reaching Gonzalo Plata, who did not hesitate to put it into the net, giving his country the valuable winning goal.
Despite In the loss, the German team maintained its lead in the group with 6 points, taking advantage of the goal difference, to continue its journey in the tournament as the leader, while the Ecuadorian team raised its score to 4 points, grabbing the ticket to qualify for the round of 32 among the best third-place finishers.
On the other hand, the Côte d'Ivoire team finished the group stage as runner-up with 6 points to accompany Germany to the next round, while the Curacao team exited the tournament after finishing at the bottom of the group standings without any results. Point.