Ecuador edge Germany 2-1 to squeeze into World Cup last 32
Key takeaways
- Germany finish top of Group E, with Ivory Coast second and Ecuador will have a chance of qualifying on third place.
- Leroy Sane controversially fired Germany ahead less than two minutes into the Group E clash on Thursday, but Ecuador hit back through a fine strike from Sunderland winger Nilson Angulo.
- Germany will travel to Foxborough for their last-32 tie against another third-placed finisher on Monday, in their first World Cup knockout match since lifting the trophy in 2014.
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Germany finish top of Group E, with Ivory Coast second and Ecuador will have a chance of qualifying on third place.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Ecuador's Gonzalo Plata celebrates scoring their second goal with Moises Caicedo [Mike Segar/Reuters]By AFPPublished On 25 Jun 202625 Jun 2026Ecuador have kept their World Cup campaign alive as Gonzalo Plata’s winner completed a memorable come-from-behind 2-1 victory over Germany to send the South American nation through to the last 32.
Leroy Sane controversially fired Germany ahead less than two minutes into the Group E clash on Thursday, but Ecuador hit back through a fine strike from Sunderland winger Nilson Angulo.