Ecuador vs Costa Rica in Hamburg.

Ecuador took the lead in the 8th minute when Carlos Tenorio headed in Luis Valencia's cross from the right.

After just 28 minutes, Costa Rica tried to get the offensive edge by bringing on Alvaro Saborio on for Danny Fonseca; knowing that if they didn't get a result here, they would be out, along with Poland.

Half-time: (1:0).

In the 54th minute, Ecuador just about sealed the fate of Costa Rica and Poland, when Edison Mendez flicked the ball into Agustin Delgado. With this goal, Ecuador moved to the top of Group A, above Germany.

Costa Rica's Alvaro Saborio hit the bar just before the final whistle, but against an Ecuador side who have yet to concede a goal, it was like a fly landing on a horse's tail.

Ecuador swished their tail one more time, as Ivan Kaviedes slid in to finish the game and Costa Rica's World Cup dreams.

Final Score:
Ecuador 3 - Costa Rica 0

Goalscorers:
1:0 Carlos Tenorio (8)
2:0 Agustin Delgado (54)
3:0 Ivan Kaviedes (92)

Teams
Ecuador: (Captain Ivan Hurtado)
12 Cristian Mora; 3 Ivan Hurtado, 4 Ulises De la Cruz, 17 Geovanny Espinoza, 18 Neicer Reasco; 8 Edison Mendez, 14 Segundo Castillo, 16 Luis Valencia, 20 Edwin Tenorio; 11 Agustin Delgado, 21 Carlos Tenorio.

Costa Rica: (Captain Luis Marin)
18 Jose Porras; 3 Luis Marin, 4 Michael Umana, 12 Leonardo Gonzalez, 15 Harold Wallace; 6 Danny Fonseca, 8 Mauricio Solis, 10 Walter Centeno, 20 Douglas Sequeira; 9 Paulo Wanchope, 11 Ronald Gomez.

Referee:
Coffi Codjia (Benin)