Outsiders Move in Front

Poland vs Ecuador
Gelsenkirchen

The so-called outsiders in this encounter shocked some European pundits when Carlos Tenorio, who plays his football in Qatar, nodded Ecuador into the lead with 24 minutes played (0:1).

Within a few minutes, Agustin Delgado the provider had almost doubled Ecuador's lead.

Half-time (0:1)

The second half didn't start much better for Poland. With over an hour gone, the Poles still seemed short on ideas and lacked the movement needed to bring the power of Teamgeist into the spirit of play.

Ecuador sealed victory ten minutes from time as a fluid move split the Poland defence; with substitute Ivan Kaviedes beating the offside line to slip a neat pass across to Augustin Delgado (0:2); as Poland will feel disappointed about the two attempts at goal that hit the woodwork and could at least have given them a point, going into the Germany game.

Poland will have to beat the hosts now, if they hope to move onto the Second Round, while Ecuador can feel comfortable ahead of their meeting with Costa Rica.

Final Score:
Poland 0 - Ecudaor 2

Teams
Poland: (Captain Jacek Bak)
1 Artur Boruc; 6 Jacek Bak, 4 Marcin Baszczynski, 2 Mariusz Jop, 14 Michal Zewlakow; 8 Jacek Krzynowek, 16 Arkadiusz Radomski, 15 Ebi Smolarek, 7 Radoslaw Sobolewski, 10 Miroslaw Szymkowiak; 9 Maciej Zurawski.

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

Referee:
Kamikawa Toru (Japan)

Our Man of The Match:
Agustin Delgado; scored the second goal and set up the first.