Date: June 20, 2014
Result: Honduras 1-2 Ecuador
Scorers:
Honduras: Costly 31
Ecuador: E Valencia 34, 65
Venue: Arena de Baixada, Curitiba
Match overview: This World Cup keeps on producing exciting matches, Ecuador still have a chance of reaching the second round after winner a lively encounter against Honduras in Curitiba. Enner Valencia gave Ecuador the cutting edge they needed while Honduras twice had goals disallowed for offside.
Key moment: Three minutes before Ecuador’s second goal, Honduras had a goal disallowed, with Costly offside when he played in Bengtson. It was the second time in the game that the Hondurans had had a goal ruled out.
Man of the match: Enner Valencia gave Ecuador the cutting edge to win a close contest. He shot wide early on but scored a poacher’s goal for Ecuador’s first and put them into the lead for a second time with a header from a free-kick delivered by his namesack Antonio.
Matter of fact: Enner Valencia has now scored in each of his last six appearances for Ecuador.
Talking point: Ecuador are still in contention for the second round after this win, but they face group leaders Colombia in their final group game. Honduras are now all but out.
Stats:
Goal attempts
- Honduras 13
- Ecuador 10
On target
- Honduras 5
- Ecuador 5
Corners
- Honduras 4
- Ecuador 12
Line-ups:
Honduras:
- 18 Valladares
- 3 Figueroa
- 5 Bernardez
- 7 Izaguirre (Garcia 46)
- 11 Bengtson
- 13 Costly
- 14 Boniek (Chavez 83)
- 15 Espinoza
- 19 Garrido (Martinez 71)
- 20 Claros
- 21 Beckeles
Ecuador:
- 22 Dominguez
- 2 Guagua
- 3 Erazo
- 4 Paredes
- 6 Noboa
- 7 Montero (Achilier 90)
- 10 W Ayovi
- 11 Caicedo (Mendez 82)
- 13 E Valencia
- 14 Minda (Grueza 83)
- 16 Valencia
Yellow cards:
Honduras:
- Bernardez 7, Bengtson 45
Ecuador:
- E Valencia 57, A Valencia 73, Montero 81
Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)
