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Ecuador become the 7th team to win a game after conceding the first goal at the 2014 World Cup.
Ecuador es el séptimo equipo que gana un partido después de encojar el primer gol de partido.
– The win for Ecuador means they are 2nd (3 points) in Group E behind leaders France (6 points).
– A frantic, full blooded, open, passionate & entertaining game is the 9th game to finish 2-1 at the 2014 World Cup.
– Ecuador’s win brings a valuable 3 points for the Ecuadorians but also means that every single South American nation has won at least once at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil; 8 victories at the tournament have came from South American countries – Chile (2), Colombia (2), Argentina (1), Brazil (1), Uruguay (1) & Ecuador (1).
· Ecuador win their first World Cup game since beating Costa Rica (3-0) at the 2006 World Cup.
· Honduras score their first World Cup goal since 1982.
· Enner Valencia joins Karim Benzema, Thomas Müller Neymar, Arjen Robben & Robin Van Persie on 3 goals to become joint top scorer at the 2014 World Cup.
· Enner Valencia has scored against Emgland (2-2) {1}, Switzerland (2-1) {1} & Honduras (1-2) {2} this month [June 2014].
· Full back Walter Avoyi gets his second assist of the tournament (both coming via in-direct free-kicks & both for goals for Enner Valencia).
· Ecuador have now scored (8) in 4 of their last 5 World Cup group games (2006 & 2014); Germany are the only team to have stopped them from scoring (0-3) in that time.
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