Ecuador made history by beating Costa Rica 3-0 in Hamburg to qualify for the knockout rounds of the FIFA World Cup™ for the first time on Thursday, 15 June, 2006.
Carlos Tenorio, Agustin Delgado and Ivan Kaviedes scored the goals that secured the South Americans’ progress from Group A. Their victory means that they and hosts Germany become the first two teams to book their places in the last 16 – and ends Costa Rica and Poland’s hopes of advancing.
Luis Suarez’s men did not look back after taking an eighth-minute lead through Tenorio’s header. Delgado doubled the advantage with a fine near-post finish on 54 minutes and Ivan Kaviedes volleyed the third goal two minutes into added time.
England has also secured their place in the Round of 16 of the FIFA World Cup™ with a 2-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago though they left it late before striking through Peter Crouch and Steven Gerrard also on Thursday, 15 June 2006.
Crouch broke the deadlock in Nuremberg with a headed goal in the 83rd minute and his Liverpool team-mate, Gerrard, added a superb second in the 91st minute. England, who welcomed back Wayne Rooney as a second-half substitute, have taken six points from their two Group B matches while Trinidad and Tobago remain on one point.
Freddie Ljungberg’s 88th-minute header earned Sweden a 1-0 victory over Paraguay in Berlin on Thursday, 15 June, 2006.
Ljungberg’s strike leaves the Scandinavians strongly positioned to take second place in Group B, three points above Trinidad and Tobago, going into their game against leaders England. For Paraguay, however, the late goal spelt heartbreak, ending their hopes of progressing to the second round.
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