Ecuador has advanced to the World Cup knockout rounds after beating Germany 2-1 on Thursday. Gonzalo Plata scored the winning goal in the 77th minute, lifting Ecuador to a come-from-behind victory.
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Ecuador finished third in Group E with four points and will face a possible matchup with Mexico on Tuesday in Mexico City. Germany, a four-time champion, will play its round of 32 game on Monday at Foxborough, Massachusetts, likely against Paraguay, Australia, or Sweden.
The crowd of 80,663 at MetLife Stadium was mostly in Ecuador’s yellow, and FIFA reported a record attendance of 3,587,539 in the 56th game of the expanded World Cup.
Original reporting: Texarkana Gazette — read the source article.