Day 7: Ecuador vs. Costa Rica

Ecuador 3 -- Costa Rica 0

# 21 CARLOS TENORIO (Ecuador) 8'
#11 AGUSTIN DELGADO (Ecuador) 54'
#10 IVAN KAVIEDES (Ecuador) 92+'

Ecuador alongwith Germany became the first teams to reach the second round as they routed their Central American counterparts with three brilliant goals. Ecuador always looked to be in control of the game as their midfield dominated the play and pressed forward to create chances and those efforts paid off early in the first half when Carlos Tenorio, goalscorer from the game against Poland, once again opened the scoring from a Luis Valencia cross into the six-yard box. Costa Rica let their intentions be known as they brought in a third striker into the game, it was do or die and they were not going to go down without a fight, bravo El Ticos! Ecuador however on this day were clearly the in-form side as they allowed no respite to the Costa Rica and in the 54th minute Agustin Delgado, another scorer from the Poland game, doubled the lead with a close range strike that went past the keeper at the near post. The game was painfully snatched away from Costa Rica who never gave up when in the dying minutes Edison Mendez crossed one into the box who found a flying Ivan Kaviendes' foot as the ball was volleyed past Jose Porras.

It was not a tournament to be for Costa Rica who never looked very convincing in their opener and Ecuador who upset Poland looked every bit as promising. Ecuador next plays Germany for the first time in the history of both the teams to decide who remains atop the group.