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FIFA WC: Ecuador Stun Germany To Qualify For Knockouts
New Jersey Stadium: Ecuador came from behind to beat four-time champions Germany 2-1 through Gonzalo Plata's late strike to secure their spot in the Round of 32, only the second time in their history after a similar achievement in 2006.
The victory has confirmed Ecuador's place in the knockouts as one of the best eight third-placed teams. Germany, despite defeat, still top the section thanks to their superior goal difference over Ivory Coast, who also finished with six points.
Germany took the lead after just two minutes through Leroy Sane, although the goal was surrounded by controversy. Sane's second-minute strike was Germany's second-fastest World Cup goal, behind only Ernst Lehner's first-minute effort in the 1934 third-place match against Austria (a 3-2 German victory).
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