Preview: Ecuador vs. Costa Rica

June 15th, 2006 | by: Peter |

GAME DETAILS: Ecuador vs. Costa Rica, Hamburg, 15:00 CET
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THE BIG PICTURE
This is win-or-play-one-more-and-then-go-home for Costa Rica, who must beat Ecuador if they hope to get through the first round. More on that from blogger Bruno here, but let’s all take a moment to think back to how suprisingly good Ecuador looked beating Poland and how thin the Costa Rican defense was against Germany. A win against Costa Rica wouldn’t exactly make it a fairy tale run, but it would set up a delicious final first round game against Germany.

Teams: Likely formation; shirt numbers; name, caps, goals, coach:

Ecuador (4-4-2): 12-Cristian Mora; 4-Ulises de la Cruz, 3-Ivan Hurtado, 17-Giovanny Espinoza, 18-Neicer Reasco; 8-Edison Mendez, 20-Edwin Tenorio, 14-Segundo Castillo, 16-Luis Antonio Valencia; 11-Agustin Delgado, 21-Carlos Tenorio Coach: Luis Fernando Suarez

Costa Rica: (3-5-2) 18-Jose Francisco Porras; 3-Luis Marin, 4-Michael Umana, 2-Jervis Drummond; 12-Leonardo Gonzales, 8-Mauricio Solis, 10-Walter Centeno, 20-Douglas Sequeira, 6-Danny Fonseca (or 7-Cristian Bolanos); 11-Ronald Gomez, 9-Paulo Wanchope Coach: Alexandre Guimaraes

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Ecuador

In Ecuador green stands for hope, while yellow can stand for contempt.

95% of Ecuador’s population are Roman Catholics.

The US Army’s mascot at sporting events from 1939 to 1958 was Pancho, (aka Skippy) an Ecuadorian burro presented by Ambassador Colon Alfaro from Ecuador.

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Costa Rica

Volcán Arenal (Sandbank Volcano) is the second largest active volcano in the world

Arturo Kinch, a cross country skier, was the only Costa Rican competitor at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.

Costa Rica is the only Central American Team to qualify for the World Cup finals consecutively. (2002 and 2006)

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DT

After last night’s result, Ecuador only need to draw this game. Their last match is against Germany, who are already qualified. Germany will take it easy and play a few reserves.

Costa Rica can snatch a draw here.