Date: 10-06-2006
Stage: first round
Place: GELSENKIRCHEN
Running time: 110 min.
Colour: PAL
Quality: DVD
Commentary: italian
My rating: ***
Notes:
MATCH SUMMARY
Friday, 9 June 2006, 21:00
Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 52,000
Meteo: Clear, 20°C
ECUADOR
Cristian Mora
Ivan Hurtado (c)
Neicer Reasco
Giovanny Espinoza
Ulises de la Cruz
Antonio Valencia
Segundo Castillo
Edison Méndez
Edwin Tenorio
Agustín Delgado
Carlos Tenorio
Coach: Luis Fernando Suárez (ECU)
31′ Ivan Hurtado
70′ Edison Méndez
65′ ↓Carlos Tenorio ↑Iván Kaviedes
69′ ↓Ivan Hurtado ↑Jorge Guagua
83′ ↓Agustín Delgado ↑Patricio Urrutia
POLAND
Artur Boruc
Jacek Bąk (c)
Marcin Baszczyński
Mariusz Jop
Michał Żewłakow
Jacek Krzynówek
Arek Radomski
Radosław Sobolewski
Mirosław Szymkowiak
Ebi Smolarek
Maciej Żurawski
Coach: Paweł Janas (POL)
37′ Ebi Smolarek
68′ ↓Radosław Sobolewski ↑Ireneusz Jeleń
78′ ↓Jacek Krzynówek ↑Kamil Kosowski
83′ ↓Maciej Żurawski ↑Paweł Brożek
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (JPN)
Goals:
24′ Carlos Tenorio ECU
80′ Agustín Delgado ECU
Match overview
Ecuador claimed a 2-0 win over Poland in Gelsenkirchen, thanks to goals from Tenorio and Delgado. Poland hit the woodwork twice but couldn’t convert. Agustín Delgado was named Man of the Match.
Trivia
This was Ecuador’s first ever World Cup win in Europe. Paweł Janas was coaching Poland in his first major tournament.
