{"id":50244,"date":"2026-06-26T07:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=50244"},"modified":"2026-06-26T07:35:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:50:01","slug":"ecuador-stun-germany-to-book-fifa-world-cup-knockout-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/ecuador-stun-germany-to-book-fifa-world-cup-knockout-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador stun Germany to book FIFA World Cup knockout spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p data-start=\"85\" data-end=\"295\"><strong>Kathmandu, June 26:<\/strong> Ecuador secured their place in the FIFA World Cup 2026 knockout stage after coming from behind to defeat Germany 2-1 in their final Group E match at New York New Jersey Stadium in the United States.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"297\" data-end=\"391\">Germany made a dream start, taking the lead just two minutes into the game through Leroy San\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"393\" data-end=\"500\">However, Ecuador responded quickly as Nilson Angulo found the equalizer in the ninth minute to make it 1-1.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"502\" data-end=\"657\">The decisive moment came in the 77th minute when Gonzalo Plata scored the winner, completing Ecuador&#8217;s impressive comeback and sealing a memorable victory.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"659\" data-end=\"840\">In the other Group E fixture, Ivory Coast defeated Cura\u00e7ao 2-0 to secure their place in the Round of 32. Nicolas P\u00e9p\u00e9 scored both goals, finding the net in the 7th and 64th minutes.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"842\" data-end=\"1184\">Despite the defeat, Germany finished with six points and advanced to the knockout stage. Ivory Coast also collected six points and qualified as group runners-up on goal difference. Ecuador finished with four points and progressed as one of the eight best third-placed teams, while Cura\u00e7ao, with one point, were eliminated from the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu, June 26: Ecuador secured their place in the FIFA World Cup 2026 knockout stage after coming from behind to defeat Germany 2-1 in their final Group E match at New York New Jersey Stadium in the United States. Germany made a dream start, taking the lead just two minutes into the game through Leroy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-main-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50244"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50247,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50244\/revisions\/50247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}