Ivory Coast beats Ecuador 1-0 at FIFA World Cup with Amad Diallo goal

Ecuador looked beardown earlier Diallo broke done successful the 90th infinitesimal with a objective left-footed changeable to seal the win.

Amad Diallo scored successful the 90th infinitesimal to assistance Ivory Coast to a 1-0 triumph implicit Ecuador successful their archetypal World Cup quality successful a twelve years.

The teams combined to deed the crossbar 3 times earlier the Manchester United winger broke the deadlock to unafraid 3 points for his squad astatine the Philadelphia Stadium connected Sunday.

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Diallo – who entered arsenic a substitute successful the 56th infinitesimal – broke done with a left-footed changeable from conscionable wrong the punishment country that bushed diving goalkeeper Hernan Galindez. Wilfried Singo acceptable up the extremity with a beardown tally down the close side.

Making their 4th quality successful the World Cup and the archetypal since 2014, Ivory Coast took a large measurement towards reaching the knockout signifier for the archetypal time.

Elye Wahi deed the crossbar successful the 52nd infinitesimal for Ivory Coast, aft Ecuador’s John Yeboah and Nilson Angulo did the aforesaid successful the opening half.

Ecuador, making their 5th World Cup quality and looking to scope the knockout circular for the 2nd time, were playing a virtual location crippled astatine the stadium, different known arsenic the Lincoln Financial Field, with astir of the capableness assemblage of 68,274 wearing the yellowish shirts of La Tri.

Ecuador looked beardown earlier Diallo’s goal. Their champion accidental aft halftime came successful the 68th infinitesimal connected Gonzalo Plata’s hard changeable from astir 25 yards out, which was parried distant by goalkeeper Yahia Fofana.

Ivory Coast were bolstered by the guardant play of Yan Diomande arsenic the Leipzig attacker created respective scoring chances, peculiarly down the close side. That included Wahi’s near-goal connected a flick pursuing Diomande’s hard cross.

Ivory Coast, who did not concede a extremity portion going 8-0-2 successful 10 qualifying matches, volition adjacent look four-time World Cup champions Germany, who defeated Curacao 7-1 earlier connected Sunday successful Group E.

Ecuador volition conscionable Curacao. Both matches volition beryllium played June 20 .