France can celebrate early, because the goal difference is so high that Switzerland would need to thrash Honduras, and France get thrashed by Ecuador, to lose out. Despite a thumping 5-2 defeat, Switzerland can be expected to beat Honduras, leap-frogging over Ecuador unless it beats Deschamps' promising-looking side.
Honduras 1 Ecuador 2
Costly 31 E. Valencia 34, 65
Honduras
Valladares, Beckeles, Izaguirre (Garcia), Garrido (Martínez), Bernárdez, Figueroa, García (Chávez), Claros, Costly, Bengtson, Espinoza
Coach: Luis SUAREZ
Yellow card: Bernárdez, Bengston
Ecuador
Domínguez, Paredes, Ayoví, Minda (Gruezo), Guagua, Erazo, A Valencia, Noboa, E Valencia, Caicedo (Méndez), Montero (Achilier)
Coach: Reinaldo RUEDA (photo)
Yellow card: A. Valencia, E. Valencia, Montero
Ball possession: Honduras 50% Ecuador 50%
Shots/on target: Honduras 17/5 Ecuador 10/4
Corners: Honduras 4 Ecuador 12
Fouls committed: Honduras 15 Ecuador 16
Group E
France 2 0 0 8 2 +6 6
Ecuador 1 0 1 3 3 0 3
Switzerland 1 0 1 4 6 -2 3
Honduras 0 0 2 1 5 -4 0
Goal scorers
Ecuador: E. Valencia (3)
Switzerland: Mehmedi, Seferovic, Dzemaili, Xhaka
France: Benzema (3) Valladares (og), Giroud, Matuidi, Valbuena, Sissoko
Honduras: Costly
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