Final score: Ecuador 2 — 1 Germany
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026
Venue: MetLife Stadium
Stage: Group Stage
Ecuador edged Germany 2–1 — the kind of single-goal result that defines knockout-football paths.
Ecuador takes 3 points and the inside track on group qualification. Germany now needs a positive result in matchday 2 to keep top-2 hopes alive — and probably needs to win matchday 3 outright.
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