England got through after a game in which they really didn’t impress. Unfortunately, Lampard doesn’t seem to be the player he is at Chelsea and it shows in the game of his team.

John TERRY (ENG), Budweiser Man of the Match
Becks (David Beckham) was practising in training and it was a wonderful shot - that shows […]

Sven-Goran Eriksson is happy with the result. Now, the real problem comes in the next game.

Sven-Goran ERIKSSON (ENG)
I think it was about time that we got a bit of luck in a game. Yes, we could have scored more goals, but in the end we had to rely on (David) Beckham. He’s a player who […]

1-0 the final score, Beckham scored from free-kic, but England didn’t impress at all.

Ecuador had a big chance when Carlos Tenorio hit the crossbar after a big mistake by the English defence.

It seems that Crouch will not start the game and Gerrard and Lampard will ahve more freedom on the pitch.

Match 51
ENGLAND-ECUADOR
25.06.2006
STUTTGART
Round of 16
Referee: DE BLEECKERE Frank (BEL)
Assistant Referee 1: HERMANS Peter (BEL)
Assistant Referee 2: VROMANS Walter (BEL)
Fourth Official: RUIZ Oscar (COL)
Fifth Official: NAVIA Jose (COL)

Match 52
PORTUGAL-NETHERLANDS
25.06.2006
NUREMBERG
Round of 16
Referee: IVANOV Valentin (RUS) Assistant Referee 1: GOLUBEV Nikolay (RUS) Assistant Referee 2: VOLNIN Evgueni (RUS) Fourth Official: RODRIGUEZ Marco (MEX) Fifth Official: CAMARGO Jose Luis (MEX)
Source: […]

These are the last 16 matches:
June 24 17:00 Germany vs. Sweden
June 24 21:00 Argentina vs. Mexico
June 25 17:00 England vs. Ecuador
June 25 21:00 Portugal vs. Holland
June 26 17:00 Italy vs. Australia
June 26 21:00 Switzerland vs. Ukraine
June 27 17:00 Brazil vs. Ghana
June 27 21:00 Spain vs. France
Two matches will keep everyone watching: Spain vs. France and Portugal vs Holland. Of course, matches like Germany vs. Sweden and Switzerland vs. Ukraine might be […]

Both teams qualified and Germany looks a lot better as they go through.

Luis SUAREZ (ECU)
My team did nowhere near as well as they did in the opening two games, but Germany obviously made life very difficult for us. We found ourselves a goal down right from the off and on the day, the opposition were […]

Germany scores, 1-0. Klose finishes from the goalkeeper’s box a nice attack that has seen all German team passing around.

Ecuador international Ulises de la Cruz is one of more than 100 football greats serving as a ‘ FIFA for SOS Children’s Villages’ ambassador, and is an avid supporter of 6 villages for 2006, the charity campaign between FIFA and the non-governmental organisation SOS Children’s Villages for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™. Before travelling to […]