Ivory Coast started their journey to the World Cup in the best possible way, beating Ecuador by 1-0in a match played during the early hours of the morning and marked by the balance between two teams that sought to enter the competition with a positive result.
The Ivorian team proved to be more effective in decisive moments and managed to make the difference through a goal that ended up being enough to secure the first three points in Group Etaking an important step in the fight to qualify for the next phase.
On the Ecuador side, the South American team tried to react after conceding the goal, seeking to take greater control of the match, but faced a defensively organized Ivory Coast and capable of managing the advantage until the final whistle.
With this victory by the smallest margin, the African team gains confidence for its next commitments and reinforces its ambitions to move forward in the competition. Ecuador is under pressure to recover ground in the next few rounds, under penalty of complicating the qualifying results.
The victory leaves Ivory Coast in a favorable position in the groupbefore a demanding duel against Germany, while Ecuador will try to respond against Curaçao to continue dreaming of the round of 16.
