If the World Cup serves up a few matches like this, we'll be … Lampard twice had chances straight after to double the lead, first dragging a left-foot shot wide then failing to find Rooney in the box when he should have shot himself. In the 2006 FIFA World Cup, the knockout stage was the second and final stage of the World Cup, following the group stage.The top two teams from each group (16 total) advance to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. England When the breakthrough came, it was like travelling back in time to 2001 when Beckham was at the very peak of his powers. Only four other players have achieved that feat before: Pele and Roberto Rivelino (both Brazil), Teofilo Cubillas (Peru and Bernard Genghini (France). England, for the second time under Eriksson, have reached the last eight of the World Cup finals.
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Jordan Henderson replaces Ross Barkley.Substitution, England. Terry completely mis-timed a headed clearance and the ball fell to Carlos Tenorio to run clean through, the striker's fierce shot crashing off the bar thanks to a fine sliding block from Ashley Cole. Ecuador took advantage of poor England defending as Enner Valencia headed them in front early on but Wayne Rooney bundled in his 39th goal for his country before half-time. The HEAT I mean... it will be HELL down on the pitch. He missed a sitter with 17 minutes left too, blazing over from 14 yards after some sensational skill from Rooney by the left touchline. I hear that Ecuador have never been so close to a final as they are now. I support England... tough nut to crack, that one.
Oxlade-Chamberlain also delivered some good moments before departing with an injury that his manager said afterwards was serious enough to require a scan.None of England's revamped defence suggested they would start at the World Cup as central defensive pairing Chris Smalling and Phil Jones looked uncertain and the ploy of playing James Milner at right back was not a success.England can now fine tune further against Honduras here on Saturday before flying to Brazil to embark on their Hodgson's second string looked exactly that at times - and defensive frailties were exposed as Ecuador went ahead with their first attack after eight minutes.Milner stood off Walter Ayovi and when Smalling got caught under his cross, Valencia beat Luke Shaw to the ball at the far post to head powerfully past Ben Foster.Foster, meanwhile, had mixed success racing from his line, as England's lack of understanding left them vulnerable, but they were soon edging their way back into the game. Raheem Sterling was sent off and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain Liverpool youngster Sterling was dismissed 11 minutes from time for a clash with Manchester United's Antonio Valencia - who was also given a red card for reacting furiously to the challenge.It provided a sour note for manager Roy Hodgson - as did the injury sustained by Oxlade-Chamberlain - as he saw his experimental side struggle defensively but produce some excellent work going forward, especially from Everton midfielder Ross Barkley.Ecuador took advantage of poor England defending as Enner Valencia headed them in front early on but Wayne Rooney bundled in his 39th goal for his country before half-time.With temperatures and humidity high, it was the perfect conditioning work-out for England and there were pluses for Hodgson.Rooney worked hard in his left-flank role and got another 63 minutes under his belt while Barkley demonstrated once again that he could become a real World Cup wildcard. RELATED INTERNET LINKS: Fortunately, it made no difference. They had to rely on a trademark free-kick from Beckham, who was later sick on the pitch after suffering from dehydration and heat exhaustion. Assisted by Ãdison Méndez.Substitution, England. Venues Beckham defied illness to curl home from 30 yards on the hour mark, but England made hard work of Ecuador. Yet they started off by doing the sensible thing in the stifling heat, with Michael Carrick at the hub as they passed the ball around and made Ecuador do the running. A match was played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals to determine which team finished in third place. He weaved his way through Ecuador's defence before laying the ball into the path of Lambert, who thumped in a powerful angled finish.Ecuador were still strong, though, and causing problems for England's unconvincing rearguard.When Oxlade-Chamberlain fell awkwardly under a challenge he was substituted in apparent discomfort, and Rooney was also taken off after 63 minutes.The changes were the signal for a flurry of activity that ended with Ecuador equalising as substitute Arroyo marked his introduction by sending a magnificent finish high past Foster from 25 yards.Sterling had made a promising entrance but then got involved in the skirmish that led to red cards for him and Valencia.
Michael Arroyo (Ecuador) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the right is blocked.Substitution, Ecuador. Ashley Cole gets in a brilliant block to deny Carlos Tenorio early on Jon Flanagan tries a through ball, but Ross Barkley is caught offside.Substitution, Ecuador. They will be DANGEROUS. Gabriel Achilier replaces Juan Carlos Paredes.Renato Ibarra (Ecuador) wins a free kick on the right wing.Substitution, Ecuador.