Ecuador forward Enner Valencia scored twice in a 2-1 comeback victory over Honduras on Friday that kept his team in contention at the World Cup.
Ecuador moved into second spot in Group E with a game remaining against France.
Valencia equalised three minutes later, tapping in with his left foot from close range after Brayan Beckeles had failed to clear a cross from the right.
The second-half was far less frenzied than the opening 45 minutes and Valencia’s winner came in the 65th minute when he out-jumped the Honduras defence to head home a left-sided free kick from Walter Ayovi.
“A very contested match, it was very complicated to deal with the nerves because of everything in play,” Honduras coach Luis Fernando Suarez said.
