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Karim Benzema show and a stunning finish from Switzerland
Sunday games of the 2014 FIFA World Cup brought another dose of football emotions. Firstly, Switzerland scored in the last seconds against Ecuador to secure a 2:1 victory. At 21:00 France routed Honduras thanks to a tremendous Karim Benzema who scored twice in the winning effort by "Les Bleus".
15th of June 2014, 21:00 – Porto Alegre
France – Honduras 3:0 (1:0)
Goals: Karim Benzema 45 (p), 72, Noel Valladares 48 (OG)
France: Hugo Lloris – Mathieu Debuchy, Raphaël Varane, Mamadou Sakho, Patrice Evra – Yohan Cabaye (65. Rio Mavuba), Blaise Matuidi, Paul Pogba (57. Moussa Sissoko) – Mathieu Valbuena (78. Olivier Giroud), Karim Benzema, Antoine Griezmann.
Honduras: Noel Valladares – Brayan Beckeles, Víctor Bernárdez (46. Osman Chávez), Maynor Figueroa, Emilio Izaguirre – Andy Najar (58. Jorge Claros), Wilson Palacios, Luis Garrido, Roger Espinoza – Carlo Costly, Jerry Bengtson (46. Óscar Boniek García).
Yellow cards: Evra, Pogba, Cabaye – Palacios, Boniek García, Garrido.
Red card: Wilson Palacios (43th minute, for a second yellow card).
Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil).
15th of June 2014, 18:00 – Brasilia
Switzerland – Ecuador 2:1 (0:1)
Goals: Admir Mehmedi 48, Haris Seferović 90 – Enner Valencia 22
Switzerland: Diego Benaglio – Stephan Lichtsteiner, Johan Djourou, Steve von Bergen, Ricardo Rodríguez – Xherdan Shaqiri, Valon Behrami, Granit Xhaka, Gökhan İnler, Valentin Stocker (46. Admir Mehmedi) – Josip Drmić (75. Haris Seferović).
Ecuador: Alexander Domínguez –– Juan Carlos Paredes, Frickson Erazo, Jorge Guagua, Walter Ayoví – Antonio Valencia, Carlos Gruezo, Christian Noboa, Jefferson Montero (77. João Rojas) – Felipe Caicedo (70. Michael Arroyo), Enner Valencia.
Yellow cards: Djourou – Paredes.
Referee: Ravshan Ermatov (Uzbekistan).
