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Europe better this time, France and Switzerland move up
France and Switzerland made it through the group phase of the 2014 World Cup. Les Bleus drew with Ecuador 0:0 and Ottmar Hitzfeld's team easily beat Honduras 3:0. The second game was a one-man show as Xherdan Shaqiri scored a fantastic hat-trick. In the last 16 France will face Nigeria and Switzerland will play against Argentina.
Last 16 matchups:
France – Nigeria, 30.06 (Mon), 18:00
Argentina – Switzerland, 1.07 (Tue), 22:00
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25th of June 2014, 22:00 – Rio de Janeiro (Maracanã – Estadio Jornalista Mário Filho)
Ecuador – France 0:0
Ecuador: Alexander Domínguez – Juan Carlos Paredes, Jorge Guagua, Frickson Erazo, Walter Ayoví – Antonio Valencia, Oswaldo Minda, Christian Noboa (90, Felipe Caicedo), Jefferson Montero (63, Renato Ibarra) – Enner Valencia, Michael Arroyo (82, Gabriel Achilier).
France: Hugo Lloris – Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Mamadou Sakho (61, Raphaël Varane), Lucas Digne – Antoine Griezmann (79, Loïc Rémy), Paul Pogba, Morgan Schneiderlin, Blaise Matuidi (67, Olivier Giroud), Moussa Sissoko – Karim Benzema.
Yellow card: Erazo (Ecuador).
Red card: Antonio Valencia (50th minute).
Referee: Desire Doue (WKS).
25th of June 2014, 22:00 – Manaus (Arena Amazônia)
Honduras – Switzerland 0:3 (0:2)
Goals: Xherdan Shaqiri 6, 31, 71
Honduras: Noel Valladares – Brayan Beckeles, Víctor Bernárdez, Maynor Figueroa, Juan Carlos García – Óscar Boniek García (77, Andy Najar), Jorge Claros, Wilson Palacios, Roger Espinoza (46, Marvin Chávez) – Jerry Bengtson, Carlo Costly (40, Jerry Palacios).
Switzerland: Diego Benaglio – Stephan Lichtsteiner, Johan Djourou, Fabian Schär, Ricardo Rodríguez – Xherdan Shaqiri (87, Blerim Džemaili), Valon Behrami, Granit Xhaka (77, Michael Lang), Gökhan İnler, Admir Mehmedi – Josip Drmić (73, Haris Seferović).
Yellow card: Palacios (Honduras).
Referee: Néstor Pitana (Argentina).
| GROUP E | Matches | Points | Goals |
| 1. France | 3 | 7 | 8 – 2 |
| 2. Switzerland | 3 | 6 | 7 – 6 |
| 3. Ecuador | 3 | 4 | 3 – 3 |
| 4. Honduras | 3 | 0 | 1 – 8 |
