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Hello and welcome. It's Ecuador vs. France, in what is a crucial match for Group E. France are already through and will top the group unless they lose by four goals here. Ecuador, meanwhile, need to equal or better Switzerland's result against Honduras to progress.

World Cup / Group Stage
Maracanã / 25.06.2014
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Marcus Foley

Updated 25/06/2014 at 21:53 GMT


9'
Griezmann's had a poor start - a terrible delivery for the corner and now he puts it out of play. He's usually a starter for France so it'd be a big surprise if he played all 90 minutes here.
8'
Switzerland have scored! As it stands, Ecuador are out, and need to win.
7'
The corner is easily cleared, but Blaise Matuidi helps win it back for France and Sissoko has a go from range, but it strikes an Ecuador shirt and trickles through to the keeper
5'
Lucas Digne does well down the left to help win a corner for his side. He'll probably be the player looked to to replace Patrice Evra after this tournament's over, so it's a big night for him.
3'
Ecuador look to break from a France attack, but Schneiderlin tears up the pitch and puts a stop to it by blocking off Walter Ayovi's options.
1'
And we're off! France have been hugely impressive so far - will they pull off another thrashing tonight, or can Ecuador keep themselves in the tournament?
20:55
France win the anthems, obviously, as they have the second-best national anthem. Almost underway here.
20:50
So, here we are. Time for anthems. Ecuador clearly have far more to play for here than France do, but there should be a fair amount of hunger from the players brought into the side.
20:40
20:35
So, how are the fans preparing? Let's go to our very own Reda Maher, on the ground in Brazil...
20:30
So, the big surprise is that Morgan Schneiderlin makes a start for France, and so does young full-back Lucas Digne. Laurent Koscielny is also thrust into action along with his Arsenal teammate Bacary Sagna. For Ecuador, it's pretty much as you'd expect.
20:25
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FRANCE: Lloris, Sakho, Benzema, Griezmann, Matuidi, Sagna, Digne Sissoko, Pogba, Koscielny, Schneiderlin. /// ECUADOR: Dominguez, Guagua, Erazo, Paredes, Noboa, Montero, W. Ayovi, E. Valencia, Minda, Arroyo, A. Valencia.