"Everything that we've done in the past will be useless tomorrow, it's a totally different game," coach Gustavo Alfaro said."We just want to win in order to qualify."
Should they avoid defeat, they will match their all-time best World Cup showing when they reached the last 16 in 2006. Ecuador captain Enner Valencia has scored all three of their goals in Qatar, to add to the three he bagged at their last World Cup in 2014, but has been forced off the pitch with a sprained knee towards the end of each game.Alfaro was not definitive about his striker's fitness, but said Valencia would of course be starting if he can.
Alfaro said his team should expect their toughest game yet at the tournament against the African champions, who are ranked 26 places above them.
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