Full time: Ecuador 1-0 Croatia
91 mins: Ecuador win a free-kick in Croatia's half and take their time.
91 mins: Croatia pump it forward and Ivica Olic is played into the area only to push a defender.
90 mins: Croatia are pouring forward in desperation and Mario Stanic's weak effort is easily saved.
89 mins: Milan Rapaic's corner is fired goalwards and blocked off the line by Ecuador's Alex Aguinaga.
88 mins: Croatia free-kick inside Ecuador half. They win a corner.
87 mins: Ecuador keeper Jose Cevallos wastes some time with a free-kick on the edge of his area.
86 mins: Davor Vugrinec blasts Croatia's best chance of the game over the bar after a good cross.
85 mins: Croatian corner nodded out as Ecuador captain Ivan Hurtado races downfield.
83 mins: Ivica Olic wins a free-kick 40 yards out. Croatia play it in but Ecuador head out strongly.
81 mins: Ivica Olic's cross misses everyone but gets a slight deflection for a Croatian corner.
80 mins: Croatia get a free-kick wide on the right but pushing in the box gives Ecuador a free-kick to clear their lines.
79 mins: Ecuador's Carlos Tenorio goes off for Ivan Kaviedes.
77 mins: Croatia pouring bodies forward.
74 mins: Croatia beginning to look a touch desperate. Meanwhile, Ecuador's Agustin Delgado squanders a one-on-one with the last defender.
74 mins: Davor Vugrinec shots into the legs of an Ecuador defender.
71 mins: Croatia's Alen Boksic ruled offside.
70 mins: Croatia bring on Mario Stanic for Daniel Saric.
68 mins: Croatia's Davor Vugrinec looking lively and nearly sends Alen Boksic through.
64 mins: Milan Rapaic launches a promising Croatia attack in partnership with substitute Davor Vugrinec.
62 mins: Alen Boksic nearly steals the ball off the toes of Ecuador keeper Jose Cevallos.
61 mins: Ecuador's Edison Mendez fires over the top.
60 mins: Croatia again break down the left flank. Milan Rapaic's cross is cleared. Niko Kovac goes off for Vranjes.
59 mins: Robert Jarni plays it in but Ecuador get the ball away.
58 mins: Milan Rapaic races down the left wing and wins a corner.
57 mins: Croatia's Robert Jarni launches a long ball forward for Alen Boksic but the striker is unable to latch onto it.
54 mins: Comes out short to Robert Jarni, who drags his shot wide.
53 mins: Milan Rapaic's shot is deflected off the wall for a corner.
52 mins: Alen Boksic combines well with Niko Kovac who is hacked down on the edge of the area.
50 mins: Milan Rapaic crosses from the left for Croatia but as it is nodded out Stjepan Thomas fires the ball into the stratosphere.
48 mins: Ecuador's Edison Mendez scores after Agustin Delgado heads down Ulises de la Cruz's cross from the right.
Ecuador 1-0 Croatia
47 mins: Both sides are unchanged and the half begins at the same tempo as the first.
46 mins: Croatia get the second half underway.
Half-time: Ecuador 0-0 Croatia
45 mins: Croatia's Milan Rapaic feeds Alen Boksic, whose shot over the keeper was headed away from the goal by Augusto Poroso.
44 mins: Croatia corner on the left. Taken short but Ecuador have all their players behind the ball and defend easily.
43 mins: Good work on the left by Croatia's Niko Kovac.
39 mins: Alfonso Obregon comes off for Alex Aguinaga. The corner is cleared easily.
38 mins: Croatia win a corner after a long header puts Alen Boksic through on goal. Ivan Hurtado makes the crucial tackle.
37 mins: Ecuador waste a three-on-three opening.
33 mins: Croatia build on the edge of Ecuador's area. Some neat footwork ends with Alen Boksic's shot skimming the outside of the keeper's right post.
31 mins: Ecuador corner from the right. comes out to Raul Guerron who fires high and wide.
29 mins: Croatia win a free-kick in Ecuador's half. The ball is played in and Alen Boksic heads across the goal rather than shooting directly.
27 mins: Croatia still content to build slowly - no urgency in their play.
24 mins: Edison Mendez unleashes a long-range shot which Croatia keeper Stipe Pletikosa fumbles first time before gathering safely.
23 mins: Cleber Chala lets off a speculative effort for Ecuador.
22 mins: Alen Boksic nearly feeds Ivica Olic in the Ecuador area but it is snuffed out.
20 mins: Croatia muscling their way back in with a long passage of possession.
18 mins: Croatia's Milan Rapaic again gets past his marker to send in a dangerous cross from the left but striker Alen Boksic left his run to late.
16 mins: Ecuador waste a promising build up with a weak shot from Edison Mendez.
15 mins: Croatia's Milan Rapaic squeezes past the last defender but leans back and blasts miles over the bar.
14 mins: Ecuador are beginning to link well in midfield and are looking the more dominant.
12 mins: Ecuador attack down the left with Cleber Chala.
10 mins: Marlon Ayovi shoots wide for Ecuador
8 mins: Ecuador corner on the right headed clear.
7 mins: Alen Boksic crosses for Croatia but there is no-one in the middle.
6 mins: Carlos Tenorio wins a corner for Ecuador but Dario Simic heads clear.
5 mins: Ecuador begin to threaten with a couple of promising attacks.
3 mins: Croatia's Alen Boksic races clear into Ecuador's area but is overhauled by a defender.
2 mins: Croatia move into Ecuador's area but the ball goes for a goal-kick.
1 min: A cool evening in Yokohama as the match begins slowly.
1230 BST: Ecuador kick-off with any number of combinations possible to decide who goes through to the second round.
Teams:
Ecuador: Jose Cevallos, Augusto Poroso, Ivan Hurtado, Ulises de la Cruz, Alfonso Obregon, Raul Guerron, Carlos Tenorio, Agustin Delgado, Clever Chala, Edison Mendez, Marlon Ayovi.
Croatia: Stipe Pletikosa, Daniel Saric, Josip Simunic, Robert Kovac, Robert Jarni, Dario Simic, Stjepan Tomas, Niko Kovac, Milan Rapaic, Ivica
Olic, Alen Boksic.
Referee: William Mattus, Costa Rica.
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