Click here to find out more from our brilliant Match Zone service - including Paul Pogba's heat map Ecuador went out of the World Cup with a display of heroic defiance which shook France, the new contenders for the crown, to their aristocratic roots. The unfancied South Americans blazed another thrilling episode into this magnificent World Cup even after Manchester United’s Antonio Valencia was sent off early in the second half. That decision by the Ivory Coast referee could not discourage Ecuador from going desperately close to overcoming a French team who have become many people’s latest fancy to return here to the Maracana for the final.
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France and Ecuador fought out an entertaining goalless draw at the Maracana
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Antonio Valencia was sent off for a shocking challenge on Lucas Digne
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But the sending off galvanised Ecuador, who impressed in the second half and forged several chances
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France did not get out of second gear and will face Nigeria in the round of 16 after topping Group E
In agony: @placeholder lies injured after a nasty clash with Antonio Valencia