CURITIBA, June 20, 2014 (AFP) – Ecuador kept their last 16 qualification hopes alive with a 2-1 win over Honduras at the World Cup in Curitiba on Friday.

Enner Valencia scored a brace to give the South Americans victory after Carlo Costly had given the Central Americans the lead.

The result meant France still need a point from their final Group E match against Ecuador on June 25 to be certain of their second round passage.

World Cup Group E match between Honduras and Ecuador:

Honduras 1 (Costly 31) Ecuador 2 (E. Valencia 34, 65)

Teams

Honduras: Noel Valladares (cap) – Brayan Beckeles, Víctor Bernardez, Maynor Figueroa, Emilio Izaguirre (Juan Carlos Garcia 46) – Oscar Garcia (Marvin Chavez 83), Luis Garrido (Mario Martinez 71), Jorge Claros, Roger Espinoza – Jerry Bengtson, Carlo Costly

Yellow card: Víctor Bernardez (7), Jerry Bengtson (45+3)

Ecuador: Alexander Dominguez – Juan Carlos Paredes, Jorge Guagua, Frickson Erazo, Walter Ayovi – Luis Antonio Valencia (cap), Tilson Oswaldo Minda (Carlos Gruezo 83), Cristhian Noboa, Jefferson Montero (Gabriel Achilier 90+2) – Felipe Caicedo (Edison Mendez 82), Enner Valencia

Yellow card: Luis Antonio Valencia (57), Enner Valencia (73), Jefferson Montero (80)

Referee: B. Williams (AUS)