For each match, AP photographers set up at least one camera behind each net to try to get this unique angle. In this shot, Josek captured Ecuador goalkeeper Hernan Galindez looking around as Ivory Coast’s Amad Diallo scored what turned out to be the only goal of the match.

Curaçao's Livano Comenencia provided a highlight and hope for the smallest country in World Cup history. Germany then responded to Curaçao's first World Cup goal with an onslaught of scoring, turning an expected rout into an actual one with a 7-1 win on Sunday in Houston.

Scotland’s win over Haiti in the early morning hours on Saturday, and Ivory Coast’s defeat of Ecuador on Sunday.

The assumption is that Germany will top the final standings, and both Côte d’Ivoire and Ecuador will beat lowly Curaçao, pitting them against each other for the second automatic knockout berth. It might not play out like that,

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