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⚽ All the latest news from day 10 of the tournament⚽ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | Mail usComments won’t be on until a little bit later – sorry about that – but in the meantime don’t forget you can email us to share your thoughts. “I think I need a statue in Curaçao now,” said Eloy Room after keeping Ecuador at bay and earning his country’s first World Cup point – his clean sheet particularly significant after that 7-1 hammering by Germany in the first game. The Miami FC...

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“I think I need a statue in Curaçao now,” said Eloy Room after keeping Ecuador at bay and earning his country’s first World Cup point – his clean sheet particularly significant after that 7-1 hammering by Germany in the first game. The Miami FC goalkeeper was just one off Tim Howard’s record of 16 saves (for USA v Belgium in 2014) in a World Cup match.

It’s going to be an insane memory. You don’t think about it ​when you do it but of course it’s going to be something you look back to. For me as a goalkeeper, this is almost a perfect game. It’s unbelievable. And I cannot do it alone. I did it with the team and my defenders and the midfielders, strikers. We did it as a ⁠team.

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World Cup 2026 (EVENT) Curaçao (ORG) Iran (LOCATION) Eloy Room (PERSON) Ecuador (LOCATION) World Cup (EVENT) Germany (LOCATION) The Miami FC (ORG) Tim Howard’s (PERSON) USA (LOCATION) Belgium (LOCATION)
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