I touched upon Ecuador's pace and threat out wide in the first World Cup preview ..........They have a very settled team and are strong down both flanks through Antonio Valencia who you will all know and Jefferson Montero who is very quick and perhaps made the move to Spain (Villarreal) too young, he has thrived at Morelia in Mexico and EPL and La Liga scouts have been watching him on a weekly basis. If you saw the Ecuador- Australia game earlier this year, you will probably remember him, he came off the bench with Ecuador 3-0 down and ripped the Aussies to pieces. This is a team with pace all over the pitch, they are going to surprise and are legitimate dark horses in a competition where I feel most of the European teams are up against it.
 

I meant to mention Enner Valencia at the time, as I have heard and read only positive things about him, he was converted from a winger and knows where the goal is, he scored against England last week and won the Liga MX Golden Boot, scoring 12 goals in the 1st Phase (no one else had double figures) and adding six in the playoffs for Pachuca.He is unbelievably quick and very good in the air, another striker who has hit form at the perfect time and is in the shape of his life right now. He needs to edge out former Manchester City striker Felipe Caicedo in this market, but Caicedo has been struggling with injury and could not play against England, a match that Ecuador viewed as an important fixture and surely, right now there cannot be much between the pair and all the momentum is with Valencia.