‘Superman’ to the rescue again, but Ecuador no one-man band

Ecuador's Enner Valencia, top center, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's first goal against Holland. - AP

VETERAN striker Enner Valencia, who has gone from selling cows’ milk for his first boots to scoring Ecuador’s last six World Cup goals, is rightly hailed as “Superman” at home.

Yet the 33-year-old, whose latest goal heroics came in a 1-1 draw against Holland on Friday, is just the spearhead of a potent young team on the verge of at least equalling their previous best ever finish at a World Cup.