Ecuador coach Luis Fernando Suarez hopes his side can keep on "writing history" when they take on World Cup hosts Germany in Berlin.

As both countries have already secured their passage to the knockout stages, the Colombian-born boss believes tomorrow's clash is a great chance for his players to display their talents to a worldwide audience.

"There could be no better place to showcase ourselves rather than in a meeting with the tournament hosts in the biggest World Cup stadium and with us already qualified," he said at the pre-match press conference in the Olympic Stadium.

"Tomorrow we want to show the world how good Ecuadorian football is and what we are able to do."

Aston Villa defender Ulises de la Cruz added: "Now we have the opportunity to present ourselves in Europe.

"That makes us very ambitious.

"It is great for us to play in the second round of the World Cup - the biggest success in Ecuadorian soccer.

"This is a great experience and it shows that our football has improved a lot in the last years," he told PA Sport.

Ecuador comfortably saw off Poland 2-0 in their first group encounter before hammering Costa Rica 3-0 to go to the top of Group A above Germany on goal difference.

While many experts believe Ecuador's run will come to a halt in the next stage, Suarez admits he has big hopes for his team.

"Making it to the second round was the first goal but not the last one - we now have new aims," he stated.

"We keep working hard and want to keep on writing history."

After the Germany match, Ecuador are likely to face either England or Sweden in the next stage and Suarez has already fired a first warning shot to Sven-Goran Eriksson's team.

"Obviously England prefer to play us rather than Germany but they might be in for a major surprise," he said.

"Both England and Sweden would be good for us but we are not in a position to chose."

However, the 46-year-old admitted that the physical play of the two European sides might cause his troops problems.

"The two teams are very similar to each other," he conceded.

"They try to open up play and are strong in the air and off dead ball situations.

"They have good strikers and it is usually very difficult for South American sides to play them because they are physically not that strong."

Star striker Carlos Tenorio has regained full match fitness after being bothered by ankle problem but Suarez hinted he will change his winning line-up "to give some rest to a couple of players".