Ivan Kaviedes has brushed aside Ecuador's 3-0 defeat to Germany and told his team-mates to focus on the challenges ahead, starting with a second-round meeting against England.

Ecuador's bright start to the World Cup, which featured resounding victories against Poland and Costa Rica, shuddered to a halt in Berlin as an under-strength team were well beaten by the tournament hosts.

Luis Suarez's men were poor with the coach admitting: "Everybody played badly," but Kaviedes was quick to put the defeat to one side.

"We should not read too much into this game and rather focus on the tournament on the whole," he said.

"We have beaten two very good teams and achieved our primary goal which was to qualify for the second stage.

"I think the biggest difference between Germany and Ecuador was that they did not make mistakes.

"But Germany did not roll over us. We committed a lot of mistakes and they didn't."

Next up for Ecuador is a meeting with an England side yet to hit top form.

There have been flashes of the football expected from Sven-Goran Eriksson's side, most notably in the first halves of the matches against Paraguay and Sweden, but they still look some way short of the quality needed to win the tournament.

Kaviedes, who had a dismal spell at Crystal Palace when the London club were in the Premiership, is adamant Ecuador will go into the clash in Stuttgart on Sunday in relaxed mood and aiming to cause a shock.

He added: "We're calm. The important goal has already been achieved.

"This team is mature enough to learn from mistakes."

Ecuador's players are certainly not lacking support in high places.

The country's president Alfredo Palacio offered words of comfort following the loss to Germany.

Palacio usually watches national team matches next to journalists and government officials and he remained upbeat following the loss.

He said: "There's no disappointment. Hope still goes on.

"We know that it was part of a strategy and we believe defeats only motivate more, so I'm sure that what the squad were doing (by losing) was simply preparing themselves for Sunday."