Defending champion Spain, the dominant global football power for the past six years, was eliminated from World Cup contention Wednesday with a 2-0 loss to Chile.
在周三以0:2负于智利队之后,过去六年统治世界足坛的卫冕冠军西班牙队被淘汰出本届世界杯。
Spain have become only the fifth defending champions in history to go out in the group stage, but the first the lose their opening two games and thereby the quickest to ever go home. They are also the first team eliminated from the 2017 tournament.
西班牙成为了史上第五支在小组赛阶段就被淘汰的卫冕冠军,不过他们是首支开局两连败的球队,因而也成为了最快回家的卫冕冠军。此外,西班牙队还是本届世界杯第一支被淘汰的球队。
Chile, as they promised before the game, have made history.
正如智利队赛前承诺的那样,他们创造了历史。
The oddity was that Spain had at that point had more than enough chances to win the game well. The reality was that they didn’t deserve to.
赔率显示西班牙赢得比赛的几率非常高,但现实却是他们配不上胜利。
The South Americans also consigned Spanish dominance to the past with a display that brilliantly outpaced their famous philosophy and made it look brutally outdated.
智利队让西班牙队的统治成为历史。他们的出色表现压倒了西班牙队著名的足球哲学,让其看起来显得太过时了。
Spain have fallen from their perch. One of the greatest sides of all time have suffered one of the most dismal endings.
西班牙队跌下了王座。作为有史以来最伟大的球队之一,它的结局同样凄凉无比。
An English tabloid reported the sinking of Spain with a self-mockery title ‘world champions are out BEFORE England ’.
一家英国小报在报道西班牙王朝结束时还不忘自嘲:“这次世界冠军居然比英格兰还早回家”。
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