賽事前瞻：哥斯達黎加VS英格蘭
世界杯D組第三輪小組賽
比賽地：貝洛奧里藏特
開球時間：6月23日 中午12:00（北京時間6月24日零點）
據(jù)442足球網(wǎng)站6月23日報道，世界杯D組第三輪小組賽將迎來英格蘭與哥斯達黎加的對決。
What the local media say
當?shù)孛襟w的聲音
"England, Italy, Uruguay and Costa Rica: a trio of former world champion heavyweights and the little mob that gave us Paolo Wanchope. We thought Group D would be a three-team group. And so it turned out that way. We just never expected England to be the D-for-dead team, only eight days after the World Cup began." - Daily Mail.
英國《每日郵報》：“英格蘭、意大利、烏拉圭和哥斯達黎加：三個是曾獲得過世界杯冠軍的重量級球隊，還有一個是曾有過著名球星保羅·萬喬普的足壇小弟。我們曾以為D組更像是只有三支球隊比拼。如今事情發(fā)展到這一步，也確實如此。只是我們從未想過世界杯比賽日才過去八天，英格蘭就墊底了?！?/p>
"Costa Rica coach Jorge Luis Pinto said the sky’s the limit after the Central Americans claimed their second major scalp of the World Cup on Friday to secure their place in the last 16 for only the second time. Costa Rica, whose only previous last 16 appearance was in 1990, are ranked only 28th in the world, 19 places behind Italy and 21 places behind Uruguay. But less than a week after a 3-1 come-from-behind win over Uruguay, Pinto’s team added another touch of magic to their impressive campaign so far with a deserved 1-0 win over four-time champions Italy." - The Tico Times.
《哥斯達黎加時報》：“哥斯達黎加主帥豪爾赫·路易斯·平托在上周五戰(zhàn)勝對手，贏得十六強的一席之位后曾說，成功無極限，這是他們第二次進入世界杯十六強。哥斯達黎加上一次稱霸十六強還是在1990年世界杯上。如今他們世界排名第二十八位，比意大利和烏拉圭各落后19位和21位。但是，不到一周前，他們反敗為勝，3:1擊敗烏拉圭，之后1:0戰(zhàn)勝曾經(jīng)四次在世界杯奪冠的意大利，這又為他們本已令人驚嘆的征戰(zhàn)之旅增添了不少傳奇色彩?！?/p>
Key battle: Wayne Rooney v Giancarlo Gonzalez
關(guān)鍵對位：韋恩·魯尼 vs 吉安卡洛·岡薩雷斯
The Manchester United striker has been unfairly pummelled in recent days, despite playing out of position against Italy and delivering a goal and an assist in two matches. When in doubt, hammer the most highly paid footballer on the pitch when there have been other, more upsetting deficiencies elsewhere.
最近，這名曼聯(lián)前鋒在對陣意大利時沒有踢自己熟悉的位置，雖然在兩次比賽中有一個進球和兩次助攻，但還是受到了不公正的抨擊和指責。讓人感到疑惑的是，當球場上到處都是令人苦惱失望的缺陷和不足時，總是會嚴厲抨擊身價最昂貴的球員。
Meanwhile, Costa Rica have looked organised in defence, despite conceding early doors to Uruguay; they also managed to withstand an occasionally-probing Italy attack in their second game. Gonzalez, who played at the heart of a five-man back-line, was the Italy game's top tackler, clearer and aerial-duel winner; he will need to be sharp again if Hodgson sticks to his revolving quartet up front, with Rooney as its central force.
相比之下，哥斯達黎加的防守則更加有序，盡管大門早早地就被烏拉圭攻破了。但是他們在第二場對陣意大利的比賽中，加強了防守，抵制住了意大利時不時發(fā)起的進攻。岡薩雷斯是哥斯達黎加五人后防線的核心，是對陣意大利的比賽中最優(yōu)秀的后防隊員。他頭腦更加清晰冷靜，是制空的王者。如果霍奇森堅持頂上以魯尼為中堅力量的四人鋒線的話，那么岡薩雷斯需要再次變得敏捷鋒利起來。
Facts and figures
基本資料和數(shù)據(jù)
?This will be the first ever meeting between Costa Rica and England.
?England have not lost all 3 group games at a major tournament since Euro 88.
?Costa Rica have scored in all 7 of their previous World Cup meetings with teams from Europe.
· 這將是哥斯達黎加和英格蘭有史以來第一次碰面。
· 自1988年歐洲杯開始，英格蘭還沒有在大賽小組賽中三戰(zhàn)全敗過。
· 哥斯達黎加在此前所有七場與歐洲球隊的比賽中，均有進球。
（譯者 fernanada 編輯 齊磊）
