世界杯D組小組賽

比賽地：累西腓

開球時間：6月20日晚5點（北京時間6月21日零點）

據442足球網站6月20日報道，世界杯小組賽將迎來意大利與哥斯達黎加的激烈較量。

The lowdown

賽事前瞻

Talk about blowing a group wide open. When plucky little Costa Rica lined up against Uruguay last Saturday, the die had seemingly been cast. The Ticos were merely in town to play Alamo to a front-line cutting its teeth, even without the toothiest of them all: Luis Suarez.

說到最出線局面最混亂的小組，上周六（6月15日）當哥斯達黎加勇敢列隊對陣烏拉圭時，看上去該隊必死無疑了。即便烏拉圭隊里的齙牙蘇亞雷斯缺陣，哥斯達黎加人不過是想打一場以弱勝強的阿拉莫之戰。

But to hell with the prophets of doom. Oscar Tabarez's men were filleted and, despite this only being their fourth World Cup (and having never defeated Uruguay), Costa Rica rallied from an early Edinson Cavani penalty to win 3-1 in a performance that relied on pace and ariel strength from set-pieces. They're on their uppers now.

不過讓末日預言見鬼去吧，教練塔巴雷斯的將士們遭到了狂削。哥斯達黎加只是第四次參加世界杯，之前也從未贏過烏拉圭，但是在卡瓦尼主罰命中的情況下，“哥”隊還是依賴速度和定位球力度，逆轉局勢，以3-1獲勝，他們現在的狀態很好。

So here come Italy, unflappable grandmasters of international competition, who unstitched England's enthusiasm on Saturday with patience and perfect timing. Identifying Roy Hodgson's full-back positions as weak spots, they attacked the flanks effectively; Italy's defence resisted the pace of a relatively youthful front-line and managed to repel much of England's charges.

那么現在到意大利了，這個國際比賽上的淡定大師在周日的比賽中因其耐心和對時機的精準掌控澆滅了英格蘭的熱情。他們視霍奇森的邊后衛為薄弱點，有效從兩翼進攻；而意大利的的防守也抵抗住了對方相對年輕活躍的鋒線，成功擊退了英格蘭大部分的猛攻。

Cesare Prandelli's have the smarts for sure, so they won't be sucker-punched here. Should the unthinkable happen however, it will be the biggest shock of the tournament so far.

毫無疑問，教練普蘭德利智慧多多，所以意大利不會被虐。不過要是真的爆冷的話，這將會是世界杯迄今最大的冷門吧。

What the local media say

當地媒體的聲音

"In [Joel Campbell's] opening performance, he scored the equaliser for Costa Rica and then created the game-clinching third for Marcos Urena with a defence-splitting pass. With games against Italy and England to come, the chances to shine before eager eyes will only multiply. And the man himself believes there will be more to come - from his team and from himself. Right from the start we knew we could win [against Uruguay],' he said. 'We have a very strong mentality and even when we were losing our heads didn't drop.'" - Inside Costa Rica.

Inside Costa Rica報道：“哥斯達黎加球員約爾·坎貝爾（Joel Campbell）首戰時為隊伍扳平比分，之后又撕裂了對方防守，傳球給烏雷納 ，創造了獲勝的第三個進球。對陣意大利和英格蘭的比賽要來了，面對眾人急迫的目光，坎貝爾表現杰出的可能性大漲。而他本人相信，他的隊伍和他自己都會有更多機遇。‘從一開始我們就知道可以戰勝（烏拉圭），’他說，‘我們心理強大，即使一時手足無措也不會輕易放棄。’”

"Viareggio [Lucca] - Marcello Lippi: 'I went to see the national team in Coverciano and I saw that there was a good spirit, similar to the one that preceded Germany 2006: let us hope that the end result is the same, the start was very convincing.'" - Corriere Dello Sport.

《羅馬體育報》撰文：“教練里皮表示：‘我去了科維齊亞諾訓練基地看望國家隊，他們士氣很好，很接近2006年戰勝德國那回的狀態。他們的開局很令人信服，我們一起希望結局也一樣好吧。’”

Key battle: Mario Balotelli vs Junior Diaz

關鍵對位：巴洛特利vs迪亞斯

In Italy's opening game, the Milan striker delivered a performance that brimmed with maturity and composure. Despite playing as a lone striker, he found patience enough to constantly trouble England's back four before popping up with the decisive second half goal. It's little wonder he chose to fill the Italy page in his Panini sticker book with images of himself.

意大利首戰時，這位米蘭前鋒表現的非常成熟冷靜。盡管打的是單前鋒，巴神卻足夠耐心，不斷干擾英格蘭的防線，下半場出其不意射出制勝球。他以自己的形象在帕尼尼球星卡上為意大利增光添彩毫不奇怪。

Costa Rica understandably play with defence in mind: against Uruguay they deployed five at the back, with a wall of four midfielders in front of them. Despite their victory, Diaz will have to be on sharper duty against Balotelli, though: he allowed Diego Lugano to evade him from a free-kick. His subsequent manhandling resulted in Cavani's penalty.

而哥斯達黎加有理由采取防守戰術：對陣烏拉圭時，他們布署了五名后衛，前方四名中場。盡管他們最終取勝，迪亞斯卻在比賽中放倒了盧加諾，任意球制造了點球。這回迪亞斯遇上的是巴神，防守任務更為艱巨。

Facts and figures

基本資料和數據

Costa Rica have scored in each of their six World Cup games against teams from the UEFA confederation.

Italy’s pass completion of 93% vs England is the highest rate ever recorded in a World Cup game (1966-2014).

Italy have not won their second game at a World Cup in any of the last three editions. (D2 L1).

哥斯達黎加在之前世界杯上的六場對陣歐足聯球隊比賽中每場都有進球。

對陣英格蘭的比賽中，意大利傳球成功率高達93%，是世界杯1966-2014期間的最高紀錄。

過去三界世界杯，意大利的第二場比賽從未贏過。

（譯者 魚麗之宴 編輯 齊磊）