[情報] 2010年南非世界盃16強賽
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ENGLAND OUT
Posted on: Sun 27 Jun 2010
Four more Chelsea players are heading home from the World Cup after
England were humiliated by Germany, beaten 4-1 in Bloemfontein.
In what was expected to be a tight last 16 encounter, individual and
collective mistakes cost England dear, and although they looked like
getting back into the game after falling 2-0 behind, susceptibility to
fast German counter-attacking meant more danger at the back.
A major talking point arrived with the score at 2-1, when Frank Lampard's
half-volley smashed against the crossbar and bounced over the goal-line,
though the officials did not award the goal, the opposite to what occurred
so famously in 1966. Things could have been very different afterwards, but
it is the Germans who will take confidence as they progress into the
quarter-finals. For England, it will be a summer of soul-searching.
For the first time in his tenure England coach Fabio Capello named an
unchanged line-up, which meant starts for John Terry, Ashley Cole and
Lampard, but again Joe Cole would begin on the bench.
It was the left-back's 14th England appearance at a World Cup - only Peter
Shilton has more, and there were none more dependable than the Chelsea man
in the three group games of this World Cup, so it was a major surprise
that the Germans' first chance of the game came down his side.
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Cole challenges Ozil
Mesut Ozil found space in the channel and bore down on the England goal,
but he shot straight at David James who saved with his feet.
Ten minutes in Terry had to quash a German counter-attack by making a
string block, and then Cole copied his club captain with a ferocious
ball-winning challenge on Thomas Muller.
England were enjoying possession without making chances, their first shot
being a Lampard free-kick that was sent straight into Germany's defensive
wall after the midfielder had been cut down.
Almost immediately Germany went to the other end and took the lead.
A Manuel Neuer goal-kick evaded both Terry and Matthew Upson in central
defence, but not Bayern Munich forward Miroslav Klose who ran on and
slotted past James with the outside of his right boot.
On the half-hour the same player should have scored a second but James
prevented him with some alert goalkeeping, though there was nothing the
39-year-old could do a minute later when the Germans worked the ball
across to Lukas Podolski in space inside the area, and the Cologne forward
smashed it beneath the 'keeper and into the far corner.
England's World Cup sat on a knife edge, something major would need to
change.
Lampard almost pulled a goal back from Milner's cross, and then Upson, up
for a corner, did, as he leapt high and headed home Steven Gerrard's cross.
Within two minutes Lampard sent home a brilliant dipping half-volley that
bounced two feet over the line, the type of goal we've seen time and again
at Stamford Bridge.
But when there are big decisions involving Chelsea players on the
international stage, they tend to go against us, and the Uruguayan
linesman failed to acknowledge the ball had crossed the line, and failed
to award the goal.
It was another major setback at a time when England were in the
ascendancy, but after a chaotic first half, they would probably have taken
being 2-1 down at half-time, if it was offered.
Six minutes into the second period Lampard lined up a second free-kick of
the afternoon, some 35 yards out. Again, at Stamford Bridge we've seen
them go in, and this was so, so close.
The 32-year-old rifled it hard at goal, but again the ball slammed against
the crossbar, this time rebounding up into the air rather than down, and
again the Germans survived.
On 64 minutes the Chelsea count on the field rose to four, with Joe Cole
on for James Milner, operating down the right flank.
It was unfortunate for the winger that almost immediately after his
introduction, Germany snatched a third. Lampard's free-kick hit the wall,
Gareth Barry lost possession high up the field and the German attack broke
quicker than the England defence could chase them, the ball eventually
ending up with Muller who fired past James.
Three minutes later the dream was well and truly over, as another break
saw Ozil sweep the ball across the box for Muller to smash home. 4-1, 20
minutes left, game over.
Gerrard and Wayne Rooney almost combined to pull one back 10 minutes from
time but Neuer pulled off a superb save from the Liverpool man.
Former Chelsea winger Shaun Wright-Phillips replaced former Blues
right-back Glen Johnson with four minutes remaining , with time only for
Lampard to fire in another speculative effort from distance which Neuer
held comfortably.
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PORTUGAL KNOCKED OUT BY NEIGHBOURS
Posted on: Tue 29 Jun 2010
Chelsea player interest in the World Cup is at an end following Spain's
victory in the Iberian international derby.
It took a single David Villa goal, Barcelona's new signing following up
when his own second-half shot was saved, to knock Portugal out. It means
Ricardo Carvalho, Deco and Paulo Ferreira's stay in South Africa is over.
At the end of the Premier League season it looked likely that 16 Chelsea
players would start the World Cup but a mixture of injury, transfer,
difficult opposition and underperforming international teams has combined
to mean none are in the quarter-finals.
Carvalho was the only Blue involved in Tuesday night's game in Cape Town.
Deco was fit again after a hip injury that kept the midfielder out of two
matches but was on the bench with Tiago retaining his place in a Portugal
side set up to defend deep and in numbers, hoping to catch Spain on the
counter-attack.
It was a plan that was working to a degree although it needed one of the
goalkeeping displays of the tournament from Eduardo for the game to remain
goalless as long as it did. Portugal did have their own chances to go
ahead, especially approaching the break, and were also benefitting from a
Fernando Torres blunted by his recent injury.
He was handled competently by centre-back pairing Carvalho and Bruno
Alves. The Chelsea man did well to block a first-half rocket from Xabi
Alonso and then won a physical contest to end a Torres attack shortly
before the break.
However while the Spain centre-forward laboured, Villa, who was attacking
by coming off the left wing, was a striker at the peak of his powers and
scored on the hour, two minutes after Eduardo had pulled off a great save
from substitute Fernando Llorente'sdiving header.
Villa had seconds earlier shot just inches wide with a crisply-hit curler
and now, taking Andres Iniesta's pass, he fired against the closing keeper
and the snapped onto the rebound to shoot higher and into the net when the
ball bounced back.
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Spain v Portugal
Villa twice and Torres had seen shots saved the first six minutes of the
game, followed by a better period for the Portuguese until Torres almost
caught them by surprise from a short corner.
Then on 20 minutes a Tiago shot from 25 yards was saved high into air by
Iker Casillas who then just won a physical follow-up challenge with Hugo
Almeida. The Real Madrid keeper continued in unconvincing fashion when he
pushed a dipping Cristiano Ronaldo free kick into the danger area but
Spain survived.
Before half time Almeida couldn't leap high enough to keep down a header
with Ronado behind him and waiting to pounce, and then Casillas did better
outside of his area to deny Portugal as they caught the whole Spain
defence up field. Tiago then headed a good chance wide.
Carles Puyol came close to scoring a second-half own goal before his side
did find the net and a lead suited Spain's strengths and hindered
Portugal's tactics now the opposition didn't need to force the issue.
They must also have been ruing the fact that yet again Ronaldo was failing
to shine on a big stage.
Sergio Ramos and Villa had shots for Spain saved and Llorente flicked a
header narrowly off target as time ran out.
In closing minutes with increasingly frequent Portuguese mistakes, Ricardo
Costa was sent off for an elbowing incident on Spain full back Juan
Capdevila. The game was up.
Spain play Paraguay in the last eight.
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"看了國際米蘭的教練之後，深深感覺到原來ＪＡＭＥＳ的姿態都是跟誰學的。
一個模子刻出來的阿，簡直是老JAMES在電視上走來走去。"
- 里茲大學台灣學生會會長 17.03.2010
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