2017考研英语拓展阅读：2016欧洲杯克罗地亚2-1战胜西班牙

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2017考研英语拓展阅读：2016欧洲杯黑马克罗地亚2-1战胜西班牙

　　在6月21日的比赛中，黑马克罗地亚队以2-1的成绩击败种子选手西班牙队，使得西班牙队的排名掉到了D组第二，接下来西班牙将和意大利死亡角逐争夺进入16强的名额。

　　Spain took the lead when Cesc Fabregas dinked the ball over keeper Danijel Subasic and Alvaro Morata tapped in.

　　西班牙曾保持领先，当时法布雷加斯将球绕过了克罗地亚守门员达尼耶尔·苏西巴奇，然后莫拉塔将球打进了球门。

　　An Ivan Rakitic lob hit the woodwork for Croatia, who equalised when Nikola Kalinic turned in Ivan Perisic’s cross.

　　拉基蒂奇一脚高射打中了克罗地亚的门柱，而克罗地亚方面，尼克拉·卡利尼奇接过佩里西奇的传球，将双方比分扳平。

　　Subasic saved a Sergio Ramos penalty and Perisic’s late winner gave Croatia, who finished top of the group, a tie against a third-placed qualifier.

　　苏西巴奇成功扑救了拉莫斯的点球，后来佩里西奇又为克罗地亚攻进一球，使得克罗地亚队以小组第一名的成绩晋级16强，将在淘汰赛中对阵一支“最佳第三名”的球队。

　　Perisic lashed in an 87th-minute shot in a thrilling match to inflict Spain’s first defeat in 15 games at the European Championship since losing to Portugal in Euro 2004.

　　在这场惊心动魄的比赛中，佩里西奇在87分钟的那粒进球最终击败了西班牙队，这还是西班牙自从2004年败给葡萄牙以来在欧洲杯15场比赛中的首次失利。

　　Croatia will now play on Saturday in Lens, while Spain’s mouth-watering tie against Italy will take place on Monday in Paris.

　　克罗地亚的下一场比赛将于本周六于伦斯举行，而万众瞩目的西班牙对阵意大利的比赛将于下周一在巴黎举行。

　　Spain’s defence looks suspect

　　西班牙的防守很有问题。

　　This was an eagerly anticipated game because of the quality at Croatia’s disposal and the type of test they were expected to give the reigning champions.

　　这是一场备受期待的比赛，因为克罗地亚队的阵容很强大，人们期望看到黑马克罗地亚和卫冕冠军西班牙之间将爆发怎样一场龙争虎斗。

　　From that point of view, Croatia pressed and pushed further up than Spain’s previous opponents - Turkey and the Czech Republic - and, despite going behind, caused plenty of moments of uncertainty at the back for Vicente del Bosque’s side.

　　从那一点上来看，相比于西班牙以前的对手(土耳其和捷克)，克罗地亚对西班牙施加了更大的压力，而且尽管落后于西班牙，但是却给西班牙队造成了许多的不确定性。

　　Spain centre-back Ramos gave the ball away early on and Perisic had a shot palmed away by keeper David de Gea.

　　西班牙中卫拉莫斯早早地便丢了球，克罗地亚队佩里西奇一脚射门，但是却被守门员德赫亚成功扑救。

　　De Gea was then dispossessed by Kalinic and the ball fell to Rakitic, whose chip hit the crossbar and the post before bouncing the wrong side of the post for Croatia.

　　在随后卡利尼奇的进攻下，德赫亚显得无依无靠，皮球落到拉基蒂奇的脚下，但是他却一脚高射打到了克罗地亚球门横梁，足球反弹到了球门另一边，最后进攻无果。

　　Spain again dominated possession but their resistance was finally broken when they conceded their first goal in 73.5 minutes at the Euros as Kalinic stole in front of Ramos to turn in Perisic’s left-wing cross.

　　西班牙再次控球，但是他们的攻势最终却被瓦解。在73.5分钟的时候，卡利尼奇从拉莫斯面前晃过，将佩里西奇的左翼传球打进了西班牙的球门，完成了他们本场比赛第一粒进球。

　　A weak punch from De Gea led to him having to save Tin Jedvaj’s shot before Marko Pjaca sent an overhead kick wide.

　　德赫亚无力的跑动导致他不得不扑救耶德瓦伊的射门，而随后马尔科·皮亚察一记射门从德赫亚头顶飞过，惊起一身冷汗。

　　Spain’s keeper and their defence looked vulnerable when exposed before they were caught out on the counter-attack, with Perisic’s strike beating De Gea at his near post.

　　在克罗地亚面前，西班牙守门员和整支队伍的防守看起来都脆弱不堪，后来在克罗地亚的反击下，更是喘不过气来，佩里西奇一记近射绕过了德赫亚，打进了西班牙的球门。

　　Croatia’s strength in depth

　　克罗地亚的纵深实力。

　　Croatia coach Ante Cacic made five changes while his team were without key midfielder Luka Modric and striker Mario Mandzukic through injury.

　　由于伤痛原因，克罗地亚场上缺少了关键的中场莫德里奇和前锋曼朱基奇，克罗地亚教练安特·查契奇在全场比赛中要求了5次换人。

　　Nevertheless, they managed to provide further evidence they pose a danger to any team in the tournament by not only showing character to come back from a goal down but discipline in defence and a threat when going forward.

　　然而，他们以自身实力进一步证明他们是欧洲杯所有球队的劲敌，他们不但能够在输球的情况下迎头赶上，而且也能够在领先的情况下保持防守纪律、展示出威胁。

　　Perisic and captain Darijo Srna are key to their play with their energetic running on the flanks and ability to whip in dangerous crosses, like the one which led to the equaliser.

　　佩里西奇和队长斯尔纳是比赛中的关键人物，他们能够保持在侧翼的移动，还有能力踢出有威胁性的传球--例如致使比分扳平的那一记传球。

　　In another plus for Croatia, there was no trouble from their fans following the crowd unrest and throwing of flares on to the pitch which marred their draw with Czech Republic.

　　克罗地亚还有另一个优点，在和捷克打平的那场比赛中爆发了人群骚动，观众向球场内投掷了焰火，而克罗地亚球迷则十分克制没有惹麻烦。

来源：BBC