世界杯D组小组赛

比赛地：累西腓

开球时间：6月20日晚5点（北京时间6月21日零点）

据442足球网站6月20日报道，世界杯小组赛将迎来意大利与哥斯达黎加的激烈较量。

The lowdown

赛事前瞻

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.

说到最出线局面最混乱的小组，上周六（6月15日）当哥斯达黎加勇敢列队对阵乌拉圭时，看上去该队必死无疑了。即便乌拉圭队里的龅牙苏亚雷斯缺阵，哥斯达黎加人不过是想打一场以弱胜强的阿拉莫之战。

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.

不过让末日预言见鬼去吧，教练塔巴雷斯的将士们遭到了狂削。哥斯达黎加只是第四次参加世界杯，之前也从未赢过乌拉圭，但是在卡瓦尼主罚命中的情况下，“哥”队还是依赖速度和定位球力度，逆转局势，以3-1获胜，他们现在的状态很好。

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.

那么现在到意大利了，这个国际比赛上的淡定大师在周日的比赛中因其耐心和对时机的精准掌控浇灭了英格兰的热情。他们视霍奇森的边后卫为薄弱点，有效从两翼进攻；而意大利的的防守也抵抗住了对方相对年轻活跃的锋线，成功击退了英格兰大部分的猛攻。

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.

毫无疑问，教练普兰德利智慧多多，所以意大利不会被虐。不过要是真的爆冷的话，这将会是世界杯迄今最大的冷门吧。

What the local media say

当地媒体的声音

"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报道：“哥斯达黎加球员约尔·坎贝尔（Joel Campbell）首战时为队伍扳平比分，之后又撕裂了对方防守，传球给乌雷纳 ，创造了获胜的第三个进球。对阵意大利和英格兰的比赛要来了，面对众人急迫的目光，坎贝尔表现杰出的可能性大涨。而他本人相信，他的队伍和他自己都会有更多机遇。‘从一开始我们就知道可以战胜（乌拉圭），’他说，‘我们心理强大，即使一时手足无措也不会轻易放弃。’”

"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.

《罗马体育报》撰文：“教练里皮表示：‘我去了科维齐亚诺训练基地看望国家队，他们士气很好，很接近2006年战胜德国那回的状态。他们的开局很令人信服，我们一起希望结局也一样好吧。’”

Key battle: Mario Balotelli vs Junior Diaz

关键对位：巴洛特利vs迪亚斯

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.

意大利首战时，这位米兰前锋表现的非常成熟冷静。尽管打的是单前锋，巴神却足够耐心，不断干扰英格兰的防线，下半场出其不意射出制胜球。他以自己的形象在帕尼尼球星卡上为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.

而哥斯达黎加有理由采取防守战术：对阵乌拉圭时，他们布署了五名后卫，前方四名中场。尽管他们最终取胜，迪亚斯却在比赛中放倒了卢加诺，任意球制造了点球。这回迪亚斯遇上的是巴神，防守任务更为艰巨。

Facts and figures

基本资料和数据

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).

哥斯达黎加在之前世界杯上的六场对阵欧足联球队比赛中每场都有进球。

对阵英格兰的比赛中，意大利传球成功率高达93%，是世界杯1966-2014期间的最高纪录。

过去三界世界杯，意大利的第二场比赛从未赢过。

（译者 鱼丽之宴 编辑 齐磊）