新奇事件簿 法国获得世界杯冠军

France beat Croatia 4-2 in the final of the FIFA World Cup in Moscow on Sunday night. It was a thrilling and high-scoring end to a hugely successful tournament. France's victory came 20 years after their very first success in 1998. French coach Didier Deschamps became only the third man to win the competition as a player and coach. The final was a true spectacle that had quality football, controversial refereeing¹ decisions, an own goal, a pitch invasion, and a goalkeeping howler. Billions of people around the world watched as France slowly imposed their quality on the game with a team full of outstanding talent, which included the next global superstar - the explosive 19-year-old forward Kylian Mbappe.

周天晚上，在位于莫斯科的世界杯决赛中，法国4-2击败克罗地亚。对于一项大型的成功赛事来说，这是一场刺激的高比分比赛。法国自1998年以来，第二次获得世界杯冠军。法国队教练迪迪埃·德尚成为了仅有的第三位获得胜利的队员兼教练。决赛真的很壮观：高质量的进球、争议性的判罚、乌龙球、有人闯入球场以及守门员可笑的失误。世界数十亿人都在观看比赛，法国用全队杰出的才能慢慢将他们的实力注入比赛之中，包括下一个世界超级明星—拥有爆发力的19岁前锋基利安·姆巴佩。

Croatia dominated the game early on and frequently threatened to score first. However, France got a free kick after 18 minutes on the edge of Croatia's penalty area. The kick was deflected³ in for an own goal by the Croatian forward Mario Mandzukic. Croatia deservedly equalized with a beautiful piece of control and a quality shot from Ivan Perisic. France restored its lead from the penalty spot after the referee² reviewed video evidence of a handball, which many pundits⁴ say was not handball. Two shots from outside Croatia's penalty area from Paul Pogba and Mbappe extended France's lead. An error from France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris in the 69th minute gave Croatia hope, but France held on for victory.

克罗地亚开场掌控局势，频繁威胁进球。但是开场18分钟后，法国在克罗地亚禁区内获得一个任意球机会。由于克罗地亚队前锋马里奥·曼祖基奇的乌龙球，法国进一球。伊万·佩里西奇的控球和高质量射球让克罗地亚和法国平手。在裁判员通过视频证据判罚手球（很多权威人士表示这并不是手球）后，法国获得点球机会再次领先。保罗·博格巴和姆巴佩在克罗地亚禁区外射入两球，法国遥遥领先。比赛第69分钟，法国门将乌戈·洛里斯的失误给了克罗地亚希望，但是最终还是法国胜利了。

1 refereeing   

[计]仲裁，审稿工作，稿件评审

参考例句：

• I've spent too much time in my career refereeing staff/line disputes. 办事人员和第一线人员常常发生争执，我为解决这种争执花费了许多时间。 来自辞典例句
• Unfair refereeing in yesterday's match made the news again. 昨天的比赛中又爆出了“黑哨”丑闻！ 来自互联网

2 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

3 deflected   

偏离的

参考例句：

• The ball deflected off Reid's body into the goal. 球打在里德身上反弹进球门。
• Most of its particles are deflected. 此物质的料子大多是偏斜的。

4 pundits   

n.某一学科的权威，专家( pundit的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The pundits disagree on the best way of dealing with the problem. 如何妥善处理这一问题，专家众说纷纭。 来自辞典例句
• That did not stop Chinese pundits from making a fuss over it. 这并没有阻止中国的博学之士对此大惊小怪。 来自互联网