Football's reigning World Cup champion, Italy, has been defeated by Slovakia 3-2 and is eliminated from the tournament after the group stage.

世界杯卫冕冠军意大利队在小组赛最后一场以2-3不敌斯洛伐克队，在小组赛阶段被淘汰出局。

Thursday's win in Johannesburg gave Slovakia four points in the opening round and propelled the team to a second-place finish in Group F.

周四在约翰内斯堡取得这场胜利过后，斯洛伐克在首轮比赛中积4分，取得F组小组第二名的战绩。

Slovakia's striker Robert Vittek scored twice and Kamil Kopunek added a third goal in the 89th minute.  The team was able to withstand a late run by Italy, including goals from Antonio Di Natale and Fabio Quagliarella, who scored in stoppage time.

斯洛伐克前锋维特克独中两元，科普内克在第89分钟再下一城。虽然比赛进行到最后阶段时，意大利进行了反扑，先是迪纳塔莱扳回一城，夸利亚雷拉斯又在伤停补时阶段打入一球，但斯洛伐克最终还是经受住了考验。

Slovakia will play the winner of Group E in the first round of the elimination stage on Monday.  

下周一，在淘汰赛首轮，斯洛伐克将会对阵E组小组第一名。

Both the 2006 World Cup champions, Italy, and that year's runner-up, France, have been eliminated in the first round of this year's tournament.

2006年世界杯的冠亚军意大利队和法国队在本届世界杯首轮均被淘汰出局。


Notes：
reigning World Cup champion: 卫冕世界杯冠军

stoppage time: 伤停补时
类似的说法还有：injury time

the elimination stage: 淘汰赛阶段
类似的说法还有：the knockout phase, the single elimination phase