In the Friday's first match, Brazil will play the Netherlands at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Some are calling this game worthy of a World Cup final.  Both teams seem to be in top form ahead of the game.

周五首战将在南非伊丽莎白港的曼德拉海湾球场打响,由巴西队对阵荷兰队。有人称这场比赛有世界杯决赛的水准。大战当前,两队状态俱佳。

The Dutch have won all four of their World Cup matches, and Brazil coach Dunga describes them as a very difficult opponent to play against. He says they are a solid team with technical quality and their style of soccer is very similar to South American football.

荷兰人在本届世界杯的比赛中四战全胜,巴西教练邓加把他们称作是“十分难缠的对手”。邓加说,荷兰队作风强硬,技术娴熟,和南美球队的打法很相似。

Brazil is one of four South American teams to reach the final eight.

巴西队是四支晋级8强的南美球队之一。

The five-time World Cup champions will be without midfielder Elano, who scored in each of Brazil's first two matches.  He has been ruled out of the game against the Netherlands after bruising a bone in his right ankle during a victory over Ivory Coast.  But, the Brazilians have so much talent and depth that Elano's absence is not expected to have much impact.

由于在对阵科特迪瓦的比赛中伤到了右侧踝关节的骨头,在巴西队头两场比赛中均有1球进账的中场球员埃拉诺将缺阵本场比赛。但是,预计埃拉诺的缺阵对藏龙卧虎的巴西队来说不会造成太大影响。

They have won three matches and drawn with Portugal, and are coming off a convincing three-nil victory over South American rival Chile.

桑巴军团此前的战绩为3胜1平(打平了葡萄牙队,并在上场比赛中以3-0大胜南美劲旅智利队)。


Notes:
be in top form: 这里的top form 表示“竞技状态良好”。be in top form还可以泛指“状态良好”。
例如:
If I'm in top form, I should get rid of 95 percent of the dose in 45 minutes.
如果我的情况良好,我就应当在45分钟内把95%的注射液清除掉。

rule out: 消除,排除,划线隔开
例如:
Rule out that entry in the ledger, the transaction was cancelled.
那项交易已取消了,请从分类帐上划去那笔帐目。

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