南非世界杯最佳陣容(截至八分之一決賽)

Midfielders: Keisuke Honda (Japan), Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana), Wesley Sneijder (Netherlands) 中場(chǎng)：本田圭佑(日本隊(duì))、凱文-普林斯•博阿滕(加納隊(duì))、威斯利•斯內(nèi)德(荷蘭隊(duì))

Japan was one of the weakest-looking teams heading into the tournament, but Mr. Honda somehow propelled the Japanese to the knockout round. His lefty free kick against Denmark so befuddled goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen that he initially moved the wrong way before it fluttered flew inside the left post.
在入圍本屆杯賽的隊(duì)伍之中，日本隊(duì)是看起來(lái)實(shí)力最弱的球隊(duì)之一。盡管如此，本田圭佑卻帶領(lǐng)這支球隊(duì)進(jìn)入了淘汰賽。在對(duì)丹麥的那場(chǎng)比賽中，他的左腳任意球極具迷惑性，致使守門員托馬斯•索倫森一開始的時(shí)候撲錯(cuò)了方向，皮球也飛快地貼著左邊門柱飛進(jìn)了門框。

Mr. Sneijder was responsible for the two key plays in the Dutch run so far: He scored the lone goal in the win over Japan, and it was his long ball that set up Arjen Robben in the knockout round against Slovakia.
荷蘭隊(duì)的兩場(chǎng)關(guān)鍵比賽，斯內(nèi)德都是居功至偉：對(duì)日本那場(chǎng)比賽的唯一進(jìn)球來(lái)自他的遠(yuǎn)射，淘汰賽對(duì)斯洛伐克那一場(chǎng)，阿爾杰•羅本也是接到他的長(zhǎng)傳才破門得分的。

And Mr. Boateng's footprints are all over this World Cup. Besides being the player whose harsh challenge injured German captain Michael Ballack before the tournament -- which actually did Germany a favor -- he's the reason the U.S. had to play catch-up against Ghana, with his early steal and score.
博阿滕對(duì)本次世界杯的影響更是無(wú)所不在。世界杯前夕，他兇狠地鏟傷了德國(guó)隊(duì)隊(duì)長(zhǎng)邁克爾•巴拉克——實(shí)際上，這反倒是幫了德國(guó)隊(duì)的忙；在與美國(guó)隊(duì)的比賽中，他開場(chǎng)之后便迅速搶斷得分，迫使美國(guó)隊(duì)扮演努力追平的角色。