世界杯淘汰赛：一比一战平，埃及点球大战淘汰澳大利亚

这是一场关于坚持、也关于遗憾的比赛。

This was a game about perseverance, and about regret.

先说说两队。

First, a word on the two teams.

埃及队中拥有当今足坛的超级巨星萨拉赫，实力和名气都摆在那里。

Egypt have the superstar Salah, one of the game's very best today, his quality and fame plain for all to see.

而澳大利亚则是一支典型的硬骨头球队：他们也许没有太多大牌，却总是踢得非常顽强，从不轻言放弃。

Australia, meanwhile, are a classic tough nut: they may not have many big names, but they always play with great tenacity and never say die.

好，我们进入比赛。

Alright, into the game.

比赛开始不久，埃及就利用一次前场任意球的机会取得领先。

Not long after kickoff, Egypt took the lead from an attacking free kick.

阿舒尔高高跃起，用一记精准的头球攻破了澳大利亚的球门，零比一。

Ashour rose high to beat Australia's keeper with a precise header — zero to one.

落后的澳大利亚没有慌乱，他们耐心地寻找着机会。

A trailing Australia didn't panic; they patiently looked for their chance.

终于，转机出现了：在一次混战中，埃及的一名后卫不慎将球碰进了自己的球门，一个乌龙球，帮助澳大利亚扳平了比分，一比一。

Finally, the turning point came: in a scramble, one of Egypt's defenders accidentally knocked the ball into his own net — an own goal that helped Australia level it at one to one.

此后的常规时间和加时赛，双方都拼尽了全力，却谁也无法再进一球。

Through the rest of regulation and extra time, both sides gave everything, yet neither could score again.

一百二十分钟战罢，比分依然是一比一，比赛被拖入了最残酷的点球大战。

After a hundred and twenty minutes, the score was still one to one, and the game went to the cruelest of things, a penalty shootout.

点球大战，比拼的不只是脚法，更是心理。

A shootout tests not only technique, but even more the mind.

遗憾的是，这一次，命运没有站在澳大利亚这边。

Sadly, this time, fate wasn't on Australia's side.

他们有两名球员罚失了点球，而埃及则顶住压力，一个接一个稳稳命中。

Two of their players missed their penalties, while Egypt held their nerve and converted one after another.

最终，埃及赢下了点球大战，把澳大利亚挡在了十六强的门外。

In the end, Egypt won the shootout and shut Australia out of the last 16.

更令人唏嘘的是，这是澳大利亚历史上第一次在世界杯上经历点球大战，却以这样的方式，尝到了失败的苦涩。

More rueful still, this was the first penalty shootout in Australia's World Cup history, and in this way they tasted the bitterness of defeat.

那么，这场比赛该怎么评价？

So, how should this game be judged?

对埃及来说，这是一场惊险而宝贵的胜利。

For Egypt, this is a nervy and precious win.

他们顶住了巨大的心理压力，凭借更强的实力和更稳的心态，笑到了最后。

They withstood enormous mental pressure and, with greater quality and a steadier mindset, laughed last.

对澳大利亚而言，这场失利实在太残忍了。

For Australia, this defeat is truly cruel.

他们踢得足够顽强，一次次把自己从悬崖边拉回来，却最终倒在了最考验运气和心理的点球大战里。

They played tenaciously enough, pulling themselves back from the brink time and again, only to fall in the shootout, the ultimate test of luck and nerve.

点球，从来都是残酷的：赢的人一步登天，输的人抱憾而归。

Penalties have always been cruel: the winner rises to heaven, the loser goes home in sorrow.

但澳大利亚这种永不放弃的精神，同样值得所有人的掌声。

But Australia's never-give-up spirit equally deserves everyone's applause.

这就是埃及点球淘汰澳大利亚，一场属于坚持、也属于遗憾的比赛。

That's Egypt knocking out Australia on penalties, a game belonging to perseverance, and to regret.

我们下一场再会。

See you next match.