世界杯淘汰赛：一比一鏖战一百二十分钟，埃及点球大战心碎淘汰澳大利亚

把顽强的澳大利亚挡在了十六强的门外。

shutting the tenacious Australians out of the last 16.

这是一场典型的、属于点球大战的悲喜剧：一边是天堂，一边是地狱。

This was a classic tragicomedy of the shootout: one side heaven, the other hell.

首先，让我们看看这两支球队。

First, let's look at the two teams.

埃及队中拥有当今足坛响当当的超级巨星萨拉赫，无论是个人能力还是球队的整体名气，都要稍稍占优。

Egypt have the resounding superstar Salah, one of the game's biggest names today, giving them a slight edge in both individual quality and overall renown.

而他们的对手澳大利亚，则是一支以坚韧和斗志著称的球队。

Their opponents Australia, meanwhile, are a team famed for toughness and fight.

他们或许缺少顶级的球星，但那股永不放弃、寸土必争的精神，正是他们最可怕的武器。

They may lack top-tier stars, but that never-give-up, fight-for-every-inch spirit is their most fearsome weapon.

好，让我们顺着比赛的脉络往下走。

Alright, let's follow the thread of the game.

比赛开始不久，埃及就凭借一次前场定位球的机会拔得头筹。

Not long after kickoff, Egypt took the lead from an attacking set piece.

在一次前场任意球中，阿舒尔高高跃起，力压防守球员，用一记势大力沉的头球攻破了澳大利亚的城池，零比一。

From a free kick in the attacking half, Ashour rose high above his marker and beat Australia's keeper with a powerful header — zero to one.

落后的澳大利亚没有丝毫慌乱，他们展现出了那股熟悉的韧劲，耐心地控制着节奏，一点点向对方施压。

A trailing Australia showed not a flicker of panic; they displayed that familiar resilience, patiently controlling the tempo and pressing the opponent bit by bit.

努力终有回报，转机在一次禁区内的混战中降临：埃及的一名后卫在忙乱之中不慎将球碰入了自家球门，一个意外的乌龙球，帮助澳大利亚顽强地扳平了比分，一比一。

Effort is eventually rewarded: the turning point came in a scramble inside the box, where an Egyptian defender, amid the chaos, accidentally knocked the ball into his own net — an unexpected own goal that helped a dogged Australia level it at one to one.

此后的常规时间乃至加时赛，两队你来我往，都为胜利倾尽了所有，却始终无法打破一比一的僵局。

Through the rest of regulation and into extra time, the two sides traded blows and poured everything into the win, yet could never break the one-to-one deadlock.

一百二十分钟的鏖战结束，比分依然胶着，比赛也被拖入了那最考验神经、也最残酷的点球大战。

After a hundred and twenty minutes of grind, the score was still locked, and the game went to the most nerve-shredding and cruelest thing of all: a penalty shootout.

点球大战，比拼的早已不只是脚法，而是一个人、一支球队在极限压力之下的心理承受力。

A shootout has long tested not just technique, but a person's, a team's, capacity to bear the ultimate pressure.

遗憾的是，这一次，幸运女神没有眷顾顽强的澳大利亚。

Sadly, this time, the goddess of fortune did not favor the tenacious Australians.

他们连续有两名球员没能罚进点球，而埃及一方则展现出了惊人的沉稳，一个接一个，稳稳地把球送入网窝。

Two of their players in a row failed to convert, while Egypt showed astonishing composure, calmly slotting them home one after another.

最终，埃及以更高的点球命中率赢下了这场生死较量，成功晋级。

In the end, Egypt won this life-or-death duel with a higher penalty conversion rate and advanced.

而萨拉赫和他的队友们，也得以继续自己的世界杯征程。

And Salah and his teammates get to carry on their World Cup campaign.

更让人五味杂陈的是，据说这还是澳大利亚在世界杯历史上的第一次点球大战，然而命运却和他们开了一个残忍的玩笑，让这珍贵的"第一次"，以心碎收场。

More bittersweet still, this was reportedly Australia's first-ever penalty shootout in World Cup history, yet fate played them a cruel joke, ending that precious "first time" in heartbreak.

那么，这场比赛究竟该如何评判？

So, how exactly should this game be judged?

对埃及而言，这是一场惊险万分、却又无比珍贵的胜利。

For Egypt, this is a nail-bitingly nervy yet utterly precious win.

他们没有在澳大利亚的顽强面前乱了阵脚，而是凭借着稍胜一筹的实力，以及在点球大战中更加稳定的心态，笑到了最后。

They didn't lose their heads in the face of Australia's tenacity; instead, with slightly superior quality and a steadier mindset in the shootout, they laughed last.

晋级下一轮，他们当之无愧。

Advancing to the next round, they thoroughly deserve it.

而对澳大利亚来说，这场失利，残忍得让人不忍苛责。

And for Australia, this defeat is too cruel to criticize.

他们几乎做对了所有事：落后不慌，扳平比分，死死拖住了拥有巨星的对手，一直战斗到最后一秒。

They did almost everything right: not panicking when behind, leveling the score, doggedly holding a star-studded opponent, and fighting to the very last second.

他们输掉的不是斗志，也不是努力，而仅仅是点球大战里那一点点运气与手感。

What they lost was not their fight, nor their effort, but merely that sliver of luck and touch in the shootout.

足球世界里，最令人心碎的，或许就是这样的告别：你明明拼尽了全力，却依然无法左右最终的结果。

In the world of soccer, perhaps the most heartbreaking thing is a farewell like this: you clearly gave it everything, yet still couldn't decide the final result.

但正是这样一场虽败犹荣的表演，让所有人都记住了这支顽强的澳大利亚。

But it's exactly such an honorable-in-defeat display that made everyone remember this tenacious Australia.

这就是埃及点球淘汰澳大利亚，一场属于坚持、勇气，也属于无尽遗憾的比赛。

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

我们下一场再会。

See you next match.