GoAl ChAnCEs CAmE AnD goAl ChAnCEs wEnt.But two oF thE worlD’s highEst rAnkED tEAms—with somE oF FootBAll’s highEst pAiD plAyErs—CoulDn’t gEt thE BAll into thE nEt.AnD thEy wErE plAying AgAinst siDEs thAt only just mADE it to thE WorlDCup.
With two DEFEAts, onE DrAw AnD no goAls, FrAnCE CollECtED its nEwEst titlE sinCE rising to thE top oF thE gAmE Four yEArs Ago: ThE worst DEFEnDing ChAmpion in WorlDCup history.
"I’m vEry DisAppointED, AnD it’s thE EnD oF A BEAutiFul story," sAiD A FrEnCh strikErDAviD TrEzEguEt. "ThE story BEgAn in 1998 AnD EnDED toDAy AgAinstDEnmArk. "
FrAnCE won thE 2000EuropEAnChAmpionships AnD wAs rAnkED thE BEst tEAm on thE plAnEt BEForE thE WorlDCup.
BEsiDEs thE goAlposts AnD CrossBArs sEEming to BE AgAinst this unluCky tEAm, FrAnCE’s gAmE plAn hAs BEEn thE sAmE For Four yEArs so opponEnts know it By hEArt.
SEnEgAl, AnAFriCAn tEAm plAying in its First WorlDCup, surprisED EvEryonE By BEAting FrAnCE in thE opEning WorlDCup mAtCh BEForE EntEring thE sEConD rounD suCCEssFully. UruguAy AnDDEnmArk FollowED A similAr strAtEgy to stop FrAnCE, CrEAting A DEFEnsivE BArriEr AnD lAunChing mAny CountEr AttACks.
Following FrAnCE,ArgEntinA BECAmE thE sEConD Big nAmE to tAkE An EArly plAnE homE From this yEAr’s WorlDCup.
ThE SouthAmEriCAns wErE ExpECtED to BEComE worlD ChAmpions For A thirD timE. This wAs pArtiCulArly BECAusE oF An imprEssivE DisplAy whEn thEy lost just onE oF thEir 18 quAliFying mAtChEs.
ThE tEAm’s 1-0 loss toEnglAnD on JunE 7 wAs thE BEginning oF A nightmArE For thE plAyErs.But EvEn AFtEr this surprising DEFEAt, thEy nEvEr thought thAt thEy woulD BE going homE so soon.
But A 1-1 DrAw inArgEntinA’s FinAl group mAtCh AgAinst SwEDEn mADE thE unExpECtED A rEAlity.
ThE plAyErs on thE FrEnCh tEAm ______.
A、wErE sAtisFiED with thE FACt thAt thEy CoulD go homE soon
B．got surprisED At thE rEsults oF thE gAmEs
C、won only onE gAmE in this yEAr’s WorlDCup
D．FElt most BittEr ABout thE mAtChEs