任意球两破门 日本3-1丹麦出线

爱思英语编者按：北京时间6月25日凌晨2点半（南非当地时间20点半），第19届南非世界杯小组赛E组进入收官轮争夺，其中一场比赛在勒斯滕堡皇家巴弗肯球场展开，日本迎战丹麦。经过90分钟鏖战，日本队3-1击败丹麦，日本队三战2胜1负积6分，以小组第二闯进本届世界杯16强，丹麦则惨遭淘汰。上半场，本田圭佑和远藤保仁利用两次任意球破门，助日本队2-0领先；下半场，托马森点球被扑后补射为丹麦扳回一分，替补上场的冈崎慎司锁定比分。此外，远藤保仁和本特纳各有一次击中门框。

日本与丹麦历史上仅有一次交锋，1971年友谊赛中，丹麦3-2获胜。本场比赛之前，丹麦小组赛两战1胜1负积3分，因净胜球劣势位列小组第三；日本与丹麦战绩相同，净胜球占优排在小组第二，因此最后一轮日本队只需战平丹麦即能稳居小组第二挺进16强。此役，日本方面派出最强阵，与上轮比赛相比，首发11人无变化；丹麦方面，与上轮比赛相比，阵容作出两处调整，克劳德鲁普和卡伦伯格顶替克亚尔和格伦夏尔出场，前锋由阿森纳锋霸本特纳领衔。
 

Takeshi Okada promised Japan would not sit on the draw, and they delivered as advertised. With their three goals they"ve earned a date with Paraguay in the second stage and the stigma of a team which has finally figured out the Jabulani on free kicks – they"re the Jabulani Masters.

A game which promised to be close and hard-fought was anything but when two free kicks within the first half hour stunned Denmark into disbelief – possibly because both were so extraordinarily brilliant. The game was seemingly good and over from there, with the late trading of goals only for scoreline purposes.

This is likely as good as it"ll get from here on out, so soak in this first extraordinary effort from the extraordinary Keisuke Honda:

The second which came less than 15 minutes later was equally stunning in that it was Yashuhito Endo who slinked in to take the free kick whilst the world was waiting breathless for Honda"s foot to strike Jabulani – and this one was a bit more elegant, and only slightly less spectacular. Two brilliant free kick takers, two brilliant goals.

Denmark would get a soft penalty late on which would be saved, but Jon Dahl Tomasson would get his own rebound and tuck it in for his first goal in two years, finally becoming Denmark"s joint-leader in goals.

Still needing two goals – Denmark needed a win, Japan only the tie – they pressed forward and, with another goal inevitable from one of the two sides, let their World Cup drift away when Honda put on a show again, this time with the ball on the floor.

A phenomenal showing from Japan and they deservedly go into the knockouts on the merits of all three games – even matching the Dutch only to be felled by their keeper – a stunning development for a side whose coach offered to resign mere days before the kickoff of the World Cup. Their defense has been stingy – the penalty was, again, very soft – and they"ve finally found the route to goal. What may be more ridiculous than the absurd promise from Okada that Japan would make the semifinals is that it doesn’t seem so implausible anymore. This is a properly good football team with their biggest attribute beating louder and louder by the game.更多信息请访问：http://www.24en.com/