雅思阅读：巴西惨败 世界杯巴西惨败 1-7负于德国

Like everyone else, Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella can't explain Brazil's collapse to lose 7-1 to Germany in the semifinals of its home World Cup.

据美联社7月8日报道，和其他人一样，阿根廷主帅萨维利亚(Alejandro Sabella)无法解释东道主巴西的这场溃败。日耳曼战车在半决赛中以7比1彻底碾碎了桑巴军团的捧杯梦。

Sabella says the best explanation he has for the result was that "football is illogical."

萨维利亚表示，对于这个结果，他能想到的最佳解释是，“足球本身就是不合常理的”。

Argentina's players watched the end of the game on television at Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo on Tuesday night, delaying their training session for around 20 minutes and only appearing on the field after Brazil-Germany had finished in Belo Horizonte.

周二晚间，阿根廷队的球员们在巴西圣保罗的伊塔奎拉奥体育场观看了这场半决赛的尾声，赛前训练也因此推迟了近二十分钟。比赛在贝洛奥里藏特结束后，阿根廷全队上下只是在球场上集体亮了相。

Sabella said the result was clearly "not normal ... but in football you have to expect these things. It's football. It's the most illogical of sports."

萨维利亚说，最终比分无疑“并不正常……但在足球场上，你必须考虑到这些情况。这就是足球，一项最令人难以捉摸的运动。”

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The loss matched Brazil's most-lopsided defeat ever, and it's the first time the team has lost in an official competitive match on home soil since 1975.

这场失利是巴西遭遇的最一边倒的失败，同时也是1975年以来他们在本土举行的官方比赛中遭遇的第一次失败。

Germany scored five goals in 18 first-half minutes on the way to a 7-1 destruction of Brazil in the semi-final on Tuesday to leave the host nation in a state of stunned disbelief at the most amazing World Cup result of all time.

当地时间周二的世界杯半决赛中，德国队上半场就在18分钟内连进5球，并一路挺进以7比1大败巴西，使东道国在面临世界杯史上最不可思议的比赛结果时目瞪口呆、难以置信。

Argentina plays Netherlands in the second semifinal on Wednesday for the right to face Germany in the final.

当地时间周三晚，阿根廷将与荷兰在第二场半决赛中一争高下，看谁会与德国会师决赛。

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