Having already experienced defeat by Barcelona in a Champions League final - in Rome in 2009 - Ferguson was desperate not for history to repeat itself.

在罗马的09年欧冠决赛被巴萨击败之后，令弗格森绝望的是，历史又重演了。

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This is just one more defeat embedding itself in the consciousness of a people.

这只不过是铭刻于一个民族思想意识中的又一次失败。

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But the result was defeat, not only in Cuba itself but in the Philippines: a defeat that helped to consign Spain to a period of confusion and weakness from which it is only now decisively emerging.

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For all the pressure Arsenal piled on itself with its FA Cup exit, a depressing defeat against Bayern Munich in the Champions League Round of 16, and that loss to Tottenham, the club has answered positively.

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