He appeared relaxed and confident before the match.

比赛前，他显得镇定而自信。

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The team breathed confidence before the match.

该队在比赛前显得很有信心。

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Many of the matches were fixed. The wrestlers knew before the match which one of them would be the winner.

VOA: special.2010.02.21

Sometimes,one of the wrestlers would be paid before the match to take the fall.

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Organizers say musicians such as Hugh Masakela,Femi Kuti, Khaled,Osibisa,R-Kelly and the Soweto Spiritual Singers, will perform Friday afternoon before the Cup's opening match between South Africa and Mexico.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Angry supporters have said they will march through Huddersfield before the match on 30 March.

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The Monday before the match-up was Martin Luther King Day, so Jennings was off anyway.

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"I wasn't nervous going onto the green before the match, " Breen told BBC Sport.

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