That is the story of the first World Cup semi-final and nothing we say here will change that.

一个关于首场世界杯半决赛的故事，不管我们说什么都无法改变故事的结局。

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This will be the first World Cup final match without Brazil, Argentina, (West) Germany or Italy in it.

这是第一届没有巴西、阿根廷、德国(西德)或意大利参与的世界杯决赛。

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For the first time in the World Cup finals, lots had to be drawn to decide who would finish second and third.

世界杯决赛中首次由抽签决定谁将获得第二名和第三名。

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More than 55,000 people turned out for the first World Cup Qualifying match held at Soldier Field, home of the 1994 World Cup opening game.

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(OMITTED) Blatter also praised South Africa for organizing the first World Cup on African soil.

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This June the eyes of the football world will be on South Africa when it becomes the first African country to host the World Cup.

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It was the first World Cup women's race held at Meribel since 1994, and only the sixth ever.

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But Jordaan is confident that the first World Cup to be played in Africa will make the continent proud.

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The 22-year-old from Barbados took the first World Cup hat-trick by a West Indian in superb figures of 6-27.

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