In Rio de Janeiro the Maracanã stadium (pictured), pencilled in for the final, is a money-guzzling building site.

在里约热内卢，进行总冠军赛的马拉坎南球场（如图）建筑工地简直就是一个钱坑。

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Using wing-backs Mattia de Sciglio and Alessandro Florenzi to brilliant effect, they were the more potent attacking team until they withdrew in defence of their lead in the final stages.

在边后卫球员德西利奥和佛罗伦兹出色的辅助下，意大利队在进攻方面表现强劲，直到比赛的最后阶段他们才转进攻为防守来保持自己的领先。

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Dozens of fans of all ages gathered in the Rio DE Janeiro airport to welcome the team home following their 2-1 quarter-final loss to the Netherlands on Friday.

所有年龄段的数十名歌迷聚集在里约热内卢机场迎接了星期五在四分之一决赛中以2 - 1输给荷兰的国家队。

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If the Natal-based province had won through to this Saturday's final, De Villiers would have had just seven days to incorporate the Sharks players into his set-up.

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The final point is that De Backer decided to keep touring and to work hard on the live show, and it shows.

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One of the most painful of those was the 19-13 loss in the 2007 World Cup quarter-final at the Stade de France and, when Argentina beat Scotland in the first Test in South America last year, one feared it could yet be a long wait until victory was experienced again.

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