Before Germany can begin dreaming of a fourth world title, they will need to successfully negotiate the group stage.

在德国人开始梦想第四个世界冠军前，他们必须打好小组赛。

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After the group stage had been safely negotiated, England faced West Germany in the quarter-final, in a rematch of the 1966 final.

顺利地从小组赛出线后，英格兰与西德在四分之一决赛相遇，1966年决赛的翻版。

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I know we're only halfway through the first set of games in the group stage, but Germany looks like the best team in the tournament so far.

我知道我们还只是出于小组赛的第一阶段，但是德国看起来时目前比赛中最优秀的了。

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One critic said the Kennedy Center stage has never sparkled as brightly as it did the night of the group's "Knights of the Moon" performance.

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Brown would be on stage with an eighteen-piece band and a group of dancers.

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The top two teams in each group move on to the second stage.

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But Kallon is confident that confident that they will reach the group stage of the qualifiers.

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The nations first clashed in the group stage, with Australia walking away with a seven-run victory.

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Once there, they got past the group stage courtesy of two victories over Turkey and Denmark.

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