The use of terms "shock" and "surprise" attributed to the victories of lesser ranked teams should not obliterate their meritorious performances.

头条中诸如“令人吃惊”、“意外”等用词无法磨灭排名较低的球队战胜强队的功绩。

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Recently we have played France, Germany and Croatia who people say are the top-ranked teams in Europe, if not the world.

最近我们和法国，德国，克罗地亚都踢过，他们是欧洲最好的球队。

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United were also drawn against the German champions Wolfsburg, probably the strongest side in the pot of the lowest-ranked teams.

曼联也抽到了德国冠军沃尔夫斯堡，也许是这一组里曼联最大的对手。

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With the help of Nielsen we then ranked teams by their local market television ratings.

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John's (15-9, 7-5) had won six of seven, the only loss coming last week at Georgetown, and was 2-2 against ranked teams this season.

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