'but earlier in the tournament he also said,' if we can win playing beautiful football that's great, but two years ago when I became coach, I said you have to be able to win ugly games.

但在世界杯期间的早些时候他也曾说，如果我们可以靠踢漂亮足球而取胜，那将再好不过，但当两年前我当上教练时，我说你们必须能够赢得难看的比赛。

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"It was an ugly win, " said Adams.

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As described by Theocritus, he knew he was too ugly to ever win his love, the nymph Arethusa.

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However, this was an ugly 1-0 win for the Blues that they just about deserved as they remain 11 points behind leaders Manchester United with a game in hand.

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