亚博体育：再会，德国 | 卫报

This, then, is how the world ends, not with a bang but with a whimper. There are certain events so apocalyptic that it feels they cannot just happen. They should be signalled beneath thunderous skies as owls catch falcons and horses turn and eat themselves. At the very least there should be a sense of fury, of thwarted effort, of energies exhausted. 

好吧，世界就是如许终结的，没有石破天惊，惟有欷歔不已。简直，有些事会是一场灾害，你觉得压根也不会产生，的确是天雷滔滔，猫头鹰拿下了猎鹰，马匹竟同类相食。说轻点也让.0人感应愤慨，理想未展，筋疲力尽。

And yet Germany went out of the World Cup in the first round for the first time in 80 years on a pleasantly sunny afternoon with barely a flicker of resistance. There was no Sturm. There was no Drang.

在一个阳光亮媚的下战书，德国八十年来初次在小组赛被踢出生避世界杯，毫无还手之力。既不狂飙，也不突进。

译者注：Sturm and Drang是18世纪被称为“狂飙突进活动”的德国浪漫主义思潮。

Germany had come to this World Cup not merely as defending champions but also as winners of the last summer’s Confederations Cup – with what was in effect a second string. The overhaul of their academy system was the envy of the world, talent production on an industrial scale. 

本届世界杯，德国不但要卫冕冠军，还在客岁炎天赢下结合会杯，它的板凳深度足够，培育系统鼎新令世界称羡，出产了多量.0人才。

And yet, called upon to score a goal against a disappointing South Korea side who had already lost to Sweden and Mexico, that had lost in qualifying to Qatar and China, they struggled to create a chance.

但是，不外戋戋要进韩国一个球——韩国.0人已使人掉望地输给了瑞典和墨西哥，小组赛中还输了卡塔尔和中国——德国.0人仍是没能找到机遇。

In the end it was VAR that undid them, Kim Young-gwon’s shot that had initially been ruled out for offside given as a goal when it was realised the ball had been played to him by Toni Kroos. 

到头来，视频助理裁判解决了他们，金英權一最先被判越位的进球被认定有用，视频显示是托尼·克罗斯传的球。

And then, even after that, there was a beautiful farce of a goal, Manuel Neuer caught in possession miles upfield as Son Heung-min chased on to Ju Se-jong’s long ball and rolled the ball into an empty net. It was as though football itself was having its joke, the sweeper-keeper who had been such an asset four years ago turned into a liability.

这还没竣事，最后还一场标致的进球喜剧——德国守门员曼努埃尔·诺伊尔在距离自家球门老远老远的前场被断球，朱世钟年夜脚长传，孙兴慜远程奔袭，让球滚进了佛门。似乎足球本身在恶作剧，四年前被吹上了天的“门将+后卫”，现在倒成了累坠。

Germany are the fourth of the last five world champions to go out in the group phase but this was as limp a defence as any side had managed. There was no defining defeat, as Spain had suffered to the Netherlands, just a whole load of baffling mundanity. 

曩昔五届世界杯，德国是第四个小组赛即被裁减的世界冠军，可如斯无能的卫冕体例，其他步队可干不出来。谈不上决议性的掉败，究竟西班牙败给了荷兰，德国只有彻彻底底、使人费解的庸碌。

There was a chance, three minutes from time, to steal a goal as they had stolen a late winner against Sweden in the second game but, presented with a free header eight yards out, Mats Hummels somehow misjudged his effort to the extent that the ball looped wide off his shoulder.

角逐竣事前三分钟，原本还那末一次机遇，正如他们第二场角逐绝杀瑞典时那样，本可在8码外顶个头球，可不知怎样回事，马茨·胡梅尔斯没理解意图，皮球从他肩膀旁滚蛋了。

Jogi Löw, the Germany coach, had acknowledged that while the Sweden game was an improvement, his side had still had problems in defensive transition, too often leaving the two central defenders exposed. His solution was to bring Leon Goretzka on to the right of the 4-2-3-1, while restoring Mesut Özil and Sami Khedira, who had both been left out of the win over the Swedes. It gives some indication of the difficulties Germany have had that only three outfielders started all three games. 

德国锻练约阿希姆·勒夫认可，虽然同瑞典的角逐有所前进，但德国队戍守转换仍存在问题，老是让两个中后卫承压。他的解决法子是将里昂·格雷茨卡推到4231阵型的右边，从头利用梅苏特·厄齐尔和萨米·赫迪拉，对瑞典取胜的角逐，两.0人没有上场。这表现了德国队的难处，三场角逐中，只有三名后卫首发进场。

Thomas Müller, who has been struggling for form for a couple of years, was one of the latest sacrifices, the first time he had been left out of a tournament game by Germany since the semi-final of Euro 2012.

托马斯·穆勒这几年来状况欠安，他是最新的牺牲者之一，自2012年欧洲杯半决赛以来，他初次没在德国国度队加入的杯赛上首发。

Neuer has also started all three games despite not having played for Bayern since September, when he fractured a bone in a foot. He has not been his usual assured self either and 19 minutes in, he fumbled a free-kick from Jung Woo-Young before recovering to fist the ball away as Son closed in. To blame him would be absurd, but equally he is clearly far from his best, and in retrospect forcing him back ahead of Marc-André ter-Stegen was perhaps an error.

诺伊尔也在三场小组赛中首发进场，虽然客岁9月以来他就因脚部骨折，没在拜仁慕尼黑进场。他已不再斗志昂扬，19分钟时，張祐榮的肆意球他没接好，在孙兴慜拍马赶到前才抱住了皮球。指责他是荒诞的，可他明显也并不是处在最好状况，回忆起来，让他顶替马克-安德烈·特尔施特根多是个毛病。

But he was not the only one. Neuer’s uncertainty is part of a far greater whole. The German machine was gummed up here; there was no fluency and little cohesion going forward. Perhaps the aim was simply to deny South Korea the counterattacking chances granted to Mexico and Sweden and in that at least, the gameplan was a success. The gegenpressing was more efficient, but there was significant cost in terms of attacking threat.

可他并不是独一表示欠安的球员。诺伊尔状况欠安，这表现出全德国队的问题。德国机械卡壳了，球踢得欠好，进攻不流利。兴许他们的方针不外是不让韩国队有墨西哥和瑞典那样的还击机遇，最少角逐假想是成功的。凶恶反抢加倍有用，可就组成进攻要挟而言，这带来很年夜价格。

Not until Goretzka met a Joshua Kimmich cross with a flicked header three minutes into the second half was there a real sense of German threat. Cho Hyun-woo, though, leapt to his right to claw the ball away. The Daegu FC keeper came into the tournament as third choice before being surprisingly selected for the opening game because he is the tallest of the three keepers and the coach, Shin Tae-yong, was obsessed by Sweden’s height. Cho then gained a cult status in South Korea, where his extravagant ginger bouffant has earned him the nickname “Dae-hair”, taking the Korean word for “great” to create a pun on De Gea.

下半场竣事三分钟前，接约书亚·基米希越顶球，格雷茨卡跃开端球，这才算得上一次真正意义上的德国要挟，可赵贤祐扑向右边将球打出。这名年夜邱足球俱乐部的守门员是加入世界杯的第三.0人选，但出人意表地被派在第一场角逐中上场，缘由是他是三个守门员中个头最高的，韩国主锻练申台龙被瑞典.0人的身高吓住了。后来，赵贤祐在韩国火了，姜黄色的蓬蓬头让他得了个“Dae-hair”的雅号，“Dae”是韩语中的“伟年夜”，听起来像西班牙队门将德赫亚。

Timo Werner volleyed wide soon after but that was a rare spasm of pressure. With news coming through that Sweden had scored and that Germany therefore needed to score, Löw threw on Mario Gomez and then Müller. 

蒂莫·维尔纳很快最先年夜脚长传，德国队压力更年夜。瑞典进球的动静传来，德国队必需进球才能出线，在是勒夫派上了马里奥·戈麦斯，然后又派上了穆勒。

Immediately those issues in defending against the counter returned and a more incisive side than South Korea would have taken advantage. It could, in truth, have been much worse, and over much sooner. 

难以阻截对方还击的问题马上又回来了，比韩国队进攻性更强的步队本可年夜加操纵，说真话，成果本该更糟，进球也应当来得更快。

In Brazil four years ago Germany struggled to get the balance right between attack and defence until the quarter-final. This time they never quite did and so, inevitably, unresisted, twilight fell upon the gods.

四年前在巴西世界杯上，德国直到四分之一决赛才在进攻和戍守之间找到均衡。这一次，他们压根没找到。在是，不成避免地、难以抗拒地，傍晚覆盖了众神。

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