核心句：阿根廷爆冷，沙特打败了阿根廷

Argentina was bested by Saudi Arabia in a stunning upset in World Cup.

打败： best, beat, defeat

爆冷门，大冷门upset, 通常用在体育赛事中，出乎意料的结果，本来以为稳赢的结果输了。这个词可以说是熟词生义。比较熟悉的意思就是[抓狂]angry, unhappy, 不开心，心烦意乱, 用作adj. /v. 冷门可以看作是一件让你upset的事情

[不看] the massive/ huge/ biggest upset in World Cup history

沙特： pull off the shocking/stunning upset over Argentina

不被看好，处于劣势的一方 underdog震惊，不敢相信打败了阿根廷 to reel in the fact that it beat one of the tournament favorites过程：

下半场落后一球 Saudi Arabia was down by the goal in the second half追平比分,打平 tie the match、 level/draw/ equalize53分钟进了关键一球 picked up the go-ahead goal (Go-ahead goal is the goal that puts the scoring team ahead in a game (breaking a tie).)下半场两次进球扭转了局面 two second-half goals turned/flipped the game on its head赛前守门员做出了关键的扑救，牵制了阿根廷，锁定了胜局 Goalkeeper made some key saves to keep Argentina at bay and seal the deal for Saudi Arabia (hold/keep sb/sth at bay C2 to prevent someone or something unpleasant from harming you)

阿根廷：

排名世界第三，3年来没有一场败绩 ranked third in the world, unbeaten for three years on a 36-match winning streak最有希望赢得比赛的队伍 among the favorites to win the 2022 tournament favorite to do sth: is expected to win a race or competition备受青睐的阿根廷球队 heavily favored Argentines' quad36场不败记录被打破 ，低于意大利的37场 Argentina's 36-game unbeaten streak got snapped with the loss, ending the second-longest such streak of all-time one game behind Italy's 37

过程：

点球得分取得领先 scored an early penalty to put his side in the lead started the scoring in the 10th minute on a penalty kick 猛攻 signaled an offensive onslaught后面三次得分被判定无效 each goal was waved off three more ruled out for offside. 越位进了一球，没有积分 only mustered one goal and failed to pick up any points in a loss

比赛阶段：

淘汰赛 knockout stage

出小组赛 make out of the group stage

平分决胜局 tiebreaker

开场赛，首场比赛 opening match

决赛 final match

比赛名单 slate of games

资格赛 qualification round

进入16强 have sb penciled into the round of 16

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