一直在與傷病抗爭的澳大利亞前鋒科維爾預測他的球隊將會在世界盃上震驚世界。這位來自利物浦的27歲邊鋒在世界盃前腹股溝受傷，但是這位才華橫溢的球星已經及時地恢復並期待澳大利亞能在本屆杯賽上向世界證明那些質疑自己球隊的人是錯的。“我的腹股溝沒有問題。我在世界盃前同列支敦士登的比賽中踢了60分鐘，並且身體沒有感覺不適”科維爾告訴《每日鏡報》。他説“我們能夠有出色表現，雖然我們所在的組面臨的困難重重，巴西和克羅地亞都在這一組，但是我認為我們將能夠讓人們吃驚”“許多國家想與我們同組，他們認為是很容易被打敗的對手，但我們會讓他們會大吃一驚的”“只要不犯錯誤，我們是一支很棒的球隊，看看希臘也能夠贏得2004年歐洲盃，而韓國也在上屆世界盃上殺入了半決賽”“我想我們和他們是一樣的--準備給大家帶來驚奇但卻不被人看好的球隊”“人們説巴西將會以小組第一齣線，那麼誰是小組第二呢？和巴西的比賽，我們通常都表現得很好，但是我們知道另外兩場小組賽的表現將決定我們的命運”。希丁克的球隊有足夠的一流球星，比如英超埃弗頓的蒂姆卡希爾，米德爾斯堡的馬克維杜卡和馬克施瓦策爾等，他們足以提高澳大利亞目前42位的國際足聯排名。

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　　原文：

　　Kewell fit and ready to impress

　　By Phil Jackson | Monday 12th JunePrint this pageEmail page

　　Fighting fit Australian attacker Harry Kewell is predicting his team to surprise people at the World Cup.

　　The 27-year-old Liverpool winger has suffered with a groin strain in the build up to the country's opening game in Group F against Japan on June 12.

　　But the talented Socceroos star has recovered in time and expects Australia to prove the doubters wrong at this year's championship.

　　"My groin's all right. I played 60 minutes in our final warm-up against Liechtenstein and I got through that fine," he told the Daily Mirror.

　　"We can do well. We have a tough group, with Brazil and Croatia also there, but I think we'll surprise people.

　　"Most countries would want us in their group, thinking we would be a pushover, but they could be in for a shock.

　　"Make no mistake, we are a good side. Just look at what Greece did winning Euro 2004 or South Korea reaching the semis at the last World Cup.

　　"I'd put us in that category - an unfancied team ready to cause a few shocks.

　　"People say Brazil will go straight through but who comes second? We usually do well against Brazil but we know it's how we perform in the other two matches that will probably decide our fate."

　　With the likes of Premiership stars like Everton's Tim Cahill and Middlesbrough's Mark Viduka and Mark Schwarzer in their ranks, Guus Hiddink's team have more than enough experienced top-flight stars to improve on their 42nd-place Fifa world ranking.

　　作者-于歡-北京第二外國語學院-英語系

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