法新社 柏林
柏林的大雨使得法國和意大利的賽前訓練無法正常進行。
這場大雨在週五夜間開始（當地時間），國際足聯不得不宣佈，意大利隊無法在週六早晨按計劃在決賽場地進行場地適應性訓練。
發言人Andreas Herren 説做出這項決定是“因為場地狀況和柏林近期的大雨”
利皮和他的隊員們隨後決定在杜伊斯堡的基地過夜，在週六晚乘坐包機趕赴柏林。
法國隊計劃于白天抵達柏林，夜間在另外一個體育場進行訓練。
大雨將會繼續到週六清晨，但據預報，比賽當天天氣將轉晴。
鏈結：http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fblwc2006&prov=afp&type=lgns
原文：World Cup finalists head for rainy Berlin
by Allan Kelly
July 8, 2006
BERLIN (AFP) - Torrential rain in Berlin has hampered preparations for the World Cup final with the French and Italian players to arrive during the day from their respective training camps.
The downpour, which started Friday evening after days of uncustomary hot weather, forced FIFA to tell the Italians they would not as planned be able to get their first feel for the final venue at a Saturday morning training session.
Spokesman Andreas Herren said the decision had been taken "because of the state of the pitch and because of the heavy rainfall in Berlin over the last couple of days."
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Marcello Lippi and his men then decided to stay overnight at their Duisberg base in the west of the country and only travel to Berlin by a charter flight during Saturday evening.
Opponents France were due to fly in from their base near Hanover earlier in the day and had scheduled a training session at another stadium in Berlin later in the evening.
The heavy rain continued in the German capital Saturday morning but brighter weather was forecast for Sunday.
Coach Raymond Domenech had the French squad undertake an hour-long final training session at what has been their base for the last five weeks on Friday evening.
Brazil's conquerors have a clean bill of health for the final with only reserve striker Louis Saha unavailable due to suspension, having picked up a second yellow card after coming on as a substitute in the 1-0 semi-final win over Portugal.
Their drive to the final which has taken them from strength to strength past Spain, Brazil and Portugal has completely changed opinions back home with 86 percent of French people now convinced that their ageing team will once again win the World Cup on Sunday.
A French victory is expected to unleash massive celebrations in the capital with up to a million people converging, as they did eight years ago when France last won the World Cup, on the Champs Elysees.
Such is the growing euphoria over the team's performance that even the Eiffel Tower is getting involved with the monument's managers announcing that it would glitter with lights until dawn in the case of a French victory.
The view from Rome was more muted with the Italian team's World Cup triumphs tempered by the huge match-fixing scandal which has rocked the league and eroded public faith in the way the sport is run.
The Italians are also relatively injury-free with only experienced defender Alessandro Nesta as expected unavailable due to a groin injury.
The crucial task of marking French playmaker Zinedine Zidane will go to tigerish midfielder Gennaro Gattuso who has said that the exertions of the last few weeks could eventually catch up with the 34-year-old who will be playing in his last match before retiring.
"Zidane's 34 and he's played every match at a high level. I hope he has little energy left in his body for the final," the 28-year-old AC Milan midfielder said.
作者-丁曉晨-北京第二外國語學院英語系
責編：佟杉杉