英格蘭與特立尼達和多巴哥開賽在即，球隊希望氣溫能夠今早下降，主帥埃裏克松表示“特立尼達和多巴哥應該更能適應炎熱的環境，儘管他們中的很多人都在英格蘭踢過球。”另外他還指出週六與巴拉圭的比賽就是由於天氣炎熱影響了球員的發揮，使得英格蘭只以1球小勝對手。

　　但是從天氣預報的情況看，高溫仍會持續一段時間，最近法蘭克福的氣溫都在攝氏29度徘徊。埃裏克松只能希望這場在德國時間晚上6點開始比賽能趕上一個稍微涼爽的傍晚天氣。本場英格蘭只要和對手打平，就能提前獲得小組第一的位置。而特裏尼達和多巴哥的主帥本哈克則希望本場能夠打破他在世界盃上連續平局的尷尬紀錄，1990他帶領荷蘭隊在世界盃進行了三場比賽，加上這次11號與瑞典的比賽，他已經帶領球隊在世界盃上取得4場平局。

　　鏈結：http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-worlddc&prov=reuters&type=lgns

　　原文：England hoping to play it cool

　　By Trevor Huggins

　　NUREMBERG, Germany (Reuters) - A combustible England will look to the weather for help when they face World Cup Group B rivals Trinidad & Tobago on Thursday.

　　Elsewhere, Sweden take on Paraguay in the same section in Berlin while Ecuador face Costa Rica in a Group A encounter in Hamburg.

　　A German heatwave played havoc with England's opening game last Saturday when they sweated to an unconvincing 1-0 win over Paraguay.

　　Temperatures which hit 29 degrees Celsius (84 Fahrenheit) in Frankfurt, robbing Sven-Goran Eriksson's men of energy in a poor second half, may not be much kinder in Nuremberg despite the later kickoff of 1600 GMT.

　　Forecasts of a drop in temperatures have been put on hold, with an expected cooler front stalling.

　　"People have talked about cooler weather and rain for two or three days now. I don't know when it's coming," an anxious Eriksson told a news conference on Wednesday.

　　"They (Trinidad) are probably more used to the heat than we are, though many of their players play in England.

　　"It was hot on Saturday and I hope it will be less hot at six o'clock (local time). But you have to live with it and cope with it."

　　Eriksson's hopes of cooler weather reflect the stakes at the Franken-Stadion where a victory would put England in the second round.

　　A convincing win might even tempt Eriksson to send on striker Wayne Rooney for the closing stages, less than seven weeks after he broke his foot on Manchester United duty.

　　PERFECT EVENING

　　A perfect evening for Eriksson would be to then sit back to watch Paraguay and his native country play out a draw in their 1900 GMT kickoff, ensuring England top the group with a game to spare.

　　Trinidad coach Leo Beenhakker will try to end a personal run of draws in the competition.

　　The Dutchman has been in charge of four matches in World Cup finals, three with Netherlands in 1990 and one with Trinidad in this tournament. All have ended in stalemate.

　　Goalkeeper Shaka Hislop was in inspired form when his Trinidad team held Sweden to a goalless draw last Saturday.

　　Sweden will probably get fewer chances against Paraguay, who are a skilful side and have the dangerous Nelson Haedo Valdez in attack.

　　Ecuador, 2-0 winners over Poland last Friday, will attempt to sweep Costa Rica aside and join hosts Germany at the top of Group A.

　　On Wednesday, Germany beat Poland with an injury-time goal from Oliver Neuville. In Group H, two-goal David Villa led Spain to a 4-0 rout of 10-man Ukraine while Tunisia and Saudi Arabia shared a 2-2 draw.

　　作者-佟杉杉

責編：佟杉杉