（7月9日, 2006 ）
意大利的門將布豐在本屆杯賽中只失掉兩球，但兩個失球沒有一個是對手通過常規的陣地進攻破他把手的球門的。而且，在兩個失球間隔之間，布豐保持了460分鐘不失球的紀錄，這是世界盃歷史上的第四個最長的紀錄。
布豐説：“在最後關頭，意大利隊表現出了團隊的精神！”
鏈結：http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=ap-wcup-italy&prov=ap&type=lgns
原文：Italy goalie Buffon ends World Cup unbeaten by opponents from normal play
By ANDREW DAMPF, AP Sports Writer
July 9, 2006
AP - Jul 9, 4:40 pm EDT
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BERLIN (AP) -- Italy never lost a game this World Cup in large part because goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon was himself unbeatable.
Buffon allowed just two goals in seven games, but neither was scored by an opponent from the run of play.
One score was an own-goal by an Italian defender, the second was a penalty kick that put France up 1-0 before Italy tied it 1-1 and went on to win Sunday's final 5-3 on penalty kicks. Italy's other five games were shutout wins.
"It's never crossed my mind that I would be scored on," Buffon said.
Italy defender Cristian Zaccardo scored an own-goal 27 minutes into Italy's 1-1 draw with the United States in the first round and Zinedine Zidane converted a penalty seven minutes into Sunday's final.
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Between the two, Buffon went 460 minutes without allowing a goal -- the fourth longest streak in tournament history. Fellow Italian Walter Zenga set the record of 517 minutes in 1990.
About the closest anyone got to scoring on Italy in normal play was in the 103rd minute of the final, when Buffon had to leap high into the air to push a Zidane header over the bar.
Buffon didn't stop any penalties during the shootout -- he didn't have to. Italy converted all five of its shots and France's David Trezeguet clanged his attempt off the crossbar.
While Buffon was superb, Italy's defense deserves just as much credit.
"In the end, what has characterized Italy is the group spirit and the absence of egoists," Buffon said.
Updated on Sunday, Jul 9, 2006 5:18 pm EDT
作者-岳東興-北京第二外國語學院-英語系
責編：盧爽