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Croatia Playing for Chance to Reach its First World Cup Final
People following the 2018 FIFA World Cup have witnessed some very surprising results. Teams thought to have a good chance of winning, like Germany, Portugal and Brazil, have been ousted from the competition.
This year, it is the underdog teams that have made the World Cup exciting to watch. And on Wednesday, one team from a country with just over 4 million people will try to make history.
Croatia will play England in Moscow for a chance to reach its first World Cup final. It will be only the second time Croatia's football team has competed at this level of play.
The Croatian team played in its first World Cup semi-final match in 1998. It lost to the eventual champion France. Croatia won all three of its group games at this year's World Cup. Its best performance was a 3-0 victory over Argentina. However, the Croatian team did not win as easily in their matches against Denmark and Russia. Both of those games ended with penalty shootouts. The shootout victory over Denmark was Croatia's first ever.
Croatia has played England seven times. England has four wins, two losses and one tie against Croatia. The teams have not met since qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. In those matches, England won 4-1 in Zagreb and 5-1 at Wembley Stadium in London.
Croatian coach Zlatko Dalic spoke to the Associated Press about the World Cup semi-final game on Wednesday. He said, "It won't be easy for us. We will look for the best solutions ahead of the match, considering we have a few players with minor issues after the match against Russia."
The final match of the 2018 World Cup will be played on Sunday, July 15.
I'm Jonathan Evans.
重点解析
1.semi-final game 半决赛
Lampard added: "A Champions League semi-final is always a difficult game."
兰帕德补充说：“欧冠半决赛总是很难打的。
2.the World Cup 世界杯
They re-ran the World Cup final on a big screen.
他们在大屏幕上重播了世界杯决赛。
3.ended with 以...告终
His statement ended with the words: 'Pray for me.'
他的声明以“为我祈祷”结束。
4.look for 寻找
We all need to look for ways to reduce our carbon footprint.
我们都需要寻求降低碳排放量的方法。
5.Teams thought to have a good chance of winning, like Germany, Portugal and Brazil, have been ousted from the competition.
have a good chance of 很有可能...
Both you and she have a good chance of getting the job.
你和她都很有机会得到那份工作。
We have a good chance of getting home before dark.
我们天黑以前有回家的好机会。
6.And on Wednesday, one team from a country with just over 4 million people will try to make history.
make history 创造历史
I feel good about myself. I want to make history.
因为我感觉自己很棒，我想创造历史。
We will make history and there will be no more coups in Thailand.
我们将创造历史，泰国将不再发生政变。
参考译文
克罗地亚有望首次闯入世界杯决赛
今年，关注2018年世界杯的球迷们见证了很多出人意料的结果。德国队、葡萄牙队和巴西队这些事先被看好的球队早早被淘汰出局。
而一开始不被看好的球队却让今年的世界杯精彩纷呈。周三，一支来自400多万人口的国家的球队有望创造历史。
克罗地亚队将在莫斯科对阵英格兰队，争夺其首次闯入世界杯决赛的机会。这将是克罗地亚球队史上第二次参加这一水平的比赛。
1998年，克罗地亚队第一次挺进世界杯半决赛。但是最终败给了总冠军法国队。在今年的世界杯中，克罗地亚队连赢三场小组赛。其中最精彩的一场是3:0战胜阿根廷队。然而，克罗地亚队在对阵丹麦队和俄罗斯队的小组赛中颇显吃力。两场比赛最终都以点球大战宣告结束。在点球大战中，克罗地亚队首次战胜了丹麦队。
克罗地亚队与英格兰队交锋过7次，其中英格兰队取得4胜，2负，1平的成绩。自2010年世界杯预选赛后，两支球队未在球场上交过手，而在预选赛中，英格兰在萨格勒布以4：1获胜，在伦敦温布利球场以5：1战胜克罗地亚队。
周三，克罗地亚队主教练兹拉特科·达里奇（Zlatko Dalic）向美联社谈起了了世界杯半决赛。他说：“我们走到这一步很不容易。考虑到我们队一些球员在与俄罗斯比赛后出现的一些小问题，我们将在赛前寻找最好的解决方案。”
2018年世界杯总决赛将在7月15日的周日举行。
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