莱斯特城132年首夺英超冠军 球迷陷入疯狂

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    The Leicester City soccer players gathered at a teammate's home Monday evening. They were anticipating the result of another game in the English Premier League.
    周一晚上,莱斯特城球员聚在一个队友家里,他们在期待着英超另一场比赛的结果。

    For the first time in 132 seasons, Leicester City, also known as the Foxes, was positioned to finish the season as the champion of England's top soccer league.
    莱斯特城又被称作狐狸,该队132个赛季以来首次处于以英格兰足球联赛冠军身份结束联赛的位置。

    But the first half of the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea did not look good. If Tottenham won, Leicester's celebration would have to be put on hold for at least one more week.
    不过托特拉姆热刺队和切尔西队比赛的上半场情况并不太乐观。如果热刺获胜,莱斯特城的庆祝活动将不得不延期至少一个星期。

    At halftime, Tottenham was ahead, 2-0.
    在半场结束时热刺一度以2:0领先。

    Gary Cahill scored to make it 2-1.
    加里·卡希尔(Gary Cahill)射门得分将比分改写为2:1。

    Then Eden Hazard got the equalizer with just seven minutes to play.
    然后埃登·阿扎尔(Eden Hazard)在比赛最后七分钟扳平了比分。

    When the referee blew his whistle to signal the end of the game, the Leicester City players went crazy.
    当主裁判吹响了比赛结束的哨音,莱斯特城球员都疯狂了。

    Because of the tie score, Tottenham cannot overtake Leicester for first place.
    因为这场平局,热刺无法再超越莱斯特城的领头羊位置。

    The result set off celebrations in England and beyond.
    这一结果掀起了英格兰内外的庆祝活动。

    People around the world followed the story of Leicester City this season. Thailand is one place that caught fever for the Foxes.
    世界各地的人们都关注莱斯特城本赛季的故事。泰国是为莱斯特城狂热的一个地方。

    That is because the owner of the team is from Thailand, and his company, King Power, is the sponsor. Most Thai soccer fans like the famous English teams like Manchester United or Chelsea. But not anymore.
    这是因为球队老板来自泰国,而他的公司King Power是莱斯特城的赞助商。大多数泰国球迷喜欢知名的英格兰球队,像曼联或切尔西。但现在不是了。

    In fact, a Buddhist monk at a temple in Bangkok blessed the team earlier this season and predicted it would win the championship. Now the monk and his temple are considered magical and holy by Leicester City fans.
    事实上,曼谷一座寺庙的佛教僧人本赛季初为该队祈福,并预测它将获得冠军。现在这位僧人和他的寺庙被莱斯特城球迷认为是神奇而又圣洁的。

    Sports experts say Leicester is one of the most unlikely teams ever to win a major championship. The Foxes played so well, they won the title with two games to go.
    运动专家表示,莱斯特城是最不可能赢得一项重大赛事冠军的球队。但是莱斯特城打得这么好,他们提前两轮赢得了冠军。

    Leicester started the season as a 5,000-to-1 underdog. Just seven years ago, the team was in the third division of English soccer.
    莱斯特城本赛季以博彩赔率5000赔1的弱旅身份开始了这个赛季。就在七年前,该队还在打英格兰足球第三级别联赛。

    Thanks to the play of top goal-scorer Jamie Vardy and the direction of manager Claudio Ranieri, the Foxes took over first place in the league at the end of December 2015.
    多亏了首席射手杰米·瓦尔迪(Jamie Vardy)和球队教练克劳迪奥·拉涅利(Claudio Ranieri),莱斯特城在2015年12月底夺得联赛头名位置。

    The Foxes built a 5-point lead in the standings by February and continued to play well late in the season to clinch the title.
    到2月份莱斯特城建立了5分的领先优势,并在赛季后期继续发挥良好夺得冠军。

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