Football's reigning World Cup champion, Italy, has been defeated by Slovakia 3-2 and is eliminated from the tournament after the group stage.

世界杯衛(wèi)冕冠軍意大利隊在小組賽最后一場以2-3不敵斯洛伐克隊，在小組賽階段被淘汰出局。

Thursday's win in Johannesburg gave Slovakia four points in the opening round and propelled the team to a second-place finish in Group F.

周四在約翰內斯堡取得這場勝利過后，斯洛伐克在首輪比賽中積4分，取得F組小組第二名的戰(zhàn)績。

Slovakia's striker Robert Vittek scored twice and Kamil Kopunek added a third goal in the 89th minute.? The team was able to withstand a late run by Italy, including goals from Antonio Di Natale and Fabio Quagliarella, who scored in stoppage time.

斯洛伐克前鋒維特克獨中兩元，科普內克在第89分鐘再下一城。雖然比賽進行到最后階段時，意大利進行了反撲，先是迪納塔萊扳回一城，夸利亞雷拉斯又在傷停補時階段打入一球，但斯洛伐克最終還是經受住了考驗。

Slovakia will play the winner of Group E in the first round of the elimination stage on Monday. ?

下周一，在淘汰賽首輪，斯洛伐克將會對陣E組小組第一名。

Both the 2006 World Cup champions, Italy, and that year's runner-up, France, have been eliminated in the first round of this year's tournament.

2006年世界杯的冠亞軍意大利隊和法國隊在本屆世界杯首輪均被淘汰出局。


Notes：
reigning World Cup champion: 衛(wèi)冕世界杯冠軍

stoppage time: 傷停補時
類似的說法還有：injury time

the elimination stage: 淘汰賽階段
類似的說法還有：the knockout phase, the single elimination phase