南非世界杯最佳阵容(截至八分之一决赛)

Defenders:Maicon and Lucio (Brazil), Ricardo Carvalho and Bruno Alves (Portugal) 后卫：麦孔和卢西奥(巴西队)，里卡多•卡瓦略和布鲁诺•阿尔维斯(葡萄牙队)

Brazil's lineup is stacked with stars who are so good they get to adopt a single name. Kaka, Robinho, Elano -- any one of them can break a game open at any minute. But you overlook Maicon and Lucio at your peril.
巴西队拥有许多明星，名气大得大家已经习惯于用单名来称呼他们。卡卡、罗比尼奥、埃拉诺——他们随时都可能打破场上的僵局。不过，要是你忽略了麦孔和卢西奥，就必然会落得一个灾难性的结局。

Maicon, a right wing-back, has dominated games at times from an unlikely position. He sprints up the right sideline, overwhelming opponents more concerned about the big stars in the center of the field. Then he attacks from the wing and the pressure becomes too much to deal with. "This Maicon," said Uruguayan coach Oscar Tabarez, "he keeps coming like rain."
麦孔踢的是右后卫，但却不可思议地屡次成为球场的主导人物。他会从右边路快速突进，把那些全神关注本队大牌中场的对手打一个措手不及。接下来，他会从侧翼发起进攻，给对手施加难以抵挡的压力。乌拉圭主教练奥斯卡•塔瓦雷斯说，“这个麦孔总是不停地扑向对手，就像没完没了的雨点。”

Lucio also helped lead the counterattack from his center-back position against Chile in the round of 16 and was one of the key defensive figures in the shutout.
在巴西对智利的那场八分之一决赛当中，踢中后卫的卢西奥也积极参与了本队的反击。在这场零封对手的比赛当中，卢西奥绝对是后防线上的中坚人物。

The 32-year-old Brazilian captain, well aware this is likely his last World Cup, has evolved into a top-notch leader, says Wigan Athletic manager Roberto Martinez, an ESPN analyst.
维甘队教练、ESPN评论员罗伯托•马丁内斯表示，这位现年32岁的巴西国家队队长很清楚这可能是自己的最后一届世界杯，而且已经成长为一名一流的领导者。

Messrs. Alves and Carvalho of Portugal are the heart of a defense that, until the 63rd minute of its fourth game, didn't yield. Despite playing in the same group as Brazil and the Ivory Coast, the Portuguese kept a clean sheet through the group stage, the only team besides Uruguay to do so.
阿尔维斯和卡瓦略是葡萄牙队的防守核心，他们的防线一直到本队第四场比赛的第63分钟才被突破。虽然跟巴西和科特迪瓦分在了一组，他们在小组赛阶段却未失一球，取得同样佳绩的只有乌拉圭队。