4 World Cup Glory

CHAPTER 4 World Cup Glory The 1958 World Cup was held in Sweden. That's a long way from Brazil! It would be Pelé's first trip on an airplane. In Brazil's final warm-up game, Pelé had hurt his knee. So he spent part of the long flight to Europe holding ice on it.

1958年世界杯在瑞典举行。 那离巴西太远了！这将是佩莱尔第一次乘飞机旅行。 在巴西队的最后一场热身赛中，佩莱埃尔伤了膝盖。 因此，他在飞往欧洲的长途飞行中，花了一部分时间拿着冰块。

Sweden was thrilling for Pelé. He loved meeting new people and seeing the sights of Sweden's cities. Some of the Swedish fans were very interested to see such a dark-skinned person as Pelé. Back home in Brazil, there were many mixed races of people within a country of varied cultures. Pelé felt lucky to have grown up in Brazil, where his African heritage was not so unusual. The people

瑞典对pelpele来说是激动人心的。 他喜欢结识新朋友，欣赏瑞典城市的风景。 一些瑞典球迷很有兴趣看到像pelpele这样皮肤黝黑的人。 回到巴西，在一个文化多样的国家里，有许多不同种族的人。 pelpele觉得自己很幸运能在巴西长大，他的非洲血统在巴西并不罕见。 的人

of Sweden, and much of Europe, however, were mostly white. They were very curious and excited to meet the Brazilian team, especially Pelé. At the World Cup, Pelé had to miss Brazil's first two games as his knee continued to heal. He was finally in the starting lineup as a center forward for a game against the Soviet Union. He stood on the field with his teammates, his yellow jersey bright in the sunlight. A band played Brazil's national anthem. He felt a surge of love for his country. "When the band [plays that song], all of us Brazilians feel a strange force within us.... All of us [were] living in a dream, but none more so than me." Pelé did not score, but he made many key plays, and Brazil won, 2– 0. They were one of only eight teams left in the tournament.

然而，瑞典和欧洲大部分地区的黑人大多是白人。 他们很好奇，也很兴奋能见到巴西队，尤其是佩洛伊。 在世界杯上，佩莱涅尔不得不错过巴西的前两场比赛，因为他的膝盖还在继续愈合。 在对阵苏联的比赛中，他终于以中锋的身份出现在首发阵容中。 他和队友们站在球场上，黄色的球衣在阳光下闪闪发光。 一支乐队演奏了巴西国歌。 他对祖国产生了强烈的爱。 “当乐队（演奏这首歌）时，我们所有巴西人都感到一股奇怪的力量在我们内心.... 我们所有人都生活在梦中，但没有人比我更如此。” 佩尔佩尔没有进球，但他做了很多关键的比赛，最终巴西以2比0获胜。 他们是本届杯赛仅剩的八支球队之一。

In their next game, against Wales, Pelé scored his first World Cup goal, and it was a beauty. He caught a long pass with his chest. As the ball fell to the ground, he spun and poked it with his toe into the back of the net. It was the game's only goal, putting Brazil into the semifinals.

在下一场对阵威尔士的比赛中，佩莱埃尔打进了他在世界杯上的第一个进球，这是一个漂亮的进球。 他用胸部接住了一个长传。 当球落到地面时，他转过身，用脚趾把球戳进了网后。 这是本场比赛唯一的进球，帮助巴西队进入了半决赛。

The World Cup Every four years, the top national teams play in the World Cup tournament. Hundreds of games are played in the years leading up to each World Cup, to determine which countries will make the tournament. The top thirty-two national teams play in the final, which is held in a different country each time. Billions of people around the world tune in to watch the games on TV.

每四年，顶级国家队都会参加世界杯比赛。 在每届世界杯之前的几年里，都会举行数百场比赛，以决定哪些国家将参加比赛。 排名前32位的国家队参加决赛，每次在不同的国家举行。 全世界数十亿人通过电视观看比赛。

The World Cup is run by the International Federation of Football, called FIFA (say: FEE-fah), which stands for the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, its name in French. The first World Cup was held in 1930 in Uruguay. Only eight nations have ever won the World Cup: Brazil (five wins) Germany, Italy (four wins each) Argentina, Uruguay (two wins each) Spain, England, France (one win each) (The World Cup was not held during World War II.)

世界杯由国际足球联合会（FIFA）管理，简称FIFA (FEE-fah)，它的法文名称是fsamdsamation Internationale de Football Association。 第一届世界杯于1930年在乌拉圭举行。 只有8个国家赢得过世界杯：巴西（5次）、德国、意大利（各4次）、阿根廷、乌拉圭（各2次）、西班牙、英格兰、法国（各1次）（世界杯在第二次世界大战期间没有举行）。