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Even the most intrepid World Cup fan will struggle to watch all 48 first-round matches. If you're really pressed, you could trim the list of must-see contests substantially. In fact, we'll help you. Here are 10 in the first round that you absolutely shouldn't miss:
即使是世界杯最鐵桿的球迷，要將首輪48場比賽一氣看完，絕對是費心勞神的事。如果你真地感到時間緊，任務急，你完全可以給必看的比賽場次束束身，減減肥。其實，這點忙，我們可以幫你。以下，我們把你絕對不能錯過的10場比賽列了下來，以供欣賞：
1. South Africa vs. Mexico, June 11, 10 a.m. -- World Cup openers once tended to be rather cautious and stodgy affairs. But Germany immediately lit up the 2006 tournament by pushing four past Costa Rica. Before that, Senegal popped the top on World Cup 2002 with a stunning upset over title-holding France, which nailed the post twice but could never find a way through. Can South Africa draw upon the energy of a frenzied nation to upend Mexico? Brazilian manager Carlos Alberto Parreira has supplied some needed discipline and direction for Bafana Bafana. And given Mexico's constant craving for attack and its wobbly goalkeeping, this year's big opener has potential to be a real cooker.
1. 南非vs. 墨西哥，6月11日上午10時 世界杯的揭幕戰向來如此，幾乎成了定勢。比賽雙方縮手縮腳，畏首畏尾，場面壓抑，氣氛郁悶。然而，2006年的揭幕之戰情形則截然不同，戰火剛剛燃起，德國便開始了入球大戰，4球之下，哥斯達黎加應聲落馬。而在此之前的2002年世界杯揭幕大戰之上，塞內加爾竟在太歲頭上動土，硬生生讓衛冕冠軍法國在自己的膝下稱臣。時運不擠的法國隊，兩球撞柱，難破城門，讓塞隊出盡風頭。本屆的南非首戰，東道主會不會一發激情澎湃的民族狂野之猛，將墨西哥掀翻在地？他們的巴西主帥卡洛斯·阿爾貝托·佩雷拉早已在為這支被作“小伙子”（Bafana Bafana）的南非隊，整肅軍紀，號令三軍了。只要他們的鋒線能在墨西哥的防區內狂轟濫炸，戰火不息，對方的門將就會膽顫心驚，忙中出錯。說不定今年的揭幕之戰，還真是一席饕餮大餐。
