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Italy 1950 意大利（1950年） The Italians were the long-standing defending champions, having won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938 - with a 12-year gap until the next tournament in 1950. 意大利曾分别在1934年和1938年赢得世界杯，是时间跨度最长的卫冕冠军，但在历经12年后的1950年，他们才迎来又一届世界杯。 Their national team was weakened with some of the side sadly dying in the Superga air disaster a year before the start of the tournament and the champions were not keen to attend the finals. 在开赛前一年发生的苏佩尔加山空难中，意大利国家队的一些队员罹难，其实力也因此被削弱，卫冕冠军甚至都对参加决赛圈的比赛失去了兴趣。 After some persuasion they travelled to Brazil, but by boat rather than plane. 经劝说他们决定前往巴西，不过是乘船而不是乘飞机去的。 They lost 3-2 to Sweden before beating Paraguay 2-0 but it wasn't enough and the Italians were on their way home - again by boat. 他们以2:3输给了瑞典队，之后以2:0战胜了巴拉圭队，但这还不够，意大利人打道回府了——又是乘船回去的。 Brazil 1966 巴西（1966年） The Selecao won their second World Cup in 1962, beating Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the final, but failed to clear the first stage at the following tournament in England, despite a star showing from Pele and Garrincha in their opening 2-0 victory over Bulgaria.1962年，巴西队在决赛中以3:1击败捷克斯洛伐克，赢得了自己的第二个世界杯冠军。但在1966年英国世界杯上，未能从小组出线，尽管在第一场比赛中涌现出了新星贝利和加林查，以2:0击败了保加利亚队。 | 
