Two Indonesian fans die from SEA Games soccer final

 　　JAKARTA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Two fans died in a stampede at the Southeast Asian Games football final in Jakarta, a report said on Tuesday.

　　The two men, wearing Indonesian red-and-white football team T- shirts were taken to hospital at 8:30 p.m., around 90 minutes after the stampede broke out after a win on penalties for defending champions Malaysia against hosts Indonesia.

　　Local media reported that several other spectators had been taken to hospital, including a nine-year-old boy who had fallen into a coma¹, as tens of thousands of fans swarmed² to the Gelora Bung Karno stadium for Monday night's final.

　　Hundreds of people were packed tight against ticket barriers as police closed the gates shortly before kickoff, with many fans inside forced to crouch³ in aisles⁴ and walkways.

　　Those in the stands endured a nerve-shredding night and eventual⁵ heartbreak as Malaysia won 4-3 on penalties with the game deadlocked⁶ at 1-1 after extra time.

　　Captain Baddrol Bakhtiar stroked home the winning spot kick to give the visitors gold with a 3-4 penalties victory, sparking jubilant scenes on the pitch and silencing the crowd who had hoped to see Indonesia claim its first Games football gold for two decades.

　　Indonesia missed two penalties, allowing Bakhtiar, who was the game's standout player, to steal the headlines with a ice cool spot kick into the bottom corner.

　　Indonesia topped the Games medal tally⁷ with 171 golds and a total medal haul of 454 putting them well ahead of second-placed Thailand on 105 first places, but the win most wanted by fans was in the under-23 football event.

　　Fears the atmosphere could sour were stoked Sunday after fans angered by a shortage of tickets, burnt down a ticket booth inside the ground and besieged⁸ the media center.

　　The SEA Games, held once every two years, run until Tuesday and see 11 nations competing for hundreds of gold medals.

1 coma   

n.昏迷，昏迷状态

参考例句：

• The patient rallied from the coma.病人从昏迷中苏醒过来。
• She went into a coma after swallowing a whole bottle of sleeping pills.她吃了一整瓶安眠药后就昏迷过去了。

2 swarmed   

密集( swarm的过去式和过去分词 )； 云集； 成群地移动； 蜜蜂或其他飞行昆虫成群地飞来飞去

参考例句：

• When the bell rang, the children swarmed out of the school. 铃声一响，孩子们蜂拥而出离开了学校。
• When the rain started the crowd swarmed back into the hotel. 雨一开始下，人群就蜂拥回了旅社。

3 crouch   

v.蹲伏，蜷缩，低头弯腰；n.蹲伏

参考例句：

• I crouched on the ground.我蹲在地上。
• He crouched down beside him.他在他的旁边蹲下来。

4 aisles   

n. (席位间的)通道, 侧廊

参考例句：

• Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period. 在诺曼时期，原来的萨克森风格的建筑物都增添了走廊。
• They walked about the Abbey aisles, and presently sat down. 他们走到大教堂的走廊附近，并且很快就坐了下来。

5 eventual   

adj.最后的，结局的，最终的

参考例句：

• Several schools face eventual closure.几所学校面临最终关闭。
• Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.双方对问题的最终解决都表示乐观。

6 deadlocked   

陷入僵局的；僵持不下的

参考例句：

• The plan deadlocked over the funds. 这个计划由于经费问题而搁浅了。
• The meeting deadlocked over the wage issue. 会议因工资问题而停顿下来。

7 tally   

n.计数器，记分，一致，测量；vt.计算，记录，使一致；vi.计算，记分，一致

参考例句：

• Don't forget to keep a careful tally of what you spend.别忘了仔细记下你的开支账目。
• The facts mentioned in the report tally to every detail.报告中所提到的事实都丝毫不差。

8 besieged   

包围，围困，围攻( besiege的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Paris was besieged for four months and forced to surrender. 巴黎被围困了四个月后被迫投降。
• The community besieged the newspaper with letters about its recent editorial. 公众纷纷来信对报社新近发表的社论提出诘问，弄得报社应接不暇。