China lost to Germany 1-0 in Algarve Cup

 　　SANTO ANTONIO, Portugal, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Nine-player China lost to Geramny 1-0 in the second round group game of the Algarve Cup women's tournament on Friday.

　　German skipper Melanie Behringer scored on a penalty after China's central defender¹ Weng Xinzhi brought down midfielder Linda Bresonik in the area.

　　The game turned into a one-way traffic after 28 minutes as China's forward Han Peng got her marching order, leaving her ten teammates struggling to cope with Germany's ferocious² attack.

　　Chinese midfielder Zhang Rui was also expelled just before the end.

　　Hao Wei, caretaker manager of the Chinese team, was resentful at the referee³'s decisions.

　　"I should say we lost to the referee instead of the German side, " he said. "Some of her decisions are incomprehensible or dubious⁴, which completely disrupted our game plan."

　　The Chinese players were pinned firmly before their goal almost throughout the game, and managed no shot on the goal.

　　Hao insisted that his side could have performed better if without the referee's unfair intervention⁵.

　　"My players are rather young and inexperienced, they showed great character in adversity. I felt proud for them," he said.

　　German head coach Silvia Neid regretted her side's poor finish.

　　"We created a lot of chances, we should have scored two more goals," she said.

　　"We knew the Chinese girls are good at moving the ball, so we tride to deny them any space. I think our tactics worked well and did not give them any chance," she added.

1 defender   

n.保卫者，拥护者，辩护人

参考例句：

• He shouldered off a defender and shot at goal.他用肩膀挡开防守队员，然后射门。
• The defender argued down the prosecutor at the court.辩护人在法庭上驳倒了起诉人。

2 ferocious   

adj.凶猛的，残暴的，极度的，十分强烈的

参考例句：

• The ferocious winds seemed about to tear the ship to pieces.狂风仿佛要把船撕成碎片似的。
• The ferocious panther is chasing a rabbit.那只凶猛的豹子正追赶一只兔子。

3 referee   

n.裁判员．仲裁人，代表人，鉴定人

参考例句：

• The team was left raging at the referee's decision.队员们对裁判员的裁决感到非常气愤。
• The referee blew a whistle at the end of the game.裁判在比赛结束时吹响了哨子。

4 dubious   

adj.怀疑的，无把握的；有问题的，靠不住的

参考例句：

• What he said yesterday was dubious.他昨天说的话很含糊。
• He uses some dubious shifts to get money.他用一些可疑的手段去赚钱。

5 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。