Germany beat Japan to win Algarve Cup

 　　FARO, Portugal, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Okoyino da Mbabi scored a hat-trick as Germany beat Japan 4-3 in the women's soccer Algarve Cup final on Wednesday.

　　The German side opened scoring in the 20th minute when midfielder Dzsenifer Marozsan met a cross from left and drove a powerful shot past Japan's goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori.

　　Two minutes later, Mbabi muscled in a header on a corner to help build up a 2-0 lead for Germany.

　　Japan, whose talismanic¹ figure Homare Sawa was sidelined for catching² cold, showed respectable resilience as they managed to equalise thanks to goals from Nahomi Kawasumi (at 35th minute) and Asuna Tanaka (at 55th minute).

　　Mbabi put Germany ahead again in the 88th when she converted a penalty, and Japan responded by with a goal from Yuki Nagasoto one minute later.

　　In the injury time, Mabai completed her hat-trick with an unstoppable shot to finish the thrilling clash off.

1 talismanic   

adj.护身符的，避邪的

参考例句：

• In fact, however, there is no talismanic significance to the word \"proposal\". 然而，事实上，“提案”一词本身并不具备护身符般的特殊意义。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• The talismanic captain scored twice yesterday afternoon as Roma beat Parma 3-0 at the Stadio Tardini. 罗马队长在昨天下午进行的罗马3：0战胜帕尔玛的比赛中梅开二度。 来自互联网

2 catching   

adj.易传染的，有魅力的，迷人的，接住

参考例句：

• There are those who think eczema is catching.有人就是认为湿疹会传染。
• Enthusiasm is very catching.热情非常富有感染力。