Goal chances came and goal chances went. But two of the world’s highest ranked teams—with some of football’s highest paid players—couldn’t get the ball into the net. And they were playing against sides that only just made it to the World Cup.
With two defeats, one draw and no goals, France collected its newest title since rising to the top of the game four years ago: The worst defending champion in World Cup history.
"I’m very disappointed, and it’s the end of a beautiful story," said a French striker David Trezeguet. "The story began in 1998 and ended today against Denmark. "
France won the 2000 European Championships and was ranked the best team on the planet before the World Cup.
Besides the goalposts and crossbars seeming to be against this unlucky team, France’s game plan has been the same for four years so opponents know it by heart.
Senegal, an African team playing i
A. they won almost all the games in the tryout
B. they had won champions in World Cup three times
C. they lost the game to England only by 1-0
D. they beat a strong opponent—Sweden
Europe is desperate to succeed in business. Two years ago, the European Union’s Lisbon summit Set a goal of becoming the world’s leading economy by 2010. But success, as any new age executive coach might tell you, requires confronting the fear of failure. That is why Europe’s approach to bankruptcy urgently needs reform.
In Europe, as in the United States, many heavily indebted companies are shutting up shop just as the economy begins to recover. Ironically, the upturn is often the moment when weak firms finally fail. But America’s failures have a big advantage over Europe’s weaklings: their country’s more relaxed approach to bankruptcy.
In the United States the Chapter 11 law makes going bust an orderly and even routine process. Firms in trouble simply apply for breathing space from creditors. Managers submit a plan of reorganization to a judge, and creditors decide whether to give it a go or to come up with one of their own. C
A. dangerous confusion.
B. desperate conflicts.
C. abrupt reforms.
D. potential threats.
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