NEW ZEALAND
西兰
瑞恩•尼尔森(Ryan Nelsen)没有哪一支征战世界杯的队伍像新西兰队依赖尼尔森一样依赖单个球员。新西兰队基本上由来自名不见经传的联赛球队的球员拼凑而成，身高1米85的后卫尼尔森则是其中的佼佼者──他效力于英超联赛(English Premier League)布莱克本流浪者队(Blackburn Rovers)。虽然他小时候因为踢足球而受人嘲笑（新西兰疯狂热衷橄榄球，将足球视为"傻子"游戏），但如今的尼尔森以强有力的身体冲撞技巧从事足球这项考验脚上功夫的运动，已经成为新西兰收入最高的运动明星。绰号"全白队"(All Whites)的新西兰队在世界杯决赛阶段的32支参赛队中排名垫底，被视为弱旅。不过在5月底对阵排名第16位的塞尔维亚的热身赛上，新西兰却以精彩表现获胜。
Ryan Nelsen
--西蒙•路易森(Simon Louisson)
韩国
No World Cup squad depends more on a single player than New Zealand does on Ryan Nelsen. On a team largely cobbled together from players in little-known leagues, the 1.85-meter-tall defender is big-time -- a member of the English Premier League's Blackburn Rovers. And while he was taunted as a child for playing soccer, a 'softies' game in rugby-mad New Zealand, today Mr. Nelsen -- who plays a head-busting aerial game with bone-jarring tackles -- is the country's highest-paid sportsman. His All Whites, the lowest-ranked of the 32 teams in the World Cup finals, are considered a weak contender. But they notched a stunning win in a late-May warm-up against 16th-ranked Serbia.
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