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1、外国网站阅读笔记World Cup 2014 talking points: Louis van Gaal makes most of water break（via the guardian）Water breaks welcomed by Van GaalSo thats why Louis van Gaal was so keen on water breaks. This was not just a chance to hydrate his players; it was a chance to instruct them too. The theory said that the

2、 climate would count against the Dutch more than the Mexicans, but Holland took advantage in one, very significant way. Van Gaal enjoyed talking through his tactical (战术的 策略的)switches（转变） after the game, from wing backs to three up front and then a more direct style with two forwards. He also praise

3、d his players ability to adapt intelligently. It had helped that he could talk them through the change.“We had more of the ball after the first tactical change but no goals. And then it was during the cooling break that I started with the plan B,” Van Gaal explained. “I knew we would have a cooling

4、break and by the way, we worked on this. I could talk to them about this then.”Asked if he thought it somehow went against football to use a time-out for tactics, Mexicos manager Miguel Herrera replied: “What goes against football is playing in this kind of climate. Neither team can give a worthy sp

5、ectacle and you could see it in Holland, in the way that their rhythm and pace dropped in this temperature. You cannot play at the right level for 90 minutes.”Sid LoweRead Sid Lowes match report: Holland 2-1 MexicoMexico make impression before exitWhen Mexico lost on penalties to Bulgaria in the rou

6、nd of 16 at the 1994 World Cup in the USA, surely they could never have imagined that history would repeat itself and repeat itself. When Klaas-Jan Huntelaar wrecked a promising Mexican adventure inspired by the charismatic Miguel Herrera, it confirmed yet another exit at exactly the same hurdle （障碍

7、 克服）whereEl Trialways seem to tumble.It is difficult to establish how they will buck this trend, having been afflicted(折磨) at six successive World Cups at this point. Mexico played with verve(热情 活力) and confidence throughout their stay in Brazil and gave the tournament（淘汰赛 锦标赛） some memorable high p

8、oints. Guillermo Ochoa has two contenders（竞争者） for save of the tournament and it seems absurd he is a free agent after leaving Ajaccio in France. The coach, Herrera, was a marvel to behold. The lowest paid manager at the World Cup has done outstanding work to forge a team that performed so creditabl

9、y considering they were a mess when he took over. His efforts, and his now familiar goal dance like an eccentric uncle doing a John Travolta impression with uncontainable relish at least mean they made a big impression before the usual departure.Amy LawrenceHuntelaar penalty eases pain of Hollands p

10、ermanent understudyOchoa on song againIt has been a great tournament for goalkeepers. Guillermo Ochoa could not quite do enough to keep Mexico in the competition in the early game on Sunday, but Keylar Navas was the crucial man in Costa Ricas progression into the last eight. A stunning(把 打昏 极好的) sav

11、e from Dimitris Salpingidis from the only clear-cut chance of the first half was just the start. Two minutes after Greeces injury-time equaliser, he did superbly to claw away Kostas Mitroglous goalbound header and then in the 122nd minute his hip was in the right place as the Fulham striker almost p

12、inched the win at the death. He saved (ahem) the best until last, though, producing a fantastic reflex stop to claw away Theo Gekass penalty for Greece. Holland will be rightful favourites in the quarter-final, but they will have to get past perhaps the best goalkeeper of the tournament.John Ashdown

13、Costa Rica 1-1 Greece (pens: 5-3)Greece flail without underdog（不被看好者） tagGreece got what they deserved. Nothing. Fernando Santos was right when he said they were too frantic in extra-time. The match was there to be won, with half an hour to play against 10 men there should have been no need for pena

14、lties, but Greece were too rushed to make their numerical supremacy count.Surprisingly Giorgios Karagounis, their experienced captain, was one of the worst offenders. He kept demanding the ball in extra-time, and usually got it because of his seniority（长辈 老资格）, only to use it to attempt a series of

15、over-optimistic shots from distance. You might have thought he would be an influence for calm, holding the ball and waiting for support to arrive so that Costa Rica would eventually be outnumbered, but no, his only idea was to go for glory. Konstantinos Mitroglou at least showed tantalising glimpses

16、 of what he might be capable of, even if he could not beat Keylor Navas, Costa Ricas impressive goalkeeper.It is probably true that without Navas the result would have been different, as both coaches suggested, though that summary excuses some pretty iffy（未确定 可以的） Greek finishing. Samaras, Salpingid

17、is and Mitroglou all had good chances but failed to be sufficiently clinical.（临床的 冷静）Few neutrals will have minded Greece going out, Costa Rica make a better story and people are growing tired of the way Greece just survive in tournaments without doing anything of note, but one positive thing about

18、them is they way they revel in（得意于 纵情与） the role of underdogs and save their best performances for the situations when they appear to have little chance. Give them every chance, the spur of a last-gasp equaliser to earn an extra half hour against a short-handed side, and the magic no longer seems to

19、 work.Paul WilsonItwasa penaltyArjen Robben may have dived or, at the very least, embellished（美化） his fall but that does not mean it was not a penalty. Replays of the injury-time incident clearly show Rafael Mrquez stabbing（刺穿） his foot down on the Dutch attackers left boot after the ball has gone w

20、ith the result that Robben was robbed of possession and his forward momentum. On any other part of the pitch this type of incident would be considered a foul and since it is in the area, it is a penalty. Pretty simple really. There have been plenty of spot kicks given away in this World Cup that are

21、 worth frothing at the mouth over seeBrazil in the opening gameorAustralia against Hollandfor further details but this is certainly not one of them.Ian McCourt（2014 6 30晚）Theresa May to announce wide-ranging child abuse inquiryThe home secretary, Theresa May, is to announce a wide-ranging inquiry in

22、to public bodies and institutions handling of historical child abuse allegations. David Cameron said there would be no stone left unturned in the search for the truth.Downing Street drew parallels with the panel inquiry into the 1989 Hillsborough disaster and its subsequent handling by public bodies

23、 including the police rather than the judge-led Leveson inquiry into the practices of the press.The prime ministers spokesman said there was a case for examining how a range of public bodies handled child abuse claims. There are likely to include hospitals, broadcasting, the church, judicial authori

24、ties as well as political bodies.The detailed terms of reference are still being worked on and may yet be adjusted once the panel of the inquiry is identified. May is to reveal more when she addresses parliament later on Monday.Cameron spoke to the home secretary over the weekend and agreed that no

25、stone should be left unturned in finding the truth, and that any lessons from how organisations handled claims needed to leaned to understand the failure of society as a whole to listen to the complaints of children.The prime ministers spokesman pointed out that Kate Lampard, a former barrister and

26、deputy chairwoman of the Financial Ombudsman Service, had been given a role in overseeing scores of separate NHS inquiries into child abuse. The government said it was trying to balance the need for speed and being authoritative.The shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, said the inquiry should be he

27、ld in public with experts chairing the inquiry.The prime ministers spokesman said Cameron was not expressing a view on whether there had been an establishment cover-up after allegations of child abuse by politicians in the 1980s, but said it was the responsibility of everyone to produce any relevant

28、 evidence.The government also stressed that last years review by the Home Office into how it handled thousands of documents about child abuse stretching back to 1979 had been conducted with no ministerial oversight. This is owing long-established rules barring ministers from one party looking at the

29、 internal papers of a previous government led by a different party.One issue remains is the degree to which May was informed by the permanent secretary about the details of the review once it was completed.The home secretary is under pressure to explain how her department lost or destroyed more than

30、 100 files related to claims of organised paedophilia, as the government confirmed that details of four previously undisclosed allegations were handed to the police only last year.The developments come after Lord Tebbit said he believed there may have been a political cover-up of the child abuse all

31、egations against politicians in the 1980s.The Tory peer said: At that time I think most people would have thought that the establishment, the system, was to be protected, and if a few things had gone wrong here and there that it was more important to protect the system.Asked on Sunday on the BBCs An

32、drew Marr programme if he thought there had been a political cover-up at the time, Tebbit said: I think there may well have been. It was almost unconscious. It was the thing that people did.The claims include allegations of abuse against the late Liberal MP Cyril Smith and allegations of paedophile activity at parties attended by politicians and other prominent figures. The missing Home Office material is reported to include details of officials, MPs and peers all implicated in child sexual abuse, including one Conservative MP at the time who was reportedly found w