Spain Wins the World Cup

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世界杯shì jiè bēi结束jié shù了le。The World Cup is over.七月qī yuè十九shí jiǔ号hào,西班牙xī bān yá和hé阿根廷ā gēn tíng踢tī了le决赛jué sài。On July 19, Spain and Argentina played the final.很多hěn duō很多人hěn duō rén看了kàn le这个zhè ge比赛bǐ sài。Many, many people watched this match.

两个liǎng gè队duì都dōu踢tī得很de hěn好hǎo。Both teams played very well.九十jiǔ shí分钟fēn zhōng里lǐ,没有méi yǒu人rén进球jìn qiú。In ninety minutes, nobody scored a goal.后来hòu lái,一个yī ge西班牙xī bān yá球员qiú yuán进jìn了le一个yī ge球qiú。Later, a Spanish player scored a goal.西班牙xī bān yá一yī比bǐ零líng赢yíng了le!Spain won one to zero!

西班牙xī bān yá是shì新的xīn de世界shì jiè冠军guàn jūn。Spain is the new world champion.这是zhè shì他们tā men第二次dì èr cì赢yíng世界杯shì jiè bēi。This is their second time winning the World Cup.第一次dì yī cì是shì2010年nián。The first time was in 2010.

西班牙人xī bān yá rén都dōu很高兴hěn gāo xìng。Spanish people are all very happy.四sì年nián以后yǐ hòu,还有hái yǒu下一个xià yī ge世界杯shì jiè bēi。In four years, there will be the next World Cup.

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