(たい)

versus / to

(さっかー)

soccer

(わーるどかっぷ)

World Cup

(いよいよ)

finally; at last

(けっしょう)

final (competition); championship

(むかえる)

to go meet, welcome

(ながい)

long

(たたかい)

battle, fight

(かちぬく)

to fight through; to win one's way through

(よーろっぱ)

Europe

(すぺいん)

Spain

(なんべい)

South America

(あるぜんちん)

Argentina

(どちら)

which / both

(ちーむ)

team

(これまで)

until now / so far

(なんど)

how many times, many times

(ゆうしょう)

championship, victory

(きょうごう)

powerhouse; strong contender

(こまかい)

fine / small

(ぱす)

pass (in sports)

(つなぐ)

to connect, tie together

(こうげき)

attack

(とくい)

specialty; strong point

(いっぽう)

on the other hand / meanwhile

(ひとりひとり)

each person, one by one

(せんしゅ)

player; athlete

(ぎじゅつ)

skill, technology

(たかい)

expensive; high

(すくない)

few, scarce

(ちゃんす)

chance, opportunity

(かくじつ)

certain; reliable; sure

(きめる)

to decide

(せんもんか)

expert, specialist

(あいだ)

interval, during

(しょうはい)

victory or defeat; outcome

(よそう)

prediction, forecast

(わかれる)

to be divided; to split

(こんしゅう)

this week

(にちようび)

Sunday

(おこなう)

to carry out, to perform

(せかいじゅう)

all over the world

(おく)

one hundred million

(ひと)

person / people

(てれび)

television, TV

(かんせん)

watching a game/match

(いう)

to say

(くに)

country; the government

(れきし)

history

(のこる)

to remain / to stay behind

(しあい)

match, game

(まちがい)

mistake, error

(ある)

a certain (some)

is doing, has been doing (ongoing state/action)

Expresses a continuing action or resulting state. Formed with て-form + いる. Can describe an action in progress or a state resulting from a past change.

passive (to be done to)

The passive form 殺される marks that Khamenei was the one who was killed by the attack.

even if; even though

Used to express concession or hypothetical situation.

to become

Expresses a change of state; Kawai became the new commissioner of the Sports Agency.

nominalizer (the act of ~)

Turns a verb phrase into a noun. Here 話を聞くこと (the act of listening to a speech).

ワールドカップの決勝はスペイン対アルゼンチン

World Cup final is Spain vs. Argentina

サッカーのワールドカップは、いよいよ決勝を迎えます。

The soccer World Cup is finally reaching its final.

長い戦いを勝ち抜いたのは、ヨーロッパのスペインと、南米のアルゼンチンでした。

The ones who fought their way through the long battle were Spain, from Europe, and Argentina, from South America.

どちらのチームも、これまでに何度も優勝している強豪です。

Both teams are powerhouses that have won the championship many times before.

スペインは、細かくパスをつなぐ攻撃が得意です。

Spain is good at an attacking style that links together fine, short passes.

一方のアルゼンチンは、一人一人の選手の技術が高く、少ないチャンスを確実に決めてきます。

Argentina, on the other hand, has players with high individual skill and reliably converts its few chances.

専門家の間でも、勝敗の予想は分かれています。

Even among experts, predictions about the outcome are divided.

決勝は今週の日曜日に行われ、世界中の何億人もの人がテレビで観戦すると言われています。

The final will be held this Sunday, and it is said that hundreds of millions of people around the world will watch it on television.

どちらの国が優勝しても、歴史に残る試合になることは間違いありません。

Whichever country wins, there is no doubt it will be a match that goes down in history.