法新社 柏林
柏林的大雨使得法国和意大利的赛前训练无法正常进行。
这场大雨在周五夜间开始（当地时间），国际足联不得不宣布，意大利队无法在周六早晨按计划在决赛场地进行场地适应性训练。
发言人Andreas Herren 说做出这项决定是“因为场地状况和柏林近期的大雨”
利皮和他的队员们随后决定在杜伊斯堡的基地过夜，在周六晚乘坐包机赶赴柏林。
法国队计划于白天抵达柏林，夜间在另外一个体育场进行训练。
大雨将会继续到周六清晨，但据预报，比赛当天天气将转晴。
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原文：World Cup finalists head for rainy Berlin
by Allan Kelly
July 8, 2006
BERLIN (AFP) - Torrential rain in Berlin has hampered preparations for the World Cup final with the French and Italian players to arrive during the day from their respective training camps.
The downpour, which started Friday evening after days of uncustomary hot weather, forced FIFA to tell the Italians they would not as planned be able to get their first feel for the final venue at a Saturday morning training session.
Spokesman Andreas Herren said the decision had been taken "because of the state of the pitch and because of the heavy rainfall in Berlin over the last couple of days."
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Marcello Lippi and his men then decided to stay overnight at their Duisberg base in the west of the country and only travel to Berlin by a charter flight during Saturday evening.
Opponents France were due to fly in from their base near Hanover earlier in the day and had scheduled a training session at another stadium in Berlin later in the evening.
The heavy rain continued in the German capital Saturday morning but brighter weather was forecast for Sunday.
Coach Raymond Domenech had the French squad undertake an hour-long final training session at what has been their base for the last five weeks on Friday evening.
Brazil's conquerors have a clean bill of health for the final with only reserve striker Louis Saha unavailable due to suspension, having picked up a second yellow card after coming on as a substitute in the 1-0 semi-final win over Portugal.
Their drive to the final which has taken them from strength to strength past Spain, Brazil and Portugal has completely changed opinions back home with 86 percent of French people now convinced that their ageing team will once again win the World Cup on Sunday.
A French victory is expected to unleash massive celebrations in the capital with up to a million people converging, as they did eight years ago when France last won the World Cup, on the Champs Elysees.
Such is the growing euphoria over the team's performance that even the Eiffel Tower is getting involved with the monument's managers announcing that it would glitter with lights until dawn in the case of a French victory.
The view from Rome was more muted with the Italian team's World Cup triumphs tempered by the huge match-fixing scandal which has rocked the league and eroded public faith in the way the sport is run.
The Italians are also relatively injury-free with only experienced defender Alessandro Nesta as expected unavailable due to a groin injury.
The crucial task of marking French playmaker Zinedine Zidane will go to tigerish midfielder Gennaro Gattuso who has said that the exertions of the last few weeks could eventually catch up with the 34-year-old who will be playing in his last match before retiring.
"Zidane's 34 and he's played every match at a high level. I hope he has little energy left in his body for the final," the 28-year-old AC Milan midfielder said.
作者-丁晓晨-北京第二外国语学院英语系
责编：佟杉杉