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やったね、なでしこジャパン！うちの「うんちくサッカー解説者」 Persimmon-turned-Sugiuchiくんがあとでばりばり書くと思いますので、ここでは以下のCNNの記事中にあるdenyについて少々。
denyは通常、「〜を否定する、〜を拒絶する」で覚えると思いますが、deny+O+Oの形では「...に〜を与えない」という形で使われます。とくに２番目のＯには「要求されるもの、求められるもの」がくるのがミソで、最初のdenyingは３回目の優勝を求められていた米国に、２つめのdeniedは３連覇をドイツに、それぞれ「与えなかった」という意味合いで使われています。このようにスポーツ関係ではとくに「...の連覇/夢を阻止する、打ち砕く」などという文脈で用いられることが多い動詞です。
今回の記事ではdenyが2度も使われています。ダークホースにやられてよっぽど悔しかったんだろうな、とそんなことも考えました。（UG）

Maiden World Cup crown for Japan's women
(CNN) -- Japan won the Women's World Cup for the first time on Sunday, denying the United States a record third title after twice coming from behind in the final and then winning a penalty shootout in Germany.
The U.S. conceded equalizers at the end of the regulation and extra-time periods, then Japan had a player sent off before the Americans missed their first three spot-kicks.
Japan missed their third, but Saki Kumagai blasted the winner high into the net for an unassailable 3-1 lead to make her team the first from Asia the first to win the four-yearly soccer event.
The Japanese had won only three matches in five previous tournaments, and have never won the Asian title.
But, despite their preparations being affected by the earthquake and tsunami that devastated their homeland in March, Japan qualified second in Group B with two wins from three matches.
They then denied the hosts a third success by winning the quarterfinal 1-0 in extra-time before beating Sweden 3-1 in the semis.
The U.S. had last reached the final at home in 1999, winning the tournament for the second time after triumphing in the inaugural event in China eight years before then.
And Pia Sundhage's team had looked set to end that long wait wait for another trophy, dominating the first half in Frankfurt as top scorer Abby Wambach hit the underside of the crossbar with a scorching left-foot shot and Lauren Cheney headed over when unmarked.
Cheney was replaced at halftime by Alex Morgan, who broke the deadlock in the 69th minute when she latched on to a long pass from Megan Rapinoe and fired in a left-foot shot that gave Japan goalkeeper Ayumi Kaihori no chance.
But Japan equalized with nine minutes of regulation time left through Aya Miyama following some disastrous defending by the Americans.
The midfielder scored her second goal of the tournament after U.S. captain Christie Rampone uncharacteristically gave the ball away and teammates Alex Krieger and Rachel Buehler were unable to clear the resulting cross.
Wambach put the U.S. in front again in the 104th minute, collecting her fourth goal in six matches at the tournament to put her second on the alltime World Cup scoring list with 13.
The striker, whose extra-time equalizer against Brazil took their quarterfinal to a penalty shootout, nodded home from close range after Morgan found space down the left and provided a perfect cross.
But Japan refused to give up, and Homare Sawa leveled again with a near-post flick-on from Miyama's left-wing corner that deflected into the net off Wambach.
That strike was the midfielder's fifth of the tournament, earning her the golden boot award.
The drama continued as Japan defender Azusa Iwashimizu was harshly sent off for fouling Morgan on the edge of the area in the final minute, but her teammates scrambled the resulting free-kick clear.
The U.S. made the worst possible start to the shootout when Kaihori blocked Shannon Boxx's attempt with her trailing leg, then Miyama put Japan 1-0 ahead.
Carli Lloyd skied her shot over the bar, but Hope Solo gave the Americans a chance when she saved Yuki Nagasoko's weak effort.
However, Kaihori then denied Tobin Heath before Solo got her hand to Mizuho Sakaguchi's low shot but could not keep it out -- 2-0 to Japan.
Wambach coolly slotted in her attempt, as she did in the shootout win over Brazil, but Kumagai clinched a famous victory.
"We made just a couple of mistakes. We let them back in the game but I still think we did well," Sundhage said in quotes reported by AFP.
"We had a lot of possession and played some good soccer. It's hard to lose on penalties, some go in and some go out. It's a small difference between winning and losing. We just didn't take our chances."
Japan's hero Kaihori said the whole team deserved the credit for their success.
"We have some very good players on the team and that is why we won the final. It is all down to the players in front of me, it was a team effort," she said.
"I got support during the shootouts because the Americans missed a couple. In a shootout, I just have to believe in myself, and I was very self-confident in that situation. I just wanted to save all those shots coming at me."
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/SPORT/football/07/17/football.women.world.cup.us.japan/index.html