北京时间20日晚，中国队在亚洲杯八分之一决赛中迎战泰国队。泰国队在上半场由素巴猜率先破门，而国足在下半场3分钟之内由肖智和郜林连入两球完成逆转，从而以2：1的比分战胜对手晋级8强。请看本报周二的报道：

Iran and China will face off in the Asian Cup quarterfinals Thursday after they both won their last-16 games, while Vietnam scraped through in a penalty shootout.

Marcello Lippi’s China had to recover from a goal down to beat Thailand 2-1 in a result, which highlighted China’s struggles to live up to its ambitions of becoming a soccer superpower.

Supachai Jaided put Thailand ahead against China in the 31st minute, turning and shooting despite being surrounded by three defenders, before Chinese striker Wu Lei missed a string of good chances.

报道中的“scrape through”指在比赛或考试中“勉强通过”。“scrape”是“刮掉、擦伤”的意思，它还可与其他介词搭配使用， 表示不同的意思。例如“scrape together”指“东拼西凑”，“scrape up”是“积攒”的意思，“scrape off”意为“刮掉”。