北京时间10月13日凌晨，中国国家队在汉堡AOL球场同德国队进行了一场友谊赛，中国队整体表现可圈可点，策动出了数次威胁攻势，但德国队利用点球机会在第51分钟打入制胜球，最终中国队客场0-1遗憾失利。报道如下：

The goal visibly lifted Germany and they dominated proceedings¹ but China rattled² the post in the 76th minute. But there was no equalizer for China who have failed to qualify for the World Cup finals and must now concentrate on hosting the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

报道中的equalizer指的是"足球中的扳平比分的得分"。Equalizer在电学中还可以指"均衡器"。动词equalize可表示"使相等"、"扳平比赛"。如：The company tries to equalize the responsibilities of the staff members (公司试图让工作人员承担相同的责任。)