请支持暂时遇到困难的中国足球(10)

“当我们在主场比赛时，我们总是试图获得最多进球。幸运的是，今天我们在农历新年的第一天赢了中国队，”越南队队长杜洪勇告诉记者。
Beyond the football field, China and Vietnam are arch-rivals -- with tensions spanning trade, land and water disputes.
在足球场之外，中国和越南是宿敌 -- 紧张关系横跨贸易、土地和水争端。
arch-
arch-表示“极度的；为首的；（尤指）极恶劣的；主要的；最重要的”，英文解释为“most important；greater or especially worse than others of the same type”，如：an arch-criminal 首犯，arch-rival表示“主要竞争对手；主要敌手，劲敌”。
类似的：
arch-enemy表示“主要敌人；大敌；死敌”，英文解释为“an especially bad enemy”；
span
1）表示“横跨”，英文解释为“A bridge or other structure that spans something such as a river or a valley stretches right across it.”举个：
Travellers get from one side to the other by walking across a footbridge that spans a little stream.
旅游者通过一座横跨小溪的人行桥从一边走到另一边。
2）表示“持续”，英文解释为“If something spans a long period of time, it lasts throughout that period of time or relates to that whole period of time.”举个：
His professional career spanned 16 years.
他的职业生涯持续了16年。
"Winning over China has always been Vietnam"s aspiration no matter what the match maybe. So I think this match"s result means even more for Vietnam than even its leg in the World Cup," football fan Nguyen Nam Long told AFP.