Euro 2004 causes cattle battle Friday, 04 April 2003
2004 歐洲盃引發牛隻大戰 2003 年 4 月 4 日，星期五
Denmark could be suffering from an epidemic of homeless cows in the
aftermath of their 5-2 UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying win against Romania in
Bucharest last Saturday. A group of Romanian farmers in the village of
Rosia Montana have cancelled an order for ten Danish cows following the
national side's drubbing at the hands of the Danes as a demonstration
of their unhappiness at the important UEFA European Championship result.
Even with the state paying half of the fee for the cows, the farmers
have remained resolute in their opposition to Danish cattle, leaving
local mayor Viril Narita in a curious position. "I don't know what I'm
going to do," he said. "I agreed to take ten cows from a Danish firm
but now the villagers refuse to buy them anymore. This is a pity because
the animals are pure breed and the price is excellent." National coach
Anghel Iordanescu resigned following the game, only to take his old job
back again a couple of days later, and Narita is hoping the farmers will
make a similar about-turn. "Maybe after things cool down, they will
realize they don't have to lose such a deal just from a passionate
reaction," he said.
上星期六（3 月 29 日）在布加勒斯的 2004 歐洲盃小組預選賽中，以
5 : 2 的成績擊敗羅馬尼亞的丹麥，可能要面臨處理一群無家可歸的流浪牛這樣
的賽後餘波。一群住在 Rosia Montana 這座村莊的羅馬尼亞農民們在他們的國
家隊慘敗給丹麥之後，以取消向丹麥訂購十頭牛的交易，來表達他們對這場重要
歐洲比賽結果的不滿。即使他們早已預付了一半的訂金，這群農夫仍然對反對丹
麥牛隻的行動相當堅決，此舉讓他們的鎮長 Viril Narita 相當好奇。「我真不
知道該怎麼辦，」他說。「當初是我同意向一家丹麥公司購買十頭牛，但是現在
這些村民拒絕接受這些牛隻。這些牛品種優良、價格又十分划算，這樣實在是蠻
可惜的。」羅馬尼亞國家隊的教練 Anghel Iordanescu 在那場比賽後旋即辭職，
並在數天之後回到他原本的工作崗位，而 Narita 也希望這些農民們能同樣地接
受原本的計畫。「也許等事情平靜下來之後，他們會明白並不需要為了一時衝動
的後果而損失這筆交易。」
Who is Yardis Alpolfo?
Yardis Alpolfo 是誰？
The first day of April is celebrated across Europe as a day upon
which the wise and the sneaky can mercilessly exploit the naive and
terminally gullible. 1 April 2003 was no exception, as football club
websites across Europe took the opportunity to spread blatantly false
information with the aim of making April fools of all of us. Some were
more convincing than others. We did not believe for a minute that FC
Bayern Munchen's training ground had been hit by a plague of moles, or
that Southampton FC had really decided to change from their famous red-
and-white stripes to blue shirts – like those worn by their local
rivals Portsmouth FC. As for TSV 1860 Munchen's claims that they had
signed Oliver Kahn as a fashion consultant – shame on you! However,
feel a moment of pity for the number of European news agencies who fell
for Ranger FC's story about their soon-to-be-signed Turkish striker
Yardis Alpolfo. The news of the hitman's arrival at Rangers had been
spread far and wide, long before anyone had thought to carefully
rearrange the letters in Mr Apolfo's name to construct the words "April
Fools Day". Oh dear.
在歐洲，四月一日是精靈古怪的人可以毫不留情地大肆欺負天真好騙的人的
日子。2003 年的 4 月 1 日也不例外，尤其是歐洲各地的足球球會網站紛紛把
握機會宣布假消息，就為了要愚弄我們這些觀眾。有些消息看來的確煞有介事、
比其他的像樣多了。就像我們根本不相信拜仁慕尼黑的訓練場面臨大批鼴鼠肆虐
的危機、或是南安普頓球會決定要將他們著名的紅白條紋球衣換成藍色—和他們
同城敵手樸茲茅斯一樣。至於 TSV 1860 慕尼黑宣布他們已聘請奧力佛‧卡恩為
他們的造型顧問—你們很難笑！然而，筆者卻有點同情某些歐洲新聞社，因為他
們真的相信 Ranger FC 宣稱即將與土耳其前鋒 Yardis Alpolfo 簽約。這位射
手即將到來的消息傳得又快又廣，還沒有多少人發現，要是把這位 Alpolfo 先
生的名字重新組合，會變成「四月愚人節 April Fools Day」。真是夠了。
More suckers
還有更多笨蛋
Another convincing story that uefa.com nearly fell for was the one
on Eintracht Frankfurt's website where quotes from Real Madrid CF's Luis
Figo suggested that he was about to make a move to the 2. Bundesliga
side. With rumors of Manchester United FC's David Beckham moving to Real
Madrid CF still circulating in European newsrooms, the Eintracht website
quoted the Portuguese midfield player as saying. "If Real really sign
Beckham I will go to Frankfurt." Referring to Madrid's famous 7-3 win
against Eintracht in the 1960 European Champion Club's Cup final, the
supposed Figo added: "Alfredo di Stefano told us about the final against
Eintracht in Glasgow. At Real we only know two German clubs – Bayern
and of course Eintracht Frankfurt." Total rubbish, of course, as were
the rumors circulated by one mischievous Japanese newspaper that Beckham
was on his way to the J-League after allegedly being infuriated by Sir
Alex Ferguson telling him that his wife, former Spice Girl Victoria
Beckham, could not sing. "Beckham's agent in Japan, Shigatsu Baka
confirmed the dramatic turn of events that unfolded late Sunday night,"
the report said. "Shigatsu Baka" translates literally as "April fool".
有一個很像一回事的消息，差點把 eufa.com 都騙倒了。法蘭克福球會的官
網上引述了皇家馬德里隊 Luis Figo 的話，說他即將要加入德乙的陣容。曼聯
的 David Beckham 加入皇馬的傳言正當甚囂塵上，法蘭克福官網便這麼引述這
位葡萄牙籍中場球員的說法。「如果皇馬當真與貝克漢簽約，我就要到法蘭克福
去。」由於皇馬在 1960 年歐洲冠軍聯盟盃決賽以 7 : 3 的成績擊敗法蘭克福，
這位虛構的菲戈補充：「Alfredo di Stefano 跟我們說過當年在格拉斯哥與法
蘭克福打決賽的事。在皇馬我們只知道兩個德國球隊—一是拜仁，另一個當然就
是法蘭克福。」當然還有另一個全然胡謅的消息，來自惡搞出來的一家日本報社，
據說貝克漢被教練佛格森爵士羞辱，說他妻子、前辣妹維多莉亞根本不會唱歌，
在一怒之下已經準備要投身 J 聯盟。報導中說，「貝克漢在日本的經紀人
Shigatsu Baka 已經證實在上星期日所傳出的、這個戲劇性的發展。」日語
"Shigatsu Baka" 翻成英語，意思正好就是「四月的愚人」。
原文由 indigo 譯自 uefa.com
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