[情報] 史密斯周中：“紙刺”

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GILES SMITH'S MIDWEEK VIEW
吉爾斯·史密斯周中觀點
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With a night of action on Merseyside to go to discover the
make-up of this season's first Wembley final, columnist Giles Smith offers
his personal take on events.
在本賽季的第一場溫布利決賽離我們只有埃弗頓一戰時，我們的專欄作家吉爾斯·史密斯
給出了他的個人觀點。

So, Tottenham 5 Arsenal Reserves 1. And now we know
exactly the treat that lies in store if we manage a draw, or better, at
Goodison Park tonight: a final against Spurs at Wembley.
結果，托特納姆5-1阿森納預備隊，而我們也知道了今晚若能在古
迪遜公園球場保持不敗會得到什麼——在溫布利，和熱刺，打決賽。

It's a hugely motivating prospect, no? Shades of the FA Cup final of 1967 -
although, of course, Tottenham were a much bigger club in those days. And the
new Wembley wasn't finished. Why, it didn't even have an arch in those days.
It only had towers, which weren't the same.
這的確夠讓我們摩拳擦掌一番的吧？可以一雪1967年足總杯決賽的恥辱——不過當然咯，
那時的熱刺可比現在牛得多哩。而且新溫布利也沒建成，嘿，那時連如今著名的拱橋都沒
有呢，只有雙塔而已——因此可是大不相同。

Sorry for Arsenal, of course. But, in the end, we've kind of been there and
done that, last season, and (assuming we get through, this is) it's always
nice to ring the changes. Also, I suspect I may not be alone in finding Arsè
ne Wenger's 'I use kids in the Carling, me' gag beginning to wear a little
thin now.
不得不為阿森納掬把同情的淚，但是嘛，上個賽季我們好
象已經嘗過在某地打敗某隊而奪冠的滋味了，因此（假如我們今晚順利的話），還是有點
變化的好！同時，我想也有很多人和我一樣，覺得溫格那套“我派小孩子打聯賽杯！”的
態度已經不新鮮了。

I mean, it was funny the first time, and it
still can be pretty amusing occasionally, as long as you're not the butt of
it. But with repetition, there comes to be something faintly mean-spirited
and even unpleasant about it, not least of all the way it puts the opposition
on a total hiding to nothing (humiliated if you lose, obviously, but kind of
humiliated if you win, too, in a strange way).
我指的是，第一次這麼玩或許還挺有趣，而且現在偶爾也挺好
玩的——只要你不是受害者——但來來回回用這麼一招，就會變成一種狹隘甚至帶有惡意
的方法，讓對手處於一個尷尬的境地（輸給孩子顯然丟臉，贏了他們也有點丟臉，你說郁
悶不郁悶？）。

In the end, it's probably right that the Carling final should be contested by
two teams who genuinely respect the competition and cherish its noble
traditions, and that much, at least, is guaranteed now that Arsenal Reserves
have gone.
所幸，看來聯賽杯的決賽至少將在兩支尊重這項賽事與其傳統的隊伍之間展開了——因為
阿森納預備隊的離開。

It's never been the Chelsea way to field under strength sides for Carling
ties, for the very good reason that we don't really believe in employing
under strength players in the first place. And if you think either David
Moyes or Juande Ramos is likely to use the final to give a run-out to a
couple of promising apprentices and some bloke who operates the iron in the
club shop shirt-personalising department, then I think you underestimate the
eagerness of both those managers to clinch a guaranteed place in Europe
before February is over.
切爾西從來不會為聯賽杯比賽派出一支所謂“二線陣容”，理由很簡單，因為我們俱樂部
從來就不會去招只有“二線”實力的球員。而假如你認為莫耶斯或拉莫斯會在這樣的決賽
里派些有前途的小孩子或者俱樂部賣場里訂做球衣的員工上去走個過場，那你一定是低估
了這兩位主教練想在兩月份就早早拿到一張歐戰入場券的急迫心情。

Fair enough. We'd all be mad not to. Especially Juande
Ramos, who can hardly have watched Tottenham get turned over at home by
Birmingham in the league and reckoned that he would have much need for his
suitcase and passport in the 2008-09 season.
公平地說，沒人會不受這種誘惑，除非他是瘋了。尤其是胡安德·拉莫斯，熱刺在自己的
主場被伯明翰逆轉時他的臉色如何？恐怕這時他才意識到自己不該把行李箱和護照丟在一
旁，08-09賽季里還用得上呢！

That, though, is the magic of the Carling: five midweek games
of football and a Sunday afternoon final, and it's Norway and Belgium ahoy in
the UEFA the following year. Italy, if you're lucky. Spain, even. Talk about
a cheap holiday. And when the Champions League tips out its failures at the
end of the group stage, you can even find yourself coming up against a team
or two that you might have heard of.
不過，這也正是聯賽杯的妙處：五場比賽周中（英超上半區球隊在第三輪進入聯賽杯，算
上半決賽的兩回合正好是五場），而決賽則是週日下午，然后就有個機會在來年的聯盟杯
里去挪威或者比利時打個招呼，咩，假如運氣好的話或許會是意大利，再好些的話可能會
到西班牙——免費出國旅游莫過於此。而到了冠軍聯賽小組賽踢出第三名去打聯盟杯時，
嘿，說不定你還真能遇上一兩支聽說過的球隊當對手哩！

Whoever goes through tonight could find
themselves facing a bit of a battle, come the big day. There is every
indication that this is a stronger, more resilient Tottenham than the
hapless, paper bag-style Tottenhams we have seen in recent years. The proof
is in that four-day spell they had, a fortnight ago.
First of all, they were all over Arsenal
Reserves at the Emirates in the first leg of the Carling semi-final, but
still didn't beat them, thanks to a freak equaliser. And then, on the
Saturday straight afterwards, they came to Stamford Bridge and got beaten in
a manner which only emphasised the yawning gap between our two teams as
Premier League forces.
不管今天哪支球隊能獲勝，他們都要在2月末時經曆一場小小的苦戰——種種跡象都向我
們表明，如今的托特納姆可比前幾年那支頻頻吃癟的“紙刺”要來得堅挺和經得起挫折，
證據就是兩周前他們的那次四天雙戰。首先，在聯賽杯半決賽的第一回合里他們幾乎全場
壓著阿森納預備隊打，但還是因為一腳沒來由的進球酋長體育館被對方逼平；然后呢，在
緊跟著的週六來到了斯坦福橋，被打得服服帖帖，充分展示了與雖同為頂級聯賽球隊的我
們之間的雲泥之別。

The Tottenhams of old would have found that combination of blows utterly
deflating and psychologically destabilising, and would have promptly gone
into a downwards spiral lasting at least two months and possibly even until
the end of the season. This Tottenham, though, has kept a grip, beat Reading
in an FA Cup replay, won in the league at the weekend (albeit at home to
Sunderland) and managed to finish the job against Arsenal Reserves with a
modicum of style.
要是換了前些年的熱刺，他們一定會覺得這樣的打擊無法接受甚至要影響心理健康、並因
此萎靡不振上起碼兩三個月，甚至有可能就這樣一蹶不振到賽季結束。而如今的托特納姆
，哼哼，可是沒松勁兒，你們看，他們不是緊接著在足總杯的重賽里K掉雷丁、在週末贏
了聯賽（雖然對手只是桑德蘭，還只是主場）、又以勉強夠得上格的表現把阿森納預備隊
淘汰出局了麼？

That said, a lot can happen between now and 24 February - starting with a
potentially depleting FA Cup tie at Old Trafford. Normal, papery service
could well have been resumed by the time the Carling comes round again.
但從現在到2月24日還有很長一段時間，足夠發生很多事情了
——比如說足總杯在老特拉福德打一場消耗戰啦（1月27日曼聯對熱刺），等等。到了決
賽的時候，指不定我們又要見到那支“紙刺”了。

But we're getting ahead of ourselves here. We're still 90 minutes away - a
goal up, it's true, but half a squad down in terms of injuries and enforced
absences.
不過我有點兒想得太遠了——畢竟還有90分鐘的距離呢，雖然領先一球，但有一半主力都
因傷或因故而缺陣。

On the topic of which, you saw, perhaps, Salomon Kalou's glorious goal for
the Ivory Coast the other night - that gliding run in which he appeared to
beat every member of the Nigerian defence, and a couple of them twice, before
calmly sliding the ball into the bottom corner.
於是這便扯到另一個話題，比如說，卡盧前些天晚上為
科特迪瓦打進的那個精彩進球——那個華麗的一把過完尼日利亞后防線（有些人還被過了
兩次）然后冷靜將球推進門里的瞬間。

Now, obviously one is all in favour of players representing
their countries, if the desire so grips them. At the same time, it was hard
(especially with the Carling on) to suppress the ungenerous thought: 'Why
aren't you back here, doing that for us?
當然，假如球員們有著為國爭光的渴望，我們完全支持他們代表自己的祖國征戰。不過在
同時（尤其是當聯賽杯漸入佳境之時），我們又很難不小小地自私一下，問上一句：“為
什麼此時此刻，你不是在為我們進這樣的球呢？”

One would mind less if other people didn't keep getting
crocked exactly as they find a rich vein of form. The ankle injury to Shaun
Wright-Phillips is, in the circumstances, especially grievous. Where is the
aerial threat going to come from now?
當然，假如其他球員不是一有上佳表現就遭遇傷
病打擊的話，我們也不至於這麼小氣。在這一刻，小萊特的踝傷尤其顯得嚴重了，蒼天哪
，沒了他，誰能當空霸呢？（指上次小萊特的頭球破門）

My guess: Joe Cole.
我猜是：喬·科爾。


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※ 編輯: Santos          來自: 140.112.213.63       (01/23 16:09)
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