Smith ready to return
07/09/2006 08:48, Report by Steve Bartram
來源:曼聯官網 http://tinyurl.com/erc33
Alan Smith is ready to make his long-awaited comeback from injury against
Tottenham this weekend.
Just seven months after suffering an horrific broken leg and dislocated
ankle, the striker feels he can handle a substitute's role for the visit
of Martin Jol's side.
"To come on as a sub would be no problem," he said. "But I think 90 minutes
of Premiership football would be very difficult at the moment.
"If you are playing at Old Trafford, you get that adrenaline rush and and
that would see you through a sub appearance. But a full game is a different
thing."
Smith admits that, other than some fine tuning in the gym to build up his
injured leg, all he needs now is minutes on the pitch to recover his match
fitness.
He said: "No schedule was put on the number of reserve matches I need before
I'm ready.
"I am fine as far as the injury is concerned. I still need more gym work, but
I also need matches. But if the Gaffer were to ask me if I'd be ready for the
bench against Spurs, I'd say `yes' without hesitation.
"If it is not this weekend then, over the next few weeks, I am hoping to get
on the bench. We have the Champions League starting next week against Celtic,
and with seven allowed on the bench, then there might be a chance.”
For Smith to be back in action at all is incredible, given the huge damage
his ankle ligaments suffered in February's FA Cup defeat against Liverpool
at Anfield.
He added: "I am just plugging away. I had my second 90 minutes at Stockport
and I feel better every time.
"My ankle is getting stronger all the time in matches and training. It aches
in the last 10 minutes when a bit of fatigue sets in, but that is not
unnatural because it is still fixing back together.
"The dislocation of my ankle was the worst part of the injury because all
the ligaments have to heal
"I have a plate that supports my leg and takes all the strain off it. So
that's not a problem. It is just building up the ankle. I need to build
up my calf muscle as well.
"The work goes on in the gym but I am just happy to be playing football
again, especially so soon, and that is credit to the all the medical staff
at the club.”
Smith hoping for Man Utd return
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/man_utd/5323830.stm
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作者: Fergie (弗Sir) 看板: ManUtd
標題: Re: Smith ready to return
時間: Fri Sep 8 17:48:11 2006
缺陣7個月史密斯將復出 週末有望替補出戰熱刺
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http://sports.QQ.com 2006年09月08日 01:50 騰訊專稿
騰訊體育訊
紅魔悍將阿蘭-史密斯在缺陣7個月後即將傷癒復出。本週末曼聯將在主場迎戰托特
納姆熱刺，史密斯認為以自己現在的狀態至少有能力獲得替補出戰的機會。
阿蘭-史密斯在今年2月同利物浦的足總杯上受傷，當時他被裡斯的勁射打中支撐腳
，隨後失去平衡，他的支撐腳當場被折斷。賽後的檢查顯示，阿蘭-史密斯左小腿開放性
骨折，踝關節錯位，韌帶撕裂，他也因此錯過了德國世界盃。在離開賽場7個月之後，史
密斯表示自己的傷勢已經恢復的差不多了，在本週末同熱刺的比賽上完全有能力替補出
戰。
「作為替補出戰沒有任何問題。」史密斯表現出了渴望參加比賽的心情，「雖然說參
加90分鐘高強度的英超聯賽還比較困難，但如果是在老特拉福德主場，那麼你渾身上下會
有使不完的勁兒，我可能會替補出戰，但是和踢滿90分鐘比賽是兩回事。」
史密斯再次向球迷們表示自己的傷勢恢復情況非常樂觀，只是離開賽場7個月之久，
還需要慢慢的來適應比賽的節奏。「在受傷之後我一直積極的配合治療好令自己盡快康
復，我會做一些體操訓練和參加一些熱身比賽。我現在已經準備好出戰，我希望能在未
來的幾周時間裡取得穩定的替補出場時間。下周我們還有冠軍聯賽，我們的對手是蘇格
蘭凱爾特人隊，冠軍聯賽允許有7名替補隊員，這也許將是我的一個機會。」
史密斯這次的嚴重受傷使得球迷們開始擔心他脆弱的腳踝。不過史密斯本人倒是顯
得很樂觀，「經過了這些日子的訓練和比賽，我的腳踝感覺良好，雖然在運動量過大後
會有些疼痛，但這是正常現象。我仍然在加強鍛煉，慢慢恢復小腿肌肉的力量，比賽對
我來說也許是最好的檢驗機會。」
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