http://www.arsenal.com/match-menu/172077/first-team/birmingham-city-v-arsenal? tab=preview By Richard Clarke If Arsenal win the Carling Cup on Sunday, Arsene Wenger will leave Wembley with a satisfied smile on his face. But despite having ended that famous six-year spell without a trophy, developed a young vibrant side and silenced a few critics, the Frenchman’s demeanor may have changed by the time he gets home. 如果Arsenal赢得礼拜天的比赛，教授离开温布里大球场的时候会带着满足的笑容。同时 也可以结束六年没拿到冠军的乾旱。也可以让一些瞧不起Arsenal的评论家闭上嘴。 By then his thoughts will be on opening up the Leyton Orient defence rather than open-top buses and his winner’s medal may well have left his possession for good. 赢得联赛杯冠军之後，教授可以开始思考足总杯对上莱顿东方的重赛， Make no mistake, the Birmingham game is massive for Wenger and his team. But the manager wants this to be the first of many prizes – hopefully this season – and the Carling Cup is only the springboard. 这场对上薄命汉的比赛，对於教授以及整队Arsenal队员可以说是相当重要。但教授说，希 望这是开端，联赛杯只是通往颠峰的跳板。 “To win this trophy would give us a lift,” said the Frenchman at his press conference on Friday. "赢得这个奖盃可以让我们整体得到一个提升。" “There is a weight on the team at the moment. We have to deliver trophies because we have not won any. "就现在这个情况看来，队上是有一些压力。我们必须去夺得这个奖盃，因为我们眼中 只有奖盃" “I’m not the only one for whom that is important. There’s the players’ feelings too. They say: ‘Ok, we want to win a trophy to show you we can win one’. And I believe to win would give us a lift for the rest of the season. "我想我不是唯一认为这个奖盃对我们很重要的人。我想全队都是这麽想的。" 他们对我说:"ok，我们想要那个冠军，给那些评论我们拿不到冠军的人看。" "而且我也相信，这个冠军对我们剩余的赛季来说很重要。" “We have a good bond, a good confidence level and are highly determined to do well on all fronts. What will be vital for our success is that we focus well on the next game and give it the biggest importance. That’s the final game in the Carling Cup and will give everything to be successful. "我们有很好的凝结力，很好的自信心。" "这是Carling Cup的最後一场比赛，我们能够在各方面取得成功。" “We are on a very strong run now. If you look at the start of the season, we are well above the predictions of the specialists. “What is important is not what happened in the last six years but what we can do from now on.” "球队现在的状况非常好，如果你回顾一下当初赛季刚开始的时候，我们是被专家高估的。" "但是重要的是不是过去六年，而是把握当下的机会。 It is typical Wenger. The Frenchman has always shunned the sunshine of success. He’d prefer to watch a Belgian Second Division game on his giant TV than toast a triumph with backslappers. But his philosophy goes much deeper than mere modesty. 这就是典型的温格，他会喜欢悠闲的看着球赛。但是他的哲学深不可及。 “I’m a futurist,” he said. “I’m not nostalgic. I don’t collect anything. I don’t know where my medals are. I’ve given some away, some must be in a cupboard somewhere. Frankly, I’m not a collector at all. "我是个未来主义者"他说。"我不知道我下一个奖盃在哪里。" “This job turns you forward. When you go to bed at night, do you look back at the good moments you’ve had in your life, or do you look forward at what you want to do in the future? I’m more about what’s happening tomorrow. “So on Monday morning we will come in and practice to win against Leyton Orient.” "当你晚上睡觉的时候，你会不会回想过去辉煌的时刻呢?或是你会思考未来你会做什麽呢?" "但我更於倾向知道明天会发生什麽事情(联赛杯)。" "礼拜一的早上，我们会练习去准备对抗莱顿东方的比赛。" On Thursday, Wenger had told TV Online that the hamstring injury picked up by Cesc Fabregas would cost him a place in the final. Media reports the following morning suggested the captain might make it so Wenger had to re-iterate the point at his pre-match press conference. 礼拜四的时候，温格跟记者说法布不能上场的消息。 The Spaniard will be out for “one or two” games. Theo Walcott’s sprained ankle will sideline him for “two to three weeks”. 法布可能有1~2场比赛不能上场，W14脚扭到了，可能要休息2~3个礼拜。 Robin van Persie, Laurent Koscielny and Abou Diaby are all available. The Dutchman will captain the side in the absence of Fabregas. RVP、K6、D2都可以出赛，RVP可能会是队长的人选。 This is Arsenal’s seventh League Cup Final and they are going for their third victory. They reached Wembley the hard way by beating Tottenham, Newcastle and Wigan before coming from behind to see off Ipswich in the Semi-Final. For their part, Birmingham got past Rochdale, Brentford, MK Dons, Aston Villa and then West Ham. 这是Arsenal历年来联赛盃的第七次决赛，而要去赢下第三的奖盃。打败了热刺，纽卡， 和维根以及Ipswich。 Arsenal have beaten Alex McLeish’s side home and away this season but 6ft 7ins striker Nikola Zigic did put them ahead at Emirates Stadium back in October and in the January transfer window they brought in the powerful Obafemi Martins to partner him. Arsenal本季在联赛双杀了由麦克雷时领军的薄命汉。但是他们六尺七寸的前锋，Zigic 是唯一取得进球的薄命汉球员。 While Arsenal’s wait for silverware has been long, Birmingham have lifted just one trophy in their 136-year history – this one in 1963. However this season, you can argue that McLeish's men are a cup side. They have won eight out of nine knockout ties and, aside from Sunday, are in the FA Cup Quarter-Final. In the League they have won six out of 26 and are three points off the relegation places. However Wenger is fully expecting them to ease away from the dropzone before long. Arsenal渴望着六年来的第一个冠军，但薄命汉则是渴望着136年来的第二冠。 (我想你们今年就先拿个第二名吧) “Birmingham are a team I respect a lot because they have always consistent behaviour in their motivational level,” said the Frenchman. "我很尊敬这支球队，因为他们总是很硬阿!"教授说。 “They have stabilised the club in the Premier League and they are now in the Carling Cup Final. We will respect that. "他们很努力所以才能在决赛出场，我们很尊敬他们的。" “We know we will face a Birmingham team that is highly determined to do well. We expect them to be at their best and that means a big performance from our side will be requested.” "我知道我们会面对他们强力的挑战，我希望他们能在他们最好的状态，这样比赛才精采。" Wenger has always had an interesting relationship with the Carling Cup. His decision to play a very young side initially drew derision from the wider football world but it is now copied by many major sides. In turn, the Club supported that with cheaper seats that were not necessarily part of the season ticket package thus widening the fan base. 温格与联赛盃总是有不解之缘。往些年，他总是启用年轻的阵容去踢。而俱乐部方面， 也让票价降低一点。 The youthful teams thrived and the home games sold out. So, in many ways, it will be highly fitting if this new generation team lift the Carling Cup as their first trophy. Most of the team will have made their debut in the competition while many fans watching at home and in the stadium will have been properly introduced to Arsenal via this event. 年轻的球员变强大了，主场的票也都卖光了，皆大欢喜。 Yet, it remains a side-dish not a meaty main course for a greedy manager. 当然，联赛盃对温格来说不是主菜。 “The most important trophies are the Premier and the Champions League,” said Wenger. “After that you have the FA Cup and, after that, the Carling Cup. "最重要的当然是联赛跟欧冠罗。"温格说。 "再来是足总盃，最後才是联赛盃。" “But for us it’s a trophy. How big the trophy is everyone will rate differently. We will just try to win it. "但就算是这样，联赛盃终究还是一个冠军，我们会努力的去赢下来的。" “I’m confident that we’ve been the most consistent team up to now,” he concluded, “because we’re still in everything. "我很有自信的说，我们是最始终如一的球队，别忘了，我们今年的赛季，没有一项是被 淘汰的。" “So it will convince the team they can deliver more.” "所以这会让我们球队更加坚信我们可以得到更多。" Sunday could close one six-year chapter in Arsenal’s history and open another much greater one. 礼拜天可能可以终结Arsenal六年无冠的乾旱，以及，接下来更伟大的赛季。 Let the story unfold. 我们就静静看着故事的发生吧! --

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