史密斯周中专栏 今天我手痒自己翻　中文网还没出来 -- GILES SMITH'S MIDWEEK VIEW Wed, 7th Mar 200 http://www.chelseafc.com/xxchelsea180706/index.html#/page/Homepage/article_992474 So it's two English clubs through so far and bye-bye Barca. Our Wednesday columnist assesses last night's Champions League action - and Chelsea's new potent weapon. 好了～两只英超队伍已经晋级且让我们跟巴萨说再见。周中的专栏作家史密斯说到了周中 的欧洲冠军盃，以及切尔西的新武器─那就是利物普队。 Hallelujah - Liverpool finally came good. The serially underachieving Anfield outfit have had two opportunities in just over three days to do us a favour - firstly by taking some points off Manchester United in the Premiership, and secondly by seizing an unlikely, fortuitous moment to remove a temporarily unsteady Barcelona from the Champions League and thereby weaken the competition considerably, quite likely to our advantage in the long run. （哈～～～雷路亚）利物普总算有了点用处，这只惯性发挥失常的队伍本有机会在三天内 在两件事情上为我们效力，一个是在英超帮我们替曼联拉下点分数，另一个就是把不定时 炸弹巴萨给移除出欧洲冠居盃减低威胁。这对我们长远下来在这赛事会有好处。 I don't suppose many of us were banking on them to complete either of these above averagely complex tasks, knowing Liverpool as we do. 我不认为会有很多人把希望押在立物普哪帕能完成至少其中一项任务，尤其是大家都知道 利物普能做什麽。 And sure enough, the Manchester United project soon dropped out of the sky in little pieces when, once again, Liverpool capitulated pathetically to their b itterest rivals - this time to a last-second goal by that notoriously fearsome penalty box predator John O'Shea, and despite the fact that United were down to 10 men at the time. 想当然尔，『曼联计画』很快就已失败告终，尤其是当利物普可怜兮兮的占尽优势的情况 下，在最後一秒让让人闻风丧胆的禁区杀手约翰奥谢攻入一球，还是在十人应战的情况下。 Any serious account of the Benitez era at Liverpool is going to have to take the proper measure of this lastingly shaming moment. 对於日後谈到贝尼特斯再立物普的贡献时，这个耻辱的一役当然不该被忽视。 Following that embarrassment, all the sensible money, surely, was loaded on Barcelona to walk out of Anfield with the two clear goals necessary to overcome that peculiar deficit hanging over from the first leg, when Liverpool, with the almost hilariously benign good fortune which has been a signature of their recent Champions League campaigns, found themselves pitted against a Barcelona uniquely distracted by internal bickering and injury. 经历这场耻辱之後，大家都看好巴萨能在客场取得他们要的两个进球凯旋。这是在前一场 利物普运气有够好的情况下取得的罕见成绩，而且用了自家人的伤病跟内哄来混淆对手。 But no. For once, Liverpool stood up to be counted on our behalf - though, by the sounds of it, they almost managed to mess this second project up, too, losing 1-0 on the night, and holding on nervously for an aggregate win. But the good news is that Barcelona are now gone, meaning that our obligatory and always uncomfortable knock-out stage meeting with the Spanish side is now officially cancelled. Many thanks, Liverpool. 但是，哦不，终於有一次，利物普为了我们而站稳脚跟。虽然她们几乎毁了『巴萨计画』 就像第一个计画一样。而且他们又输了。但是好消息是现在巴萨已经离开，也代表我们 历年来必须完成的任务─在欧冠淘汰赛上与巴萨碰头的任务，已经正式被终结。当然这 都要感谢利物普。 Incidentally, it's often held up as one of the modern game's great mysteries that Rafa Benitez can steer his side through the Champions League very efficiently, but can't live up to expectations and honour the extent of his copious financial backing in the Premiership, where Liverpool consistently finish 20 or 30 points adrift. 意外的，这也谈到了现代足球的最大迷思之一─那就是贝尼特斯到底是怎麽做到的？在 欧洲冠军盃持续有高效率的表现；与此同时，在相对应的优厚的财政资源上，在联赛里 落後别人个二三十分。 Mark Lawrenson was raising the matter only last night with callers to Radio 5 Live's '6-0-6', the world's worst radio phone-in. Mark Lawrenson 在昨晚的抠应节目里也提到了这点，这是个全世界做的最滥的抠应节目。 But the answer, surely, is simple: you can't be permanently streaky in the Premiership. When push comes to shove, it's just not a streak-friendly competition in the way the Champions League is. 但是答案是很简单─在联赛里你的状态不能是一阵一阵的。在英超里，当推拉变成推撞时 ，这并不是一场欧洲友谊赛。 There's no hauling back a three-goal deficit, clinging on through extra time and pinching it on pens where the league is concerned. Neither is there any bashing in a desperate 40-yard equaliser in injury time, again clinging on through extra time and again pinching it on pens, as there sometimes can be in the FA Cup. 这不像是三比零落後追三球，然後在PK大战取胜。也不是在补时阶段打进四十码的世界波 ，然後又是在PK大战里取胜，这些事情常常发生在足总盃里。 We're often asked to respect the achievement of Liverpool in landing those two trophies, and to admire the character of the side that fought for them, and, of course, one does one's best. But we might find it easier if they had actually held the lead at any point, even briefly, in either of those finals. 我们常常被要求要尊敬利物普在上述两项赛事拿到的奖盃，并且景仰他们的意志。但是， 我们可能会发现，其实我们只须先取得领先就好了。 Anyway, we're in the draw for the quarter finals, and, with Barca absent, the last eight is bound to feel a few notches less fearsome than it might have done. Let's hope, above all else, that we avoid any remaining English teams when the draw is made. 不管怎样，我们正准备着下一圈的抽签。并且─在巴萨缺席的情况下，我们应该不会再 被抽到划有巴萨刻痕的作弊签。让我们热切希望，我们能避开其余的英超队伍。 True they might, all things considered, represent the softer option in some respects. But it's not what the competition is about, is it? You sign up for the Champions League hoping for something exotic, rather than for more of the same. 诚然英超队伍对我们来说应是个比较容易对付的选择，但是我们参加这项赛事，为的就是 品尝一些异国风味，而不是再多来些原来就有的。 Accordingly, my own preference is for Roma. Draw Roma, and it's Perrotta and the eternal city. Draw Liverpool, and it's Peter Crouch and Virgin Rail. We get quite enough of that already, thanks. 我个人偏好是罗马，我们会碰到佩罗塔跟圣城，至於利物普，则是克劳奇跟维京铁路利物 普站，我们已经够了，敬谢不敏。 Our defeat of Porto represented another good night for the flags, of course. We have a 100 percent record under flags. There would be a good argument, perhaps, for introducing them across the board, at all home games, for the extra yard of pace they seem to give us. There isn't a single team in Europe that would fancy their chances against us when the flags are waving. And Leicester. 我们昨晚击败波尔图队又是个充满着旗帜的夜晚。在我们分发旗帜的比赛里，我们的胜率 达到了百分之百。我想我们应该把旗帜发给每一个董事成员，每个主场比赛的观众。她们 彷佛能让我们的球员跑的更快些，我想没有任何一只欧洲队伍希望同我们在充满旗帜的 情况比赛，当然也包括了本国的来斯特队。 -- 今天是感谢利物普队　当然嘴上还是要酸~ --

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