http://tinyurl.com/camxch by Richard Clarke in Villarreal Even though Arsène Wenger handed him “the worst moment of his career”, Robert Pires will take the trouble to thank the Arsenal manager after Tuesday night’s Champions League tie at Villarreal. The French midfielder was sacrificed for keeper Manuel Almunia in the 2006 Final after Jens Lehmann had been sent off in the 18th minute. As it turned out it was the last appearance of Pires’ Arsenal career. Just days after that game he told Wenger he was leaving for Villarreal but not before he asked for an explanation for that decision at the Stade de France. "The final in Paris was the worst moment of my career and two days afterwards I went to Arsène Wenger to speak about two things,” said Pires on Monday night. "The first thing was that I would leave and join Villarreal. The second thing was that I wanted to know why he took me off in the Final. "在巴黎的決賽是我職業生涯中最糟糕的一刻，兩天之後我跑去跟教授討論兩件事。" "第一件事就是我告訴他我將離開加盟黃色潛水艇，第二件事就是為什麼他要在決賽將 我換下？" "He said that with me the team would have played more defensively. "I don’t feel angry with Arsène Wenger at all and when I see him I will thank him. "他告訴我因為少打一人之後，球隊必須先重視防守" "我不會因此對教授感到憤怒，當我再碰到他時我將會感謝他。" "But I thought I would end my career there. In the Final in Barcelona you could see that Wenger had lost his confidence in me. So I left to join Villarreal. "I have been in contact with Arsène Wenger for the past three years. He is a manager I won’t be able to forget because I learnt so much from him. He made me play and win trophies at a very high level. That is important for a club and a player.” "我本以為我肯定在槍手結束我的職業生涯，但是那次換人讓我感覺教授已經對我喪失 了信心，所以我才選擇離開。" "過去三年我一直跟教授保有聯繫，他是一個我從不會忘記的主帥因為他提攜我很多很多 。他讓我不斷比賽並且贏得獎盃，讓我處於一個顛峰狀態。這樣的付出對俱樂部跟球員 來說都是非常重要。" And Pires' star is still shining. He will be 36 in October and yet has just been handed a contract extension at a side who, like Arsenal, are hoping to reach the Champions League Semi-Final for the second time in four years. The Frenchman himself is even prepared to look beyond that. "People don’t see Villarreal as potential winners of the Champions League,” he said. “But we think that we can get to the Final and then it is a one-off game. "I would like to thank the President and the General Manager here for giving me another year - that means a lot to me. And I would love to end this season with a title.” "人們都過於忽視潛艇在冠軍盃的潛力。但我認為我們有能力進軍最後決賽。" "我非常感謝俱樂部的主席跟經理跟我再續一年合約，對我來說意味著很多，我希望再 賽季結束之後會有獎杯的陪伴。" -- 抱歉了，老皮。。。 -- 帶領諾丁漢森林創造了42場不敗紀錄的老帥克拉夫說:「我還能對阿森納 說什麼？即便是我這個古怪的老頭，也被他們帶回了年輕的時刻。他們 撫愛足球的方式，如同我夢想中撫愛瑪麗蓮·夢露的方式一樣。」 --

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