GERRARD TANK RUNNING ON EMPTY -Steven Gerrard is worn out Sunday June 10,2007 By John Richardson http://www.dailyexpress.co.uk/posts/view/9394 STEVEN Gerrard has revealed he is completely burnt out after an exhausting season which has only just come to an end for the Liverpool skipper. Gerrard confesses that he barely has any energy left to see him through his big wedding day on Saturday when he marries fiancee Alex Curran. He admitted: 「I am looking forward to next season with Liverpool but right now I need a long rest. It's as simple as that. 隊長說他已經累到連結婚都沒力了。他現在需要放大假。 「Having just two-and-a-half weeks off after the World Cup last summer wasn't enough. Then we went into another hectic playing schedule, Liverpool going all the way in the Champions League. It's been a difficult season. 「I've got four weeks now to put my feet up, get married, get that out of the way. 他現在有四個禮拜可以翹腳休息，把結婚這件事處理掉。 「I think we have just got an extra week off than the non-internationals at Liverpool. I have to make the most of that because it's going to be a big season coming up.」 He might have just put pen to paper on a new ￡ 120,000-a-week contract and helped England get back on track in an international season of bile and barbs but the Gerrard tank is completely empty. 新的合約裡，他一週可以拿到120,000英鎊。英格蘭在 他的參與下也有了晉級的希望。不過他的電池已經沒電 了。 「It's nice to have the new contract signed and sealed. In fact it's all great on the personal front – until the wedding, that's when the real pressure starts,」 he laughed. 他說結婚才是壓力的開始。 「No, I haven't even had time to write my wedding speech yet!」 他說他連婚禮上要講的話都沒時間寫。 But once again against Estonia in Tallinn last week he delivered another commanding midfield performance which provided the foundation for England's encouraging 3-0 win. A traumatic season for head coach Steve McClaren and his players at least ended on a promise of better to come when the 2008 European Championship qualifying stage comes to a head in the autumn. 「We won in Tallinn in difficult circumstances,」 Gerrard added. 「It was the last game of the season, everyone was tired and everyone was looking forward to a rest. 「Results of late hadn't been good. There was a lot of pressure on the team after the recent criticism and so I thought the boys did well in Estonia. 「Playing for England, never mind the results, is always big. But if the results aren't what you should be obtaining, then the pressure gets more and more. 「Scoring a goal fairly early on against Estonia took a lot of the pressure off. When that first goal came you could feel the weight coming off your shoulders. 「Sometimes the stuff levelled at the team is over the top but as players we have to take that on the chin. We are playing for our country. We are the best players in the country so we expect a lot of pressure but sometimes it's difficult to perform when the pressure is so high. 「I think we have done well in the last two games against Brazil and Estonia. We need to build on that now. 賣客拉倫時代的英格蘭隊踢有夠爛，不過最近有止血 的跡象。隊長說大家求表現壓力很大，不過這幾場踢 的還算不錯，所以大家要繼續加油。 「I think there is still more to come from this team. I think we can get better but at least the last two performances have been better than the previous ones. The other results in the group on Wednesday night went our way so we are in a nice position. 「We have got four of our remaining five games at home so the players are confident that we can build on this.」 The Wembley factor, he believes, could prove crucial when the two qualifying places from the group are finally sorted. 接下來五場有四場在主場溫不理，隊長認為英格蘭只會 踢的更好。 「Our last game at the new Wembley against Brazil has set a standard. If we can build on that and keep on performing, try to make Wembley a bit of a fortress, then we know that we can get the results we need to qualify.」 像對巴西那場一樣鞏固主場，就可以晉級。 But right now it's a case of Gerrard putting his feet up – if that's really possible with the big day looming! 要結婚了，可以翹腳才有鬼咧！ --

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