[官网] 莱恩.吉格斯专访
Interview: Ryan Giggs
莱恩.吉格斯专访
Nine-time title winner Ryan Giggs talks about the moment he found out United had won the title and why it was a team success...
9次赢得超级联赛冠军的莱恩.吉格斯回忆了他得知曼联得到冠军的时刻，以及曼联成功的原因……
Where were you when you found out United were champions?
当你的球队赢得冠军的时候，你在哪？
I was at my mate’s house. I’m not always very good watching the opposition teams play. Whenever I watched Chelsea at my house this season they always seemed to win. But, I’d gone to my mate’s house to watch Chelsea play Newcastle a few weeks previously and they’d drawn, so I thought ‘right, I’d best go there again’ for the Arsenal match. During the Newcastle game I turned the television off because I was convinced that Chelsea were going to score and win. But I managed to sit through the full match against Arsenal.
在朋友的家里。我不经常看对手的比赛。这个赛季我每次看切尔西的比赛的时候看起来他们都能赢。但是几周之前我在队友家里看他们和纽卡的比赛了，而他们没赢，所以我想‘好吧，也许下次他们和阿森纳比赛的时候我也应该看一下’在纽卡的那场比赛里，我关上了电视。因为我认为切尔西肯定能进球并获胜。但是我决定观看他们和阿森纳的比赛。
How did you react at the final whistle?
终场哨声响起的时候你是什么反应？
It was great, yeah. I was with all my mates and they’re all United fans so it was really good celebrating with my friends. But, I couldn’t wait to see my team-mates and celebrate it with them, and then after all the players were just looking forward to the West Ham game to enjoy it with the fans.
很棒，是的。我和所有的朋友们在一起，他们都是曼联球迷，所以我们好好庆祝了一下。但是我不会等着看我的队友们并和他们一块庆祝。然后大家就都是期待着和西汉姆的比赛，和球迷们好好享受冠军。
How hard was the game against Manchester City, Sir Alex said a few players were running on empty?
和曼城的比赛很难吗？弗格森爵士说有几个球员筋疲力尽了。
Yeah, and I was one of them! It was tough coming off the back of the defeat to Milan. We just knew that we had to dig out a result against City to more or less win the championship. You’ve got to push yourself over the line no matter how tired you feel because you know what’s at stake. In those situations you have to pull together, and we defended well as a team and kept our discipline. We had a little bit of magic from Cristiano getting the penalty and I think everyone knew that although it wasn’t mathematically over, we fancied our chances of finishing the job.
是的，我就是他们中的一个。我们刚刚和AC比赛回来。我们只是知道战胜了曼城对冠军很重要。不管是不是很累，你必须调动自己110%的力量。因为你知道这意味着什么。这那些情况下你不得不团结一致。我们队防守很好，保住了3分。我们依靠罗那尔多的神奇赢得了点球，我想每个人都知道虽然不是100%，但我们对冠军已经十拿九稳。
This is considered Sir Alex’s third team, how does this one compare to the previous two?
这被认为是弗格森爵士的第三支球队，你觉得和前2支相比呢？
I think this side reminds me of the ’93 team the most. That team was a true counter-attacking team, with the likes of me, Sharpey and Andrei Kanchelskis. And with players like Ince and Keane, we had the ability to work from box to box. We’ve got the same again now. There is a lot of power and pace going forward in this current side with Wayne, Cristiano and Louis [Saha]. There’s plenty of speed in attacking areas. But, because we are an attacking team, that makes the way the defence has played this year even more impressive. The lads at the back have been brilliant.
我想这支球队最多只有我是93年的冠军成员。那支球队是一支完全的防守反击球队。有我、夏普和坎切尔斯基。还有因斯和基恩这样的球员，我们有能力完全控制比赛。我们现在也一样。现在我们有鲁尼、罗那尔多、萨哈，也是快速、强硬的球队。攻击县充满了速度。但是因为我们是一支进攻球队，这让我们的防守更加令人印象深刻。后防线的球员们都很棒。
How vital has that defensive stability been in going for the title, particularly the partnership between Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic?
防线的稳定对于冠军有多重要？特别是费迪南德和维蒂奇的搭档？
The stability at the back has been one of the big reasons we have done so well. All champions need a solid back four and goalkeeper, and we’ve certainly had that. Chelsea’s defensive partnership of John Terry and Ricardo Carvalho was one of their major assets. I think they played in almost every game last season. It’s been the same with us this season. It’s not just Rio and Vida, the whole defence has given the team a solid base, and with that you can go out and play attractive football and score lots of goals because you know you’ve there’s a reliable defence behind you.
后防的稳定性是我们做的这么好的主要原因。所有的冠军都需要稳定的后卫和门将。这些我们都有。切尔西的后卫是特里和卡瓦略的搭档，那是他们最主要的资产。我想上赛季他们几乎参加了每一场比赛。我们本赛季也一样。不仅仅是费迪南德和维蒂奇，整个后卫线都是球队的巩固基础，有了他们的帮助你才能放心的投入进攻，打进很多进球。因为你知道你身后有可靠的防守。
Which of your team-mates have you been most impressed with this term?
你的队友本赛季最令人印象深刻的是什么？
I don’t really like to pick players out, but the way Cristiano has been so consistently good, and for such a young player, that makes him stand out. He has been brilliant this season. As a winger, you’re reliant on players getting you the ball in the right positions. It’s hard to maintain your consistency, but he’s done that and I think everyone recognises it. But it’s hard to single players out because, in my opinion, the real reason we have been so good this season is that collectively, as a team and as a squad, every player has contributed.
我不想指出某个人，但是罗那尔多实在太好了。对于这么年轻的球员，这个成绩让他格外出众。本赛季他表现出色。作为边锋你的表现依赖于队友在正确的位置接到你的球。这让你的表现不容易稳定。但是他做到了，我想每个人都得承认。但是你很难单指某个个人，因为在我看来我们本赛季如此出色真正的原因是作为一支球队我们每个人都做出了贡献。
It’s been a squad effort?
团队的努力？
Yeah, definitely. The manager tells the players that every single member of the squad will play a part. It’s not like 20 years ago, or when I first started, where you’ve got a core group of 14 or 15 players. It’s about 22 or 23 players now. Look at somebody like Henrik [Larsson], he came in for ten weeks and made a big contribution. Fletch and Sheasy have both been brilliant and played in a number of positions. There are a number of players that have been really important to us simply because, if you have injuries, then they slot straight in.
当然，绝对的。经理告诉球员们球队的每个部分都有自己的职责。现在和20年前不一样，或者和我起步的时候也不一样。那时候你球队的核心成员是14-15人，而现在是22-23人。看看拉尔森，他来了10周，做出了很大贡献。弗莱彻和奥谢都很好，打了不少位置。还有很多对我们很重要的队员。如果你受伤的话他们就顶上来。
The team has been praised for the quality of football played, but what do the matches against Fulham, Liverpool and Everton say about the team’s resilience?
舆论很赞赏球队的比赛质量，但是和福勒姆、利物浦和埃弗顿比赛里球队表现出的韧性呢？
You can go out and produce performances like we did against Bolton and Blackburn in the second half, but you can’t expect to play like that every week. You have to be content to keep it tight and hold your nerve at 0-0 and maybe get a goal late in the game. You can’t panic, and I think the experienced players help in that respect, but you also need the defensive strength I spoke about and be capable of going out and getting goals at any stage of the match. We’ve showed all those attributes this season and they’ve all come together. That’s why I think it’s been a team and squad effort. The game against Liverpool was a prime example of nicking it late on, and you see it time and time again where championship-winning teams win matches in the last minute – often when they’ve not played that well.
你可以可以打出我们和布莱克本、博尔顿下半场的比赛质量，但不能每周如此。你必须让自己不用陷于必须在最后时刻进球打破僵局的情况。你不能慌张，我想有经验的球员对此很有帮助，但是你也需要坚强的防守。这样你才能在任何时刻争取进球。我们本赛季展示了所有这方面的属性，都是一起的。这就是我认为那时团队努力的原因。和利物浦的比赛是个最后时刻进球的很好的例子。你会一遍一遍的看。冠军球队最后1分钟赢得比赛。踢得不好的时候他们时常这样。
Was there a game where you thought, ‘we’re going to win it’?
有没有哪场比赛会让你觉得很难获胜？
I don’t think there was a particular game, but there are moments where you recognised the signs, like Liverpool, Fulham, the second half performances against Blackburn and Everton, where you show real character and resilience. Winning the title is often about grinding results out. We’ve had the right mixture this season of playing some really good football and other games where we weren’t particularly good but got the right result. We’ve shown that we are capable of the attractive football, but we can stick it out when we need to.
我不认为有这种比赛，但是有时候你会感到某种迹象。比如利物浦、福勒姆。和布莱克本、博尔顿比赛时下半场的表现。你能看到我们的性格。赢得冠军你就得注重结果。本赛季打出了不少精彩的比赛。有时候我们打得不好却也是结果不错。我们证明了自己能打出有吸引力的足球，但是我们需要的时候也可以不要。
