[閒聊] 吉格斯的悲情選擇
提到吉格斯這球員,這人連我這個槍迷都得不得不佩服他的才華與成就,他不
但在十七歲就成名,在九九年英足總盃四強對兵工廠連過四人射門得分的畫面
,不但經典也讓槍迷不得不佩服這個威爾斯人;而他也是讓我在Bellamy等人崛
起以前,我唯一會看威爾斯隊比賽的原因(絕對不是那個Mark Hughes 8) )。
日前在世界盃會外賽裡,英格隊在小組裡對上威爾斯,而一般在球迷間相傳甚
興的一個悲情故事--吉格斯當初選擇威爾斯而不是英格蘭的遺憾,也再
次被提起。
但是這個被神話被悲情化的故事,正好曼聯官網裡有段對吉格斯的描述,還原
了吉格斯"選擇"威爾斯隊的事實原貌:
http://www.manutd.com/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=1626
Ryan Giggs moved to England, from Wales, at the age of seven. He joined
Dean's Youth FC where he learned how to play football. His coach at
Dean's Youth was Denis Schofield, who referred him to Manchester City,
where he played for their school of excellence until he was 14 years
old.
"吉格斯七歲搬到英格蘭,之後在一位教練的推薦下,進到了曼市的學童隊,
一直踢到十四歲。"
On his 14th birthday Alex Ferguson went to Ryan's home in Swinton,
Manchester, to ask him to sign schoolboy forms. Ken Barnes, City's chief
scout, had already confirmed they would not be signing him. Their loss
was Manchester United's gain, and the rest as they say is history!
"在十四歲生日那天,佛格森親自到吉格斯在曼城的家,邀請他簽下學童的合約,
而當時曼市的球探之前已確定不再與吉格斯續約,就這樣開始了吉格斯與曼聯的關係。"
At 16, Ryan signed amateur forms (YTS) and turned professional in November
1990, just after his 17th birthday.
"十六歲時,吉格斯簽下了一紙業餘合同,在十七歲生日過後,吉格斯成為曼聯的
職業球員。"
It is a commonly held misconception that Giggs
was eligible to play for England but chose Wales instead. He captained
England Schoolboys, but was only able to play as he was attending school
in England. He was not eligible to play for England at a higher level.
Being born and raised in Wales until he was 7, with both parents and
grandparents being Welsh, he was only eligible to play for Wales. There
was no choice to make.
"外界普遍對於吉格斯有個誤解,就是他有資格踢英格蘭隊但卻"選擇威爾斯隊。
吉格斯雖然當過英格蘭學童隊的隊長,但是他能打替英格蘭出賽只是因為他仍在
英格蘭就學。吉格斯並不能代表英格蘭出賽成年國家隊,在威爾斯出生並在當地
扶養到七歲,且雙親與祖父母都是威爾斯的情形下,吉格斯只能踢威爾斯成年國
家隊,因此,吉格斯根本'沒有'選擇的條件。"
http://football.guardian.co.uk/theknowledge/story/0,13854,1320132,00.html
對於這種因為學區所以可以代表英格蘭地區學校出賽的事,吉格斯並不是唯一的一
例,不少蘇格蘭小孩也是因為在英格蘭就學,所以可以代表學校出賽。
無疑的,吉格斯是個傑出的足球員,甚至日後有可能會被後人列為偉大的球員之一
,圍繞著吉格斯會有這種所謂'選擇威爾斯'的神話,多少也證明了吉格斯在球迷心
目中的近乎被神化的地位,不過,這種以訛傳訛只能當作茶餘飯後球迷間的聊天話
題,如果把這種故事奉為對吉格斯身份的圭臬,未免對吉格斯的威爾斯人身份有點
不敬。
以吉格斯的天分卻只能待在威爾斯隊裡,讓球迷們看不到他在歐錦盃甚至是世界盃
會內賽裡表現,多少有些遺憾。不過悲情歸悲情,身為吉格斯的球迷,實情還是得
了解,不然有關吉格斯可以選擇踢哪個國家隊的這個悲情神話,在看過官網資料的
球迷看來,不過是一個濫情的夢話。
對我來說,沒看到吉格斯在世界盃與歐錦盃的表現,的確是種遺憾,在我心中還有
一人也給我同樣的遺憾,就是芬蘭籍的利特馬南(Jari Litmanen)。利特馬南在
AJAX曾經兩次打進過歐冠盃決賽,其中一次還拿過歐冠獎盃,在Del Piero崛起前
,他是歐冠有史以來進球最多的球員。只不過,利特馬南跟吉格斯一樣,只能踢實
力稍弱的芬蘭隊,再加上分組運氣不佳,一直沒機會在像是世界盃的大舞台亮相。
利特馬南也算是一個悲情的球員吧。
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