阿根廷與英國之間的“足球恩怨”
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If you want to know why Argentina hate England so much, forget the Falklands; blame Alexander Watson Hutton. Commonly regarded as the father of Argentine football, Hutton formed the Argentine Association Football League, the first recognised football league outside Europe. Thing is, for most of its first decade, it was just for the British. Locals were forced to watch enviously from the sidelines, and thus began Argentina’s uneasy relationship with football’s mother country. Or as former national team captain Roberto Perfumo once put it: “Winning against England is like school-kids beating the teachers.” And Diego Maradona’s dance through the England defence in 1986 is the ultimate playground goal: sheer pubescent audacity from start to finish. For one thing, he begins with his back to goal. His head is constantly raised, looking for Jorge Valdano, but unable to find room for the pass. So he simply powers on himself; past Terry Fenwick, past Peter Shilton, and then holding off Terry Butcher as he tucks the ball in. For Argentinians everywhere, pure joy: not just at the goal, but at the decades of resentment it unlocked: from the Belgrano to Antonio Rattin to Alexander Watson Hutton. Who – irony of ironies – was Scottish. |
如果你想知道為什么阿根廷這么恨英格蘭的話，別管福克蘭群島，要怪就怪亞歷山大·沃森·赫頓（Alexander Watson Hutton）吧！作為阿根廷足球隊(duì)公認(rèn)的國父級(jí)人物，赫頓組建了歐洲外的首個(gè)被認(rèn)可的足球聯(lián)合會(huì)“阿根廷足球協(xié)會(huì)聯(lián)盟”（the Argentine Association Football League）。問題是，在它的前10年的大部分時(shí)間里，它是僅為英格蘭服務(wù)的。當(dāng)?shù)厝藙t只能被迫在一旁羨慕不已，從而引發(fā)了阿根廷和足球發(fā)源地英國的緊張關(guān)系。后者就像是阿根廷前國家隊(duì)隊(duì)長羅伯特·柏福莫（Roberto Perfumo）有一次說的那樣：“踢球贏了英格蘭，感覺就像學(xué)校的學(xué)生打了老師一樣。”而迪亞哥·馬拉多納（Diego Maradona）在1986年世界杯綠茵場上打穿英格蘭隊(duì)防線的表現(xiàn)才是他們最終的球場目標(biāo)：從開始到結(jié)束，純粹的無畏精神。開始時(shí)，他背對(duì)球門。但他時(shí)不時(shí)地抬頭張望，在找喬治·巴爾達(dá)諾（Jorge Valdano），卻一直沒機(jī)會(huì)給他傳球。因此，他只能單槍匹馬的往前沖；避開泰利·芬維克（Terry Fenwick），躲過皮特·謝爾頓（Peter Shilton），最后直接跳過特里·布切爾（Terry Butcher）進(jìn)球。此時(shí)的阿根廷，到處都是慶祝的聲音，不僅是因?yàn)檫@個(gè)進(jìn)球，還有這幾十年來的怨恨的釋放：從貝爾格拉諾到安東尼·奧拉汀（Antonio Rattin）再到亞歷山大·沃森·赫頓——具有諷刺意思的是，他一個(gè)蘇格蘭人。 |
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