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Ah, the beautiful game of soccer. Or as the rest of the world calls it, football.
啊，美麗的soccer比賽。世界上除美國之外的其他地方則稱其為football。
Football is a difficult game.
足球是一項難度很高的運動。
And like any difficult game, it has difficult moves.
和其他難度高的運動一樣，足球的技術動作難度也很高。
But the hardest move of them all is the awe-inspiring, God-like, unparalleled, bicycle kick.
然而，其中最難的還是要數令人驚嘆，神一般，無與倫比的……倒鉤。
But the origins of this world-class move are sharply contested between three Latin American countries.
而這一巔峰技術的起源在三個拉丁美洲國家之間引起了激烈的爭論。
So, we wanna know: Who invented the bicycle kick? Brazil? Peru? Chile?
我們想知道：到底是誰發明了倒鉤這種技術的？是巴西？是秘魯？還是智利？
You see, depending on who you ask, the bicycle kick has three different names and a contested origins story.
話說，這要看你問誰了，倒鉤在這三個國家有三個不同的名字，它的起源也是充滿了爭議。
If you go to Latin America, many people will call this "kick La Chilena", which means "The Chilean".
在拉丁美洲，很多人都稱這一動作為“La Chilena踢”，La Chilena的意思是“智利人”。
And it's all because of this guy: Ramón Unzaga.
而這一切都是因他而起：Ramón Unzaga。
The year is 1914.
那是1914年。
Popular tradition has it that Unzaga invented the kick in a football match in Chile.
流行的說法是Unzaga在智利的一場足球比賽中發明了這一射門動作。
The Argentinean press took notice of this spectacular play and decided to adopt the move as La Chilena, which means The Chilean.
阿根廷媒體注意到了這一壯觀的一幕，便決定將這一動作命名為“La Chilena”，也就是“智利人”。
Goal! La Chilena!
進球了！智利人！
But, in Peru, Peruvians will claim the kick was invented in Callao, Peru's largest port.
然而，秘魯境內的秘魯人則宣稱這個動作的發源地是秘魯最大的港口卡亞俄。
It was the year 1892.
故事還要從1892年說起。
Many believe that a Chalaco, as Callao locals are known, was the first to try this acrobatic maneuver in a game against British sailors.
許多人都認為，一個“斑點睡蝦虎魚”，卡亞俄當地人的外號，是第一個在與英國水手的比賽中嘗試這種雜技般動作的人。
Some say that Chilean spectators witnessed this move, which Peruvians called, La Chalaca, and took it back to Chile.
有人說，有智利觀眾目睹了這一動作，當時的秘魯人稱之為“La Chalaca”，就將其帶回了智利。
Now, In Brazil, they will give you their own story.
巴西人也有自己的版本。
Some have suggested that the Brazilian Leonidas da Silva was the first to ever develop what Brazilians call, Bicicleta.
有人認為，巴西人Leonidas da Silva是第一個發明這種巴西人稱之為Bicicleta的球技的人。
Word is, when Leonidas made the move, the referee was so startled, he didn't know if it was even a legal play.
傳聞，當他踢出那一腳時，裁判都震驚得不知道那種踢法合不合法了。
The truth is that it's really hard to pin down the inception of this amazing move.
事實是，我們真的很難追蹤到這一驚艷的動作的起源了。
And whether its origin's are Chilean, Peruvian, or Brazilian, one thing's for sure: the bicycle kick is truly a Latin American invention.
但無論它的起源是智利，秘魯還是巴西，有一件點是肯定的：倒鉤的的確確是拉丁美洲的發明。
