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When the professional season started for Manchester United, things got even worse. And the worst thing was that it was not aimed just at me but at my family. I understood the fans' disappointment after the World Cup and their desire to blame someone; it was my responsibility. But when my family was brought into it, things had gone too far. Even though I wanted revenge, I decided to keep my head down, train and play hard, and keep doing what I do best, which is playing football.
當(dāng)曼聯(lián)職業(yè)賽季開始的時(shí)候，情況變得更糟了。最糟糕的是，它不僅針對(duì)我，還針對(duì)我的家人。我理解球迷們?cè)谑澜绫蟮氖退麄兿胴?zé)怪別人的愿望；這是我的責(zé)任。但當(dāng)我的家人被卷入其中時(shí)，事情就太過分了。盡管我想報(bào)復(fù)，但我還是決定低下頭、努力訓(xùn)練，繼續(xù)做我最擅長的事情，那就是踢足球。
Gradually things got better. Manchester United ended up winning the league. In 2000 I was handed the England captain's armband. It was the proudest day of my career when I was told I'd lead my country in a game against Italy.
事情漸漸好轉(zhuǎn)。曼聯(lián)最終贏得了聯(lián)賽冠軍。2000年，我被授予英格蘭隊(duì)長袖標(biāo)。那是我職業(yè)生涯中最自豪的一天，有人告訴我，我將帶領(lǐng)國家隊(duì)參加一場(chǎng)與意大利隊(duì)的比賽。
Four years after the event of 1998, I stood again at the penalty spot, trying to ignore Simeone's attempts to unsettle me. I focused on the ball as I took my run-up and hit it straight down the middle, as hard as I could. Carlos Roa, the Argentine goalkeeper, was slightly wrong-footed and could only watch as the ball hit the back of the net. By that time, I was running over towards the corner, pulling at my shirt and shouting at the top of my lungs. All the anger and hurt that I'd felt over the previous four years just disappeared. All the bad memories of abuse and threat went with the goal. In hindsight, it made me stronger as a player and a man. I had turned the corner, and my life would never be the same.
1998年的那件事發(fā)生4年后，我再次站在罰球點(diǎn)上，試圖忽視西蒙尼試圖讓我不安的企圖。我把注意力集中在了足球上，我做了助跑，在中路直接踢球，盡了我的全力。阿根廷守門員卡洛斯·羅阿亂了陣腳，只能眼睜睜地看著球打到網(wǎng)后。那時(shí)，我正朝角落跑去，扯著我的球衣，大喊大叫。在過去的4年里，我所有的憤怒和難過都消失了。所有關(guān)于罵聲和威脅的糟糕記憶都隨著進(jìn)球消失了。事后看來，這件事讓作為一個(gè)球員和一個(gè)男人的我變得更加強(qiáng)大。我已經(jīng)渡過難關(guān)了，我的生活也發(fā)生了改變。
