迭戈·馬拉多納——英雄進行時
阿根廷人對足球的熱愛,雖不能說源于馬拉多納,卻的確因為馬拉多納而變得愈加炙烈。足球場上,這個小個子英雄與生俱來的爆發(fā)力和靈氣,帶領阿根廷人登上了世界足球的巔峰。如今,重新歸來的馬拉多納在一片爭議聲中執(zhí)掌阿根廷隊教鞭。曾經的足球王者能否帶領阿根廷隊再現(xiàn)輝煌?我們拭目以待。
It’s Christmas Eve for the members of the Church of Maradona. These 1)diehard Diego 2)disciples have gathered to mark their 3)prophet’s 48th birthday. This year’s celebration is doubly sweet for the church’s 120,000 members. Not only are they celebrating their 10-year anniversary, but Maradona is about to take the helm of the Argentine National Team.
“I think this was destiny. We have to remember that Diego was in bad shape very recently. But believers like us helped put him where he is today,” he says.
“Diego has the capacity to make us world champions again because he knows how to guide the players in the right way,” she says.
Maradona was undoubtedly one of the greatest ever to play the game. His 4)crowning moment came in 1986 when he led Argentina to the World Cup title. During his 20-year career he also won championships in Italy, Spain and at home in Argentina with his beloved Boca Juniors.
This is La Boca—home of the Boca Juniors Football Club. It’s known for its colorful houses and colorful characters like Diego Maradona. His working-class roots in this neighborhood have helped endear him to Argentines of all backgrounds despite his 5)checkered career.
Digere M. Aacute;lvarez has covered football for Argentina’s largest newspaper Clarín for 28 years.
“He made many mistakes in his private life, with his wife. But he has something special that he’s always forgiven and people gave him a second, a third and a fourth chance.”
These chances of 6)redemption came after battles with drugs, obesity and the taxman. He’s been arrested and in 2004 a heart attack almost killed him. But he 7)rebounded quickly, losing weight, getting 8)sober and even hosting his own prime time TV show. But his eye has always been on a return to the national team. On the streets of Buenos Aires reaction is mixed as to whether he’s up to the task of managing the highly-talented-but-underachieving national team.
“I’ve never seen him as a good coach. He just doesn’t do it for me,” he says.
“You have to support Diego no matter what—no matter what,” he says.
Now that this “Football God” has gotten his wish, the world will be watching to see if he can create a second legend by leading Argentina to a World Cup 9)triumph for the first time since he wore the famous blue-and-white stripes.
對于馬氏教徒們來說,今天就是圣誕前夜。這些迭戈的死忠信徒們聚集在一起,慶祝他們奉為神明的馬拉多納48歲生日。而今年的慶祝活動對于馬拉多納教12萬信徒來說,更是雙倍甜蜜,因為這不僅是馬拉多納教成立10周年慶典,馬拉多納也即將掌舵阿根廷國家足球隊。
“我想這就是命運。我們必須記得迭戈最近狀況不佳,但我們這些支持者幫他渡過難關,恢復到今天的樣子。”一位男球迷說。
“迭戈有能力讓我們再次成為世界冠軍,因為他懂得如何正確地指導球員。”一位女球迷說。
馬拉多納無疑是足球史上最偉大的球員之一。他的巔峰時刻是1986年,那年他帶領阿根廷足球隊登上了世界杯冠軍寶座。在他長達20年的足球生涯中,他還獲得了意大利足球甲級聯(lián)賽、西班牙足球甲級聯(lián)賽的冠軍,并在家鄉(xiāng)帶領他至愛的博卡青年隊贏得阿根廷足球甲級聯(lián)賽桂冠。
這里是博卡區(qū)——博卡青年足球俱樂部的所在地。它以色彩繽紛的房屋建筑和像迭戈·馬拉多納這樣個性鮮明的人物聞名于世。這附近地區(qū)的工人階級根基使得他(馬拉多納)盡管幾經浮沉,仍得到不同背景的阿根廷人的喜愛。
迪杰拉·M·阿爾瓦雷斯為阿根廷最大的報紙——《號角報》報道足球長達28年。
“他在私生活上,與他的妻子犯了很多錯誤,但他總有特殊之處讓他得到人們的原諒。人們一而再,再而三地給他機會。”
在與毒品、肥胖和稅務人員作斗爭后,(馬拉多納)補救的機會終于來臨。他曾被拘捕,而2004年的一次心臟病發(fā)作差點要了他的命。但是他很快振作起來,減肥、變得冷靜,甚至還主持了一檔在黃金時段播出的電視節(jié)目。然而他的眼光始終停留在回歸國家隊這件事上。在布宜諾斯艾利斯的大街小巷,關于馬拉多納能否勝任管理這支有過人天分卻未能發(fā)揮潛能的國家隊的反應各不相同。
“我從不認為他是一位好教練。反正在我眼里他不是。”一位男球迷說。
“不管怎樣你都必須支持迭戈,不管怎樣。”另一個男球迷說。
既然這位“足球教父”已經如愿以償(回到國家隊),整個世界將會關注他是否能帶領阿根廷隊再次登上自他脫下著名的藍白條球衣之后就無法企及的世界杯冠軍寶座,創(chuàng)造另一個神話。
阿根廷與“馬拉多納教”
湛藍的天,白色的云,金黃的太陽。這一片神賜的土地上,探戈和足球都令人陶醉。這個地方有著一個美麗的名字-阿根廷。
提起阿根廷就不能不提足球。早在1867年,一群英國海員在阿根廷與當?shù)匾泼衽e行了第一場足球比賽,之后足球在阿根廷便廣為流行了。20世紀40、50年代,阿根廷足球隊已稱霸南美。阿根廷的輝煌一刻在1978年到來,作為東道主的阿根廷隊獲得這屆世界杯冠軍;隨后在1986年墨西哥世界杯上,馬拉多納橫空出世,帶領阿根廷隊再登巔峰,而他也由此成就了自己的傳奇。
一點不夸張地說,在阿根廷,馬拉多納是神一般的人物。他的崇拜者甚至為他成立了 “馬拉多納教”(Church of Maradona)。“馬拉多納教”,也譯“拜馬拉多納教”,起源于1998年,由三名馬拉多納的忠實球迷所創(chuàng)。他們在阿根廷羅薩里奧建造了專屬的教堂,奉馬拉多納為圣知,擁有自己的“禮拜方式”、“戒律”以及“圣經”-馬拉多納的自傳《我是迭戈》。紀元也從馬拉多納誕生開始算起,假如你聽到DD42年之類的紀年方式可不要吃驚。所謂DD就是“迭戈后”的縮寫,完全模仿公元紀年。另外,“馬歷”的圣誕節(jié)定于10月30日,因為這天是馬拉多納的生日。值得一提的是,并非所有人都可以“入教”,除非你能做好一份有關馬拉多納足球生涯和私人生活的試卷。
