英語美文名人勵(lì)志故事32:馬拉多納用“上帝之手”進(jìn)球的故事
32. Maradona Owns up to "Hand of God"
32. 馬拉多納首次承認(rèn)“上帝之子”
Diego Maradona acknowledged that he struck the ball with his hand in the famous "Hand of God" goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinals.
阿根廷足壇巨星迭戈·馬拉多納最近終于承認(rèn)，在1986年世界杯對(duì)英格蘭的四分之一決賽中，他確實(shí)是用手打入了那著名的號(hào)稱“上帝之手”的進(jìn)球。
Speaking on his local television talk show Monday night, Maradona called one of soccer's most controversial goals "something that just came out of me. lt was a bit of mischief"
本周一晚，馬拉多納在當(dāng)?shù)仉娨暸_(tái)的脫口秀節(jié)目中談到了這個(gè)足球史上最有爭議的進(jìn)球之一，他說：“確實(shí)是我做的，有點(diǎn)兒惡作劇的意思。”
Maradona appeared to punch the ball into the net, and officials allowed the goal to stand(有效的)despite protests by the English team. Argentina went on to win the 1986 quarterfinal match 2-1 and then win the World Cup.
當(dāng)時(shí)，馬拉多納用手把球打進(jìn)球門，盡管英格蘭隊(duì)提出了抗議，當(dāng)職裁判仍然判這個(gè)進(jìn)球有效。憑借"上帝之手阿根廷隊(duì)在1986年世界杯上以2比1贏了四分之一決賽，并且最后一舉捧得“大力神杯”。
In his most detailed comments yet, Maradona said he was unable to reach the ball for a header(頭球)when he went up against the taller English goalkeeper, Peter Shilton.
馬拉多納對(duì)“上帝之手”做了至今為止最詳盡的描述。他說當(dāng)他跳起來面對(duì)比他高得多的英格蘭隊(duì)門將彼德·希爾頓時(shí)，他根本碰不到皮球，所以，頭球是不可能的。
"Shilton was very tall. He didn't see anything, and a teammate told him." afterward what happened, said Maradona.
馬拉多納說：“希爾頓太高大了，他什么也沒看到，后來還是其他隊(duì)員告訴他的。”
After the score, Maradona said he quickly realized the line referee had allowed the goal but none of his teammates had rushed to celebrate with him---themselves figuring the goal would be waved off.
用手把球才丁進(jìn)球門后，馬拉多納說，他馬上就意識(shí)到邊裁判進(jìn)球有效，但是沒有一個(gè)隊(duì)友沖上來為他慶祝，他們都以為這個(gè)球會(huì)被判無效。
"I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me and no one came," said Maradona, who was the team captain. "I told them, 'Come hug me or the referee isn't going to allow it."
“我在等我的同伴們和我擁抱，可是，居然沒有一個(gè)人這樣做。我對(duì)他們說:‘快過來，擁抱我，不然裁判會(huì)判這個(gè)球無效的。’”馬拉多納說，那場(chǎng)球他是場(chǎng)上的隊(duì)長。
In his 20-year career before retiring in 1997, Maradona starred at Argentinos Juniors and Boca Juniors and in Europe. He also led Argentina to the 1990 World Cup final and won Italian and Argentine league titles.
1997年，馬拉多納正式掛靴。在他長達(dá)20年的職業(yè)生涯中，無論在阿根廷青年隊(duì)還是博卡青年隊(duì)，以及后來去歐洲踢球，他都是場(chǎng)上的明星。他還把阿根廷隊(duì)帶進(jìn)了1990年世界杯的決賽，并無數(shù)次帶隊(duì)在意大利和阿根廷足球聯(lián)賽中奪魁。
In 1991, Maradona failed a drug test and was banned for 15 months. Nine years later, FIFA chose him and Pele as the best players in soccer history.
1991年，馬拉多納在一次藥檢中被發(fā)現(xiàn)吸食毒品，并因此被停賽15個(gè)月。9年后，他和球王Pele被國際足聯(lián)評(píng)為國際足球史上最偉大的球員。
