（7月3日）
C羅納爾多在接受採訪時説：“在與英格蘭隊點球大戰之前，我向教練要求，我想最後一個罰點球。為什麼呢？因為我想承擔責任，而且我感覺，很可能是決定比賽的關鍵一球。而結果就是這樣的。我把這粒點球獻給在現場給我加油的父親，還有那些支持我的球迷。那一刻，我非常地激動和喜悅。”
而關於他和魯尼不合的傳聞，他解釋道：“ 最近，在我和我的曼聯隊友——魯尼之間，發生了許多可怕的傳聞。我怎麼可能促使裁判罰他下場。我不是裁判，我沒有權利罰任何球員下場，也沒有能力讓裁判給球員們出示紅黃牌。裁判出示紅牌，是他自己做出的判斷，而我的影響幾乎是零。我要再一次澄清，我和魯尼之間沒有任何矛盾。”
“在比賽之後，魯尼和我互相發了短信，這次的事件其實加深了我們之間的友誼。魯尼在短信中，不僅僅祝賀我們球隊晉級，而且還説我們是一支強大的球隊，相信我們會走得更遠。他並沒有生我的氣，對發生的事情，他也不再感到氣憤。他還告訴我，不要受英國媒體的影響，媒體只是想炒作誇大事實！這是很正常的，我們已經習慣了。”
“還有報道稱，他説不再想和我一起踢球，這並不是他説的話。當然，他願意和我一起踢球，對於英國媒體報道的新聞，我們已經習慣了。”
鏈結：http://www.gestifute.com/gestifute/noticia.php?noticia_id=187
原文：2006-07-03 :: Cristiano Ronaldo
Exclusive story by Cristiano Ronaldo
for Gestifute Media
I asked to take
the final penalty
The family that is the national team has now been together for over a month. This is a fantastic group, into which Jorge Andrade is integrated in a special way, because he’s a lot of fun, keeping us supplied with jokes and helping to strengthen the spirit of unity in this magnificent group. For the most curious, you will want to know that, when we aren’t working, we spend the time playing cards or sometimes bingo, we play video games and we sing along with the karaoke. Who wins most? That’s doubtful...…
Even before the training camp started in 岢vora I gave an interview to Gestifute Media in which I said I believed in the World title. We came to Germany. We played five games. We are on the way to our sixth, which is the semi-final. I had this conviction even before the World Cup and I still have it now, when we only have two, that’s right, two games to turn the dream into solid reality. I believed and I continue to believe - deeply.
The game against England was intense for many reasons. I had spent a whole week without training, just having treatment on my leg, after the injury that I suffered in the game against Holland. But I was confident. Along with all my teammates, I got up early for breakfast. After that, I had treatment, the inevitable treatment. After a short rest and a social period for all of us, we had lunch and then we went to the pre-match team talk, which started. I was part of the coach’s starting line-up, and the fact is that, although I hadn’t been practising on the field, I felt fine and confident in my game, and that I could help the team get past one more obstacle. I confess that I always believed in a good performance and in our victory.
THE CHILL IN MY STOMACH PASSED
WHEN THE REFEREE BLEW THE WHISTLE
We arrived at the stadium. The atmosphere in our changing room was very peaceful. We spoke to each other and we played indoor football in the room to relax and to make the time pass a little faster. It was still an hour before the game would start. In the tunnel I saw some English players, including my Manchester United team colleagues, such as Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney. We spoke in a friendly fashion, which is the only way things could be, but without any jokes or clowning around. We wished each other good luck, and went back to the changing rooms.
The stadium was beautiful. I saw many English fans in the stands; there was a lot of whistling, a lot of heat, and a really great atmosphere. When we were in the changing room, all was very calm. When the warm up started, I confess, I started to feel a chill in my stomach, a nervous reaction that disappeared completely when the referee blew the whistle to start the game.
Which started. My leg was doing well, and so did the team. We played well throughout the 90 minutes, and also through extra time Portugal were better. In the second half the leg started to swell, with blood building up in it. I started to have a lot of difficulty, because I didn’t feel a hundred per cent. But it never crossed my mind to leave the pitch. No! It had to bear up, and it had to do so until the end, because I felt that, even with some physical limitations, I could help. Therefore, I played through the pain until the end. When the game went into extra time, I had a feeling that it would all be decided on penalties. And I wanted to score a penalty. I like scoring penalties. When the penalty-taking order was being decided, I asked the coach if I could go last. Why? Because the truth is that I like to take responsibility, but also because I had a strong feeling that it would settle the game.
I watched all penalties before mine. From the beginning, I was confident and very optimistic about our team. Obviously I also had a lot of confidence in Ricardo. During the week, he was in very good shape practising penalties, and before we headed to the stadium I told him that he would decide the game. That’s what happened. It is true that when we missed two shots I was a bit worried. But Ricardo took care of the rest.
My turn came. Just as I had foreseen, it was the decisive penalty. I was very confident. I caught the ball, gave it a kiss, smiled and concentrated exclusively on a strong shot, placed to one side. The fact is that in those seconds I didn’t think deeply about anything. Just on putting the ball to one side, which I did. It was a great joy. People noticed that I looked up and said “You there”. It’s true; I dedicated that decisive penalty to my father, because I knew that he would have really liked to be present to help at that moment. And also to some people who were always at my side and that I knew had helped me a lot. It was a moment of great happiness.
MY FEELING IS THAT WE’RE GOING TO WIN AGAINST FRANCE
We are in the semi-final of the World Cup, one more step along the direction of the dream which we all fall asleep to. Of course, we partied a lot, us here, in Germany, and you there in Portugal. The return journey went really well and very happily. The real party, if you want to call it that, took place in Marienfeld, in a restaurant in the city, with a dinner in which all the team’s support staff was present. We all socialised, had dinner, listened to music, we were woken up a little later. It was fun.
Work started again yesterday, and will continue, because we are waiting for France. I would have liked to have faced Brazil, because that would have been a totally Portuguese game, but it wasn’t possible. It’s France who we are going to face, and I am sure it will be a great display. My feeling is that we’re going to win, with goals from me or my teammates. As of now, I have only scored in penalties. But I continue to believe that I am going to score in a different way. At the moment, I have ice on my leg. I am going to continue with my treatment. Because the quarter-final was more than a game. I guarantee that I will be ready for one more challenge.
P.S. Dreadful things have been said about me and my teammate (at Manchester United) and friend Rooney. How is it possible that I would help to get him sent off? I am not the refereed with the power to send off anyone I want, nor do I have the ability to convince him to show cards. The referee produced the red card because he thought that he had to, and my participation in that was absolutely zero. I would also like to make it clear that there is no problem at all between me and Rooney. I insist: no problem at all. At the end of the game, we exchange a series of text messages just as we had on the day before. This reinforces that I have a fine relationship with Rooney. Between the two of us, everything is clear. In fact, he didn’t just send me congratulations for going forward in the World Cup, he also told me we have a great team, and if we carry on as we have, we will get a long way. He wasn’t angry with me, or about anything that happened. And more: he told me to ignore the things written in the English press on this subject, they only want to stir things up. That’s normal… That’s how they are and we are used to it. Statements have appeared as if they were from him, saying that he didn’t want to play with me in Manchester. That’s not what he wants! Of course he wants to! This is absolutely false, he said so himself when asked. So, just typical things in the English papers, which we’re all used to. The remedy… well, I guarantee it’s not this that sends me off to sleep.
作者-岳東興-北京第二外國語學院-英語系
責編：佟杉杉