(2006年7月3日）
葡萄牙門將裏卡多近日接受採訪時，透露了他成功撲出英格蘭球員三粒點球的原因。
他説：“在和英格蘭隊的比賽前，我一直和球隊的守門員教練一起訓練，這對我在比賽中撲出點球關係很大。而且，我可以從英格蘭球員的眼神中判斷出他們的意圖和他們的心理狀態。”
另外，葡萄牙門神還有一個習慣，那就是在他的隊友去踢點球時，他會著背對他們。在那裏還有一個故事。“我不認為這是一個迷信，但這是我在歐錦賽上同樣做過的事情。那是，我轉過身，看到看臺上有一個葡萄牙球迷，但是他被英格蘭球迷的海洋所包圍，很絕望地舉著他的圍巾。我就一直注視著他，看他到底是在微笑還是在哭泣。那就是我在點球大戰間歇時的經過。”
他還説：“在撲點球時，我會努力注視著踢點球者的眼神，揣摩他們的心思，並且，預判他們射門的方向。而且，當時菲戈鼓勵我説，他不擔心，因為，他相信我總能撲出兩粒點球。最後結束比賽後，我説兩個撲出的點球送給他，另外一個獻給我。”
鏈結：http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060702/1/8ipa.html
原文：Ricardo reveals secret of his success
3 July 2006
by FIFAworldcup.com
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Just hours after his heroic performance in the penalty shoot-out against England, Portugal's larger-than-life goalkeeper Ricardo was only too happy to reflect on the emotions of a tense encounter in Gelsenkirchen.
The Sporting Lisbon keeper saved three English spot-kicks, more than any other keeper in a FIFA World Cup? penalty shoot-out, as Portugal booked their place in the last four of the competition.
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It was a roller-coaster ride for Luiz Felipe Scolari's men, as they saw their efforts to win the game during the 120 minutes frustrated by defiant ten-man England. However, as Ricardo explained, once it went to penalties, there was only going to be one winner. From Luis Figo's faith in the goalkeeper's expertise, to Ricardo's confession that he could see in the English players' eyes that they were going to miss, an absorbing encounter ran the full gamut of emotions, right up until Cristiano Ronaldo slotted his spot-kick home to hand his team victory.
For his part, the Portugal keeper is delighted with his new record, which he puts down to hard work and, of course, a slice of luck. "You're always happy, but there's also the hard work that we do day in day out to make sure that whoever is going to take the penalties doesn't score.
"These last few days, I've been putting in a lot of work with Brassard (Portugal's goalkeeping coach) and that has also helped a lot. I'm very grateful to him for the fact that I saved those three penalties. It's not usually the case that a team can miss two penalties and still come out on top," he said, proudly.
Of course, this is not the first time that the Portugal No.1 has defied England in the quarter-final of a major tournament. At UEFA EURO 2004, he memorably tossed his gloves aside to save Darius Vassell's kick, sending his country through to a semi-final against the Netherlands. This time, however, he did not need any extra help.
"It didn't occur to me to take off my gloves, because I saved almost all of them," he said. "The last time it was instinctive, because I wasn't saving any, I had to do something and fortunately it went well. I could see in the eyes of the English players that they weren't ready to put their penalties away and it felt like the goal was shrinking."
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Something else that caught the eye during the shoot-out was Ricardo's habit of turning his back when the Portuguese players stepped up to take their spot-kicks. Therein lies a tale. "I'm not going to call it superstition, but it was one of a few things that I also did during the EURO. I turned round to look at a Portuguese fan who was in the middle of a sea of red and white England shirts, desperate to lift his scarf up. I just kept looking at him to see if he was laughing or crying, and that’s how I followed what was going on with the penalties," he explained.
Portugal captain Luis Figo also played a vital part in Ricardo’s success, as the goalkeeper explained. "At that stage of things, I just have to think about my own game and try to read the eyes and the intentions of the penalty-takers to predict what they are going to do. I felt that I had a very good chance of saving (the penalties) but I wasn’t 100 per cent certain. Then Luis Figo told me that he wasn’t worried, because I always save two of the penalties. At the end I told him that two of the saves were for him, and one for me."
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France stand in the way
Portugal's next task is to beat semi-final opponents France, rivals they lost out to at the same stage of the 1984 and 2000 UEFA European Championships. Will it be third time lucky for the Portuguese? "What we have to do is score one more goal than France, because that way we will win. (Zinedine) Zidane is one of the world’s greatest players, and it’s a shame that he is on the verge of giving up top-level football, but he’s not the only one we have to worry about because any of the other French players could turn the game,” said Ricardo.
The semi-final draw has also given the Portuguese a major incentive, as the goalkeeper went on to explain. “France are a very powerful team, and out of the four countries still left in the tournament, they have all won the World Cup, except for Portugal. But records are there to be broken.”
So far, the Portuguese have been outstanding in defence, having conceded just one goal in five matches. France, however, will be a different proposition, and their talent-laden midfield and attack will pose a huge threat to the Iberians' miserly back-line. The talented shot-stopper prefers not to dwell on individual battles, however. “It’s going to be a good game, not just between the French attack and the Portuguese defence, but all over the pitch.
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"It’s a game against a great team and every player will be giving his all. At the end of the day, let’s hope to hear plenty of good things said about our squad, because that would mean that we’ve beaten France.”
Ricardo signed off with some sincere words of praise for Portugal coach Luiz Felipe Scolari. Speculation has it that Felip?o will take over from Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira after the competition, but the Portuguese players are in the dark. “We don’t know anything. What I do know is that they always want the best people, and he is one of the best.
"Right now, maybe he is the very best, because he is still world champion and he is the only coach who could retain his title. In Brazil anything that stops short of a Final, or a Trophy, tastes of defeat. I believe that our brothers in Brazil will now start supporting us, and will get behind Scolari,” he predicted.
And one final twist: Ricardo confirmed that he was in line to take Portugal’s sixth penalty against England, if needed, just as in that quarter-final in 2004. After Saturday's nerve-shredding events, Portugal fans will hope that the new FIFA World Cup penalty king will not be needed to perform further heroics against the French. Given his history, though, another round of spot-kicks should no fears for Portugal, if it comes to that in Munich on Wednesday.
作者-岳東興-北京第二外國語學院-英語系
責編：佟杉杉