體育評論員Alaa Sadek 在埃及《新聞報》上寫道：“那個無知愚蠢的約翰佩因特西爾在上屆非洲國家盃時在埃及待過20天。”他是阿拉伯衛星電視臺的評論員，該電視臺直播本次世界盃所有的足球賽。他在看到佩因特西爾拿出國旗後，突然將自己標誌性的高呼“gooooaaaaal"縮短，轉而説道，“嘿傢伙，你在幹什麼？！”

　　埃及的另一家獨立日報Al-Masry al-Yom用斜體的紅色頭條寫道，“埃及人一直支持著加納隊，直到比賽的82分鐘，我們看到了以色列的國旗在鏡頭前揮動的時候我們後悔了。”

　　大多數埃及人賽後只有一個問題，那就是：“為什麼？”一些報紙將他描繪成為“Mossad agent”，另一些認為是“以色列人付錢讓他這麼做的”。而最令人信服的解釋則來自埃及國家報《金字塔報》：“真正的原因是，很多加納球員都在以色列教練的足球訓練營裏訓練，那些教練發現了非洲人的才能，並且加以利用，最終目的是將他們賣往歐洲的俱樂部。每天的訓練則是以升起以色列國旗開始的。”

　　國際足聯稱他們已經對此一現象記錄在案，雖然沒有明文規定不許這樣做，但他們希望不要再出現類似現象。

　　和一幫朋友們一起看球的球迷Ashraf al-Berri説：“埃及的大部分球迷都一直支持加納隊，併為他們的出色表現叫好，而當我們看到以色列的國旗時，整個屋子都安靜下來了，我們不知道如何反應了。”

　　“作為一個埃及人，當牽涉到以色列的時候，我會變得特別敏感。如果MIDO（埃及球員，效力於英超熱刺隊）進球的話，他會不會揮舞英格蘭國旗呢？如果他那麼做的話，每個人都會恨他的。”埃及球迷 Osama Mohy説。

　　鏈結: http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=afp-fblwc2006gpcghaegypt&prov=afp&type=lgns

　　原文:Fury in Egypt over Ghana's Israeli flag waver

　　by Jailan Zayan

　　June 19, 2006

　　CAIRO (AFP) - Ghana defender John Paintsil's waving of an Israeli flag to celebrate his team's World Cup goals drew a barrage of insults and furious reactions in Monday's Egyptian newspapers.

　　Paintsil, who plays for Israeli club Hapoel Tel Aviv, celebrated the two goals in Ghana's 2-0 win over the Czech Republic by pulling an Israeli flag out of his sock and waving it at the cameras.

　　"The ignorant and stupid Paintsil, who spent 20 days in Egypt during the last African Nations Cup, plays for Hapoel," sports commentator Alaa Sadek wrote in the daily Al-Akhbar, explaining to baffled Egyptian audiences Painstil's link to Israel.

　　"Egyptians supported the Ghanaian team all the way until the 82nd minute, and regretted it after the Israeli flag (waving)," screamed a bold red headline in the independent daily Al-Masry al-Yom.

　　"As soon as the referee blew his whistle to start the match, Egyptians were out enthusiastically, almost hysterically supporting Ghana, until defender John Paintsil took out the Israeli flag," read the paper's front page article.

　　The live commentator on the Arab satellite channel broadcasting all World Cup matches in the region abruptly cut short his trademark "goooaaaaaaal" when Paintsil brought out the flag.

　　"What are you doing, man?" the bewildered commentator said.

　　The main question on Egyptian lips after the match was "why?".

　　Some papers described Paintsil as a "Mossad agent", others said "an Israeli had paid him to do it" but the most elaborate theory was offered by the top-selling state-owned daily Al-Ahram.

　　"The real reason," sports analyst Hassan el-Mestekawi wrote, stems from the fact that many Ghanaian players go through football training camps set up by an Israeli coach who "discovered the treasure of African talent, and abused the poverty of the continent's children" with the ultimate goal of selling them off to European clubs.

　　"The training program for these children starts every morning with a salute to the Israeli flag," Mestekawi claimed.

　　FIFA said they had taken note of the flag-waving and that although there was nothing in the rules to prevent it, they hoped not to see a repetition.

　　Egyptian football fans who were out supporting Ghana on Saturday's match were equally rattled when the player took out the Israeli flag and dubbed him "the Israghani" (Israeli-Ghanaian).

　　"We were totally supporting Ghana and we were so excited by how well they were doing," Ashraf al-Berri, who watched the match with a dozen friends told AFP.

　　"We were screaming with joy, but the whole room went quiet when Paintsil took out the flag. We didn't really know how to react," he said.

　　"As an Egyptian I am very sensitive when it comes to Israel," Osama Mohy, who watched the match at a friend's house, told AFP.

　　"If Mido scores, would he wave the england flag? and if he did everyone would hate him for it," he said refering to Egyptian striker Mido (Ahmed Hossam) who plays for England's Tottenham Hotspurs.

　　African champions Egypt failed to qualify for the World Cup finals.

　　作者-北京第二外國語大學英語系王帥

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