足球:因扎吉再次获得重振意大利队的机会
中文译文
菲利波·因扎吉将在今天意大利队对阵阿塞拜疆的比赛中与克里斯蒂安·维埃里搭档锋线,这将是他再次证明自己足以成为乔瓦尼·特拉帕托尼麾下首发前锋的良机。
意大利队必须战胜九组垫底的阿塞拜疆队,才能确保力压威尔士队夺得小组头名,从而直接获得明年在葡萄牙举行的欧洲杯参赛资格。
此前因扎吉一直未能入选意大利国家队,直到弗朗切斯科·托蒂受伤,才让他获得了9月对阵威尔士以及随后对阵塞尔维亚和黑山的预选赛机会。这位AC米兰前锋充分把握住了机会,在4-0大胜威尔士的比赛中上演帽子戏法,并在贝尔格莱德1-1战平的比赛中也有进球入账。
托蒂已伤愈复出,但因因扎吉昔日尤文图斯队友亚历山德罗·德尔·皮耶罗受伤,这意味着因扎吉与维埃里的锋线搭档将在对阵阿塞拜疆的比赛中再度联手。“我希望球队能2-0获胜,由我打入一球,‘波波’(维埃里)再进一球,”因扎吉表示,“除了世界杯前的热身赛,我们从未在同一场比赛中同时破门。”
这对私交甚笃、常有往来的好友,上周在米兰德比中分属对立阵营——在那场米兰3-1获胜的比赛中,进球如麻的因扎吉打入了首开纪录的一球。
尽管是队友的伤病再次给了因扎吉机会,但这位前锋表示自己并不觉得是在接受考验,并相信特拉帕托尼在选人方面态度公正。
“特拉帕托尼在锋线上人才济济,任何人都可能落选。正如最近两场比赛所显示的,关键在于要在恰当的时刻做好准备,”这位前锋说道。
德国队主帅鲁迪·沃勒尔期待迈克尔·巴拉克能克服体能方面的担忧,在周六对阵冰岛的关键预选赛中激励德国队。 这位拜仁慕尼黑中场球员因脚踝疼痛一直在休养,但沃勒相信他能带领球队挺进明年在葡萄牙举行的决赛圈。
“巴拉克不仅要扮演一名足球运动员,更要成为领袖,”沃勒昨日表示,“他在场上的存在至关重要。”
德国队目前领跑第五组,领先排名第二的冰岛队2分,只需在汉堡的比赛中战平即可锁定直接晋级资格。
巴拉克已受脚踝伤势困扰数周,严重到拜仁主席卡尔-海因茨·鲁梅尼格建议他不要出战今日比赛。但这位27岁的优雅中场——其组织能力对这支三度问鼎世界杯和欧洲杯的劲旅至关重要——表示他无法想象自己会缺席这场比赛。
沃勒表示,他确信巴拉克尽管身体状况不佳,仍能挺身而出。“他必须克服困难,而且他一定能做到,仅仅是因为他是世界上最优秀的中场球员之一,”这位德国主教练说道。
Italiano 原文
Football: Inzaghi has another chance to spark Italy
FILIPPO INZAGHI will be handed another chance to establish himself as Giovanni Trapattoni's first choice striker when he partners Christian Vieri in attack for Italy against Azerbaijan today.
The Italians must win against the bottom side in Group Nine to be sure of winning the group ahead of Wales and gaining automatic qualification for the European championships in Portugal next year.
Inzaghi had been left out of the Italy team until an injury to Francesco Totti handed him a chance in the September qualifiers against Wales and then Serbia and Montenegro. The Milan striker took full advantage by scoring a hat-trick in the 4-0 canter against the Welsh and was also on target in the 1-1 draw in Belgrade.
Totti is fit for today's game but injury to Inzaghi's former Juventus team-mate Alessandro Del Piero means that the InzaghiVieri partnership will be renewed against the Azeris. "I'm hoping for a 2-0 win with a goal for myself and one for Bobo [Vieri]," Inzaghi said. "Apart from a preWorld Cup friendly we have never scored in the same game."
The pair, close friends who often socialise, lined up on opposite sides in last week's Milan derby in which the prolific Inzaghi scored the opening goal in a 3-1 victory for Milan.
Although it is an injury to a team-mate that has again given Inzaghi a chance, the forward says he does not feel on trial and believes that Trapattoni has an even-handed approach to selection.
"Trapattoni has an embarrassment of riches in attack and anyone could be left out. The important thing, as the last two games showed, is to be ready at the right moment," the striker said.
Germany's coach, Rudi Voller, is expecting Michael Ballack to overcome fitness worries to inspire Germany in their decisive qualifier against Iceland on Saturday. The Bayern Munich midfielder has been resting a sore ankle but Voller is confident that the midfielder will steer his side through to next year's finals in Portugal.
"Ballack has to act not only a football player but also a leader," Voller said yesterday. "His presence on the pitch is extremely important."
Germany lead Group Five, two points ahead of second-placed Iceland, and need a draw in the game in Hamburg to secure automatic qualification.
Ballack has been struggling with his ankle injury for a couple of weeks, to the extent that Bayern's chairman, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, suggested he should not play in today's game. But the elegant 27- year-old, whose playmaking skills are vital to the three-times world and European champions, said he could not imagine missing the game.
Voller said he was convinced Ballack would rise to the occasion despite his fitness problems. "He has to cope with it and he will, simply because he's one of the best midfielders in the world," the German coach said.