曼徹斯特德比鳥巢爽約 中國球迷內心很崩潰
The chaos surrounding the cancellation of Monday’s Manchester derby in Beijing will not deter either club from touring the Far East in future, according to United executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and his City counterpart Ferran Soriano.
原定於週一在北京進行的曼徹斯特德比被取消。曼聯的執行副主席艾德•伍德沃德和曼城的首席執行官費蘭•索里亞諾都表示，由此造成的混亂並不會阻礙兩傢俱樂部未來繼續來遠東巡迴比賽。
The game was called off less than five hours before kick-off due to the awful state of the pitch at the Bird’s Nest Stadium following overnight downpours.
因前夜暴雨導致鳥巢體育館的球場狀況不佳，比賽在距離開場不到五小時宣佈取消。
It highlighted the problem of playing pre-season games during the rainy season here after United and City both experienced severe problems with the pitch on their visit to Hong Kong three years ago.
曼聯和曼城隊都在三年前造訪香港時因球場而遭遇嚴重問題，本次更突出了在雨季進行季前熱身賽的問題。
However, the huge commercial spin-offs in China make it more than worthwhile. United have an estimated 110million fans here, while City’s decision to sell a 13 percent stake in their parent company to a group of Chinese investors for ￡265m in December underLined their bold plans in the Far East.
然而，在中國產生的巨大商業效應證明這一切是絕對值得的。曼聯在這裏有大約有1.1億球迷，而曼城去年12月以2.65億英鎊向中國投資者出售母公司13%的股份，也顯示了其在遠東的大膽計劃。
Therefore, it was no surprise to hear both clubs insisting that they will be happy to return to the region in future despite the problems they have encountered over the past few days.
因此，儘管過去幾天裏碰到一些問題，聽聞兩傢俱樂部強調他們很願意在未來重回此地也並不奇怪。
Woodward said: ‘The recent torrential rain would have caused problems anywhere in the world and has left the pitch unplayable.
伍德沃德說：“最近的暴雨在世界任何地方都會帶來麻煩，導致球場無法進行比賽。”
‘We know our fans in China will, like the players and staff, be saddened by the cancellation of the match, but I am sure they appreciate that the players’ safety has to be the top priority.
“我們明白，我們的中國粉絲會因比賽取消而難過，球員和工作人員也是一樣。但我相信，他們理解球員的安全必須放在首位。”
‘I am sure we will return to the Bird’s Nest in the future to give them the chance to see the team in action.’
“我可以肯定，將來我們會重返鳥巢，讓他們有機會看到球隊的比賽。”
While United flew home from China on Monday, City will carry on to Shenzhen, where they meet Borussia Dortmund on Thursday.
週一，曼聯從中國返英，而曼城將繼續開赴深圳，於週四對陣多特蒙德。
Soriano, City’s chief executive, said: ‘We know how much everyone was looking forward to the game, but we understand that this bad weather is beyond anyone’s control, and that the rain has made it totally unsafe to play on this pitch.
曼城首席執行官索里亞諾表示：“我們知道大家對比賽有多麼期待，但我們明白，糟糕的天氣無人可以掌控。大雨之後，在這個球場上踢球毫無安全性可言。”
‘It has been a pleasure and an honour to experience such a warm welcome from the people and supporters here in Beijing, and we remain committed to playing here in the future.’
“在北京受到羣衆和支持者們如此熱情的歡迎，我們很高興也很榮幸。將來也會繼續來這裏踢球。”
The playing surface at the Bird’s Nest resembled a patchwork quilt after desperate attempts were made to ensure the first Manchester derby to be staged on foreign soil went ahead.
爲確保首場在國外打響的曼切斯特德比順利開展，主辦方不顧一切進行了努力，但鳥巢的球場草皮還是有如拼布牀單。
But the match was called off just after 7am UK time following a pitch inspection and 90 minutes of talks between delegations from clubs and organisers of the International Champions Cup.
比賽在英國時間上午7點後宣佈取消。此前，國際冠軍盃的主辦方和俱樂部代表進行了90分鐘的談話並檢查了場地。
The ICC insisted that the 50,000 fans who paid between ￡60 and ￡300 for tickets will be reimbursed, but many were upset when they learned of the decision to cancel the game after reaching the stadium.
國際冠軍盃方面表示，花費了60到300英鎊買票的5萬名球迷將獲得退款。但許多到達場館後得知比賽取消的粉絲感到非常失望。
United fan Hu Mu Lin said: ‘I am angry because I had a ticket and now they can’t play the match. We drove here by car and it took six or seven hours with my father and my friend.’
曼聯的粉絲胡木林（音）說：“我很氣憤，因爲我買了票可現在他們不能比賽了。我和我的父親和朋友開了六七個小時的車到這裏來。”
City supporter Sun Zhenbo, who had travelled 700 miles from Suihua, added: ‘We have come to Beijing especially for this. I don’t know how this has happened. We cannot accept it. It took us eight hours by train to get here and then we walked for two hours from Tiananmen Square to get to the stadium.’
支持曼城的孫振博（音）從700英里外的黑龍江省綏化市趕來，他補充道：“我們特地爲了比賽來到北京。我不知道怎麼就取消了。這讓人無法接受。我們花了八個小時坐火車來京，又從天安門廣場走了兩個小時纔到場館。”
The bad weather also forced United’s team flight to divert to Tianjin on Saturday night, while Jose Mourinho’s pre-match press conference was initially scrapped and then moved outside because of the intense humidity.
糟糕的天氣還迫使週六晚曼聯隊乘坐的航班轉飛天津。而何塞•穆里尼奧的賽前發佈會一開始被取消，而後因新聞中心太過潮溼而轉移到了室外。
