许国璋英语-欧冠赛：巴萨主教练里杰卡尔德称球员太紧张

　　
　　摘要：
　　在2：0战胜来访的葡萄牙本菲卡队之后，成功杀入欧洲冠军联赛半决赛的西班牙巴塞罗那队主教练里杰卡尔德赛后对球队的表现进行了点评。
　　 Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard says his side will face a daunting task when they take on his former club AC Milan in the Champions League semi-finals following their 2-0 aggregate win over Benfica.

　　据路透社4月5日报道，里杰卡尔德首先承认自己的球队在比赛中表现得非常紧张。“本菲卡队向来以客战出色而闻名，他们在比赛中也确实创造了多次有威胁的射门，所以球员们表现的有些紧张也是可以理解的。”他说：“即使当场上的比分变成1：0领先时，我们仍然不敢有所放松。在上半场，我们的表现不错，但下半场我们显得更加紧张。虽然我们比分领先，但情况瞬间就可能改变。我很高兴球员们打进了第2粒进球，这让我们最终得以放松。”

　　本菲卡队主教练科曼赛后也称自己的队员在比赛中有些紧张。他说：“比赛刚一开始我们就被压得喘不过气来，我们很紧张，但随着比赛的深入，我们表现越来越好，并且还获得了好几次扳平比分的机会，如果把握好的话，对手就出局了。”

　　科曼对于双方两回合较量中的裁判判罚都颇感不满，认为在关键球的判罚上，裁判都偏袒了巴塞罗那一方。他说：“巴萨在这两场比赛中都占了上风，但裁判的判罚显然对我们不利。和巴塞罗那这样的球队比赛已经很困难了，更何况裁判的判罚对我们还很不利。”他举例说：“在第1回合比赛中，巴萨球员禁区手球，但裁判却没给我们点球；但在第2回合比赛中，同样的情形，裁判却判给了对方一个点球。这两次手球犯规情形多少类似，但裁判的判罚却大相径庭。”

　　对于即将开始的同AC米兰的半决赛，巴萨主教练里杰卡尔德认为这将是一次艰巨的任务。里杰卡尔德表示：“这将是一场很有趣的比赛，对方实力很强大。”“最近几年米兰始终保持在一个高水平，球员能力很强。”

　　虽然米兰是里杰卡尔德退役前的“老东家”，而且其主教练安切洛蒂还是从前的队友，但荷兰人否认双方的半决赛因此就会有什么特殊的意义。“从个人来讲，这场比赛没什么特殊的，因为此前无论是作为球员还是教练，我都和米兰队交过手了。这仅仅是两支强队之间的一次剧烈的碰撞。”

　　Rijkaard Gears up for Clash Against Milan

　　 Barcelona coach Frank Rijkaard says his side will face a daunting task when they take on his former club AC Milan in the Champions League semi-finals following their 2-0 aggregate win over Benfica.

　　 "I think it will be a very interesting game against a very strong team," said the Dutchman who won two European Cups with the Italian giants.

　　 "They‘ve been playing at an extremely high level in recent years and have got a very strong squad of players."

　　 But Rijkaard denied that the game would hold special significance for him because he was facing up to his former club who are managed by his old Milan team mate Carlo Ancelotti.

　　 "Personally for me the tie will not mean anything special because I have faced them before both as a player and as a coach. It will just be a hard fought game between two very strong sides."

　　 Rijkaard said that the additional tension of a Champions League quarter-final had contributed to his side‘s nervy performance against Benfica at the Nou Camp on Wednesday.

　　 "Benfica have the reputation of playing very well away from home and they created a couple of very dangerous occasions during the match, so the tension was understandable," said the Dutchman. "While the score was 1-0 we could never relax.

　　 "We played well in the first half, but there was more tension in the second half. We were winning but the situation could change at any moment. I was delighted we could score a second goal to allow us to relax."

　　 Barca were unable to grasp the chance to take an early lead when Ronaldinho missed a fifth-minute penalty, but the Brazilian atoned for his error when he put his side ahead midway through the half.

　　 But with Benfica only needing a goal to turn the tie, the Primera Liga side were never sure of a semi-final place until Samuel Eto‘o put them 2-0 up two minutes from time.

　　 Benfica coach Ronald Koeman said that his side had also suffered from the tension of the tie.

　　 "We found it difficult to settle at the start and were nervous but we improved as the game wore on and had a couple of chances to equalise that would have put them out," he said.

　　 The former Barcelona player criticised the refereeing in both legs of the tie saying that decisions had gone in the Catalans‘s favour at crucial moments in both matches.

　　 "Barca were superior over the two games, but there appeared to be a certain influence against us from the referees," he said. "It is hard enough to play against Barcelona, but even harder when the referee is against you.

　　 "In the first leg the referee didn‘t blow for a penalty when Barcelona handled the ball in the area, but he awarded one against us for the same offence tonight.

　　 "The incidents were more or less the same, but there was a clear difference in the decisions of the two referees."

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