为你读书：《卢卡库：我有些话要说（连载5）》

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罗梅卢·卢卡库（Romelu Lukaku），这位比利时前锋是世界足坛最受关注的球星之一，却有着很多不为人知的过去。在2018世界杯开赛前，他在The Players' Tribune（《球星看台》）上撰文I've Got Some Things to Say，回忆自己过去的时光与成长的历程。

 

 

 

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I’ll never forget, I showed up to the stadium, and I like pretty much ran into the dressing room and the kitman said, “O.K., kid, what number do you want?”

我永远不会忘记，当我出现在体育馆,我非常高兴地跑进了更衣室。装备员问我：“小子,你要多少号球衣？”

 

And I said, “Give me number 10.”

我说：“给我10号吧。”

 

Hahahaha! I don’t know. I was too young to be scared I guess.

哈哈，我不知道，那时候我可能年少轻狂无所畏惧。

 

He was like, “Academy players have to take 30 and above.”

他说：“学院的球员只能拿30以上的号码。”

 

I said, “O.K., well, three plus six equals nine, and that’s a cool number, so give me 36.”

我说：“好的，3+6等于9，这是个很酷的数字，那给我36吧！”

 

That night at the hotel, the senior players made me sing a song for them at dinner. I can’t even remember what I picked. My head was spinning.

那晚在酒店，老球员们让我在晚餐时唱一首歌，我都不记得我选了什么歌，我整个人都昏昏沉沉的。

 

 

The next morning, my friend literally knocked on the door of my house to see if I wanted to play football and my mum was like, “He’s out playing.”

第二天早上，我朋友敲开了我家的门，想找我去踢足球，我母亲说：“他出去比赛了”。

 

My friend said, “Playing where?”

我朋友说：“去哪里比赛了?”

 

She said, “The final.”

她说：“决赛。”

 

 

We got off the bus at the stadium, and every single player walked in wearing a cool suit. Except me. I came off the bus wearing a terrible tracksuit, and all the TV cameras were right in my face. The walk to the locker room was like 300 meters. Maybe a three-minute walk. As soon as I put my foot in the locker room, my phone starts blowing up. Everybody had seen me on TV. I had 25 messages in three minutes. My friends were going crazy.

我们坐大巴到了体育馆，每一个球员走进体育馆都穿着很酷的外套，除了我。我下车的时候穿着一件很糟糕的运动服，电视镜头都对准我的脸。走进更衣室好像300米，我似乎走了3分钟。当我踏进更衣室的一瞬间，我的电话开始不断的响。每一个人都在电视上看到了我，我在3分钟内收到了25条信息，我的朋友们都开始疯了。

 

“Bro?! WHY ARE YOU AT THE GAME?!”

“兄弟，你怎么出现在比赛里了？！”

 

“Rom, what is happening? WHY ARE YOU ON TV?”

“罗梅乌，发生了什么？你怎么在电视上？”

 

The only person I texted back was my best friend. I said, “Bro, I don’t know if I’m gonna play. I don’t know what’s going on. But just keep watching the TV.”

我只回复了我最好的朋友，我说：“兄弟，我不知道我能不能上场，我不知道接下来会发生什么，但你一直看着电视就好了。”

 

In the 63rd minute, the manager subbed me on.

第63分钟，教练把我派上场了。

 

I ran out onto the field for Anderlecht at 16 years and 11 days old.

我跑进安德莱赫特的球场。那天，我16岁零11天。

 

We lost the final that day, but I was already in heaven. I made good on my promise to my mother and to my grandad. That was the moment I knew we were gonna be O.K.

我们那天的决赛输了，但我感觉我自己在天堂中，我实现了我对我母亲和外祖父的承诺，那个时刻，我知道，我们会越来越好的。