标题: 维迪奇——战火洗礼的斗士 Baptism of fire for Vidic [打印本页] 作者: 斑丝妮 时间: 2007-11-22 17:14 标题: 维迪奇——战火洗礼的斗士 Baptism of fire for Vidic
8 n; y" W% z7 _- a: e - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站LITTLE wonder that the bruisers of the Premier League hold few fears for Nemanja Vidic, after he spent some of his childhood dodging bombs and bullets.www.imanutd.com6 @- L8 O2 ~4 e6 h
The 26-year-old Manchester United defender has revealed in an interview on the club's official website that his early years were scarred by the wars which ravaged the former Yugoslavia for a decade - just as he was trying to build a career for himself as a professional footballer.曼联在线·球迷地带' v& m9 Q+ A( I$ r! o
The series of conflicts started in 1991 when Vidic was just nine years old, and reached their height in 1999 when NATO planes, including some from the Royal Air Force, bombed his home town of Uzice.3 a# L6 W2 p0 [9 J; A# ~
And Vidic says that football played a big part in keeping up morale when the shrapnel was flying and his town's bridges and official buildings were being reduced to rubble by the precision bombing campaign.6 G4 W9 I& G% H# e7 p
"Football was very important," he said. "Even while Serbia was being bombed, people were still playing football. Red Star Belgrade still had football matches and people were still going to watch the games, even though there was a war on. It was amazing! 曼联在线·球迷地带& i2 \- a6 }( _
"I remember when the bombing started and for the first month we were too scared to go out and play football because we didn't know what was happening. Nobody knew where the bombs would be.曼联在线·球迷地带+ P" J4 B$ {- r9 q' b Z% p; f
"But after a month, people relaxed a little more and they realised the targets were military and government buildings, or bridges. 专业曼联球迷网站,曼联球迷的地盘,为广大球迷提供最新曼联新闻与视频资源.! M7 }7 }, L) {: Q, `3 i+ m
"So then we thought it was OK to go to the stadiums and play football - we knew they wouldn't bomb there. People still wanted to lead their lives and watch football." 1 R" j2 P' L/ r yAnd he says that the sport also offered the Serbs - heavily criticised for the war crimes of some of their leaders - a chance to present a human face to the world: ) B# H6 g! C1 t0 l7 N/ Kwww.imanutd.com"In the 90s football was everything. It was the best way to show the world who we were. At the time, there were a lot of bad things happening in our country - there were murders, bombings, war - and it was important that Red Star Belgrade and the national team played well to counteract the negative propaganda. 4 W. E' E/ B1 M$ O' K曼联在线·球迷地带"It was the best way to show that Serbians also love football and sporting events. Today, football is still the No 1 sport in Serbia and everybody wants to play for Red Star Belgrade or one of the top clubs in Europe. - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站9 v" U: S0 w& w
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