标题: [曼城晚报]卡里克重返国家队舞台 Carrick taking centre stage [打印本页] 作者: 斑丝妮 时间: 2009-2-11 22:18 标题: [曼城晚报]卡里克重返国家队舞台 Carrick taking centre stage
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MICHAEL Carrick was left in the international wilderness at the beginning of Fabio Capello's reign - but United kept the midfielder's spirits up.www.imanutd.com- L7 K3 I! [- e6 W0 ~
The Italian overlooked Carrick for nine matches until he finally capped him last November in the friendly in Berlin against Germany and is in the squad again for tonight's match with Spain in Seville.Capello had previously centred his engine room choice on Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Gareth Barry.曼联,曼联BT,曼联在线视频,曼联图片,曼联新闻,曼联论坛5 \5 |2 S* H9 D2 A8 H
Considering Carrick was winning his second Premier League title medal with the Reds and becoming a Champions League winner, his England absence was a mystery. - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站4 z/ z( h+ g: {: e
But the 27-year-old refused to let the snub worry him. 4 l! X, o6 \5 I7 D) E) R曼联在线·球迷地带"Not being in the England squad was not something I was worried about," he said. "It was just a case of getting it right at United. 5 G6 b3 m9 S, S5 F9 i1 E* I7 V' Ewww.imanutd.com"I believed I would get back in the squad if I was playing well enough and that has been the case. It was not something I was losing sleep about because it wasn't something I could control.www.imanutd.com6 l) F7 @* [: o0 D! @# _3 q; q. P Focus - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站7 p! c+ S1 o/ t4 A2 Z3 e
"I wanted to be in the squad. That goes without saying, but when I wasn't it wasn't something I was going to moan and sulk about. 8 Z J1 K3 ] j o+ \! f/ vwww.imanutd.com"What was that going to change if I went around moping? I always knew that if you played consistently well for your club then you would be picked. ; w: E3 V7 ]- ]7 {2 Q曼联,曼联BT,曼联在线视频,曼联图片,曼联新闻,曼联论坛"I was never going to get down about it. : J" W) q, n- o% W: |曼联在线·球迷地带"At the time last season we were going for the Premier League and Champions League and that had to be my concern and my main focus. 9 a6 d% c# L0 S1 I/ N& M"Apart from trying to play well it was all out of my hands. - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站7 o6 d* |$ g/ l, M/ n
"I just had to keep believing in my ability and know that eventually I would get back in there. The hard part now is staying there." 5 o4 \1 s/ H- E n& k$ S0 B曼联,曼联BT,曼联在线视频,曼联图片,曼联新闻,曼联论坛Carrick has emerged from the shadow of Paul Scholes in United's midfield to gradually become an influential figure himself. - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站7 Z) V5 |8 B7 Z- D
This season his eye-catching imprint has won him new followers. $ m/ X t9 E, c& Y5 T曼联在线·球迷地带"It has gone really well for me," he said. "I have just gone about things trying to get better all the time. 曼联,曼联BT,曼联在线视频,曼联图片,曼联新闻,曼联论坛/ O! I; p6 i7 X5 @3 |
"Playing in a team like this helps you improve. We are playing well and winning games and everyone is getting a lot of praise. I just hope it continues. ! V3 X; ~- y- m$ w: f8 k"I feel I am moving upwards. I have tried to add things to my game as much as I can. It is not about major changes, but little things here and there. 0 D% o2 c' a4 M) q& _9 }2 \+ C" dwww.imanutd.comPeak 9 y- W8 M& t8 W# P
"They all add up. It seems to be going well. I am still only 27 so I am reaching my peak." - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站' @" r7 S. v8 H2 q2 x
Carrick's goal account is one area where many felt an increase in output would have boosted his profile for England.www.imanutd.com+ ?$ C; v) s# A; c, w4 m. ^8 c
Old Trafford has provided the likes of Bryan Robson and Scholes as goalscoring midfielders for the country. 5 v( J" a8 V1 t/ X2 gChelsea's Lampard and Liverpool's Gerrard have impressive club goal-scoring records to back their claims. - G" S7 `$ ^! I/ Pwww.imanutd.comCarrick, however, has just 10 goals in almost three seasons as a Red since signing from Spurs for £18m in 2006. 5 q' ]( j; o& O5 p' [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."It would be nice if I could add goals," he said. "But sometimes you cannot think about that because you have other jobs to do. 1 L, v% e& z2 `/ w% JLike the second half at West Ham on Sunday I was there to do a job and it wasn't about me getting forward looking to add to my goal account. But I have been getting forward a lot more. It is great to do that and be able to get in scoring positions and attempt to get on the scoresheet as well as creating something for others. ! u9 ]7 Z# x8 twww.imanutd.com"But different games dictate how you play and you accept that. I am not really too fussed who scores as long as we win. 6 o3 C8 h T& o2 v. ^www.imanutd.com"I am not going to get a big hang up about it. It isn't something I say at the start of the season that I want to score this many goals. - 专业·专注·曼联中文网站) \3 k: _% B1 \ L' r2 Q e/ ?
"Of course, it is something I look for and it could be a big part of my game. But when you are winning like we are at the moment it is not much of a concern. , i& S, s( Y% z' k2 O5 W7 g曼联在线·球迷地带"You look at the Robsons, Scholes, Lampards and Gerrards and they are different players. There have been great midfield players who haven't scored goals. + |5 g/ e0 Z+ D5 S* L0 }曼联,曼联BT,曼联在线视频,曼联图片,曼联新闻,曼联论坛"You just have to judge each individual on what they bring to the team. 曼联,曼联BT,曼联在线视频,曼联图片,曼联新闻,曼联论坛1 x( I. `. N" ^# ?' v, n
"It would be nice to score more and who would say any different?"www.imanutd.com, A/ r3 u2 z7 ]# M& j
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