馬德里之夜??? ? ?

???????燈亮的時(shí)候已經(jīng)是早上六點(diǎn)了。首先，我眨了眨眼讓眼睛適應(yīng)亮度。 接下來，當(dāng)我的注意力恢復(fù)時(shí)，我恍然大悟。對(duì)于利物浦球員、凱爾特人的終生球迷和蘇格蘭國(guó)腳來說，沒有比這更偉大的時(shí)刻。但是啤酒引起的腦霧、睡眠不足和徹頭徹尾的超現(xiàn)實(shí)主義讓我很難接受。站在我面前的是所有英雄中的英雄肯尼·達(dá)格利什爵士。不僅如此，他可愛的妻子瑪麗娜還告訴他，不，他不能繼續(xù)聚會(huì)，因?yàn)樗麄円s飛機(jī)，如果他們現(xiàn)在不離開，他們就會(huì)錯(cuò)過航班。

???????作為一個(gè)來自克拉克斯頓的男孩，我是在肯尼國(guó)王的故事中長(zhǎng)大的。我崇拜他的父親一遍又一遍地告訴我他的傳奇故事，所以對(duì)我來說，這既是一件美事又讓人驚喜。但事實(shí)并非如此。七個(gè)小時(shí)前，我站在萬達(dá)大都會(huì)球場(chǎng)上，將利物浦的第六座歐冠獎(jiǎng)杯拋向馬德里的夜空，被泛光燈弄瞎了眼?！袄^續(xù)安德魯，”我心想，“你是怎么開始理解這一切的？”

????????如果我以前從未經(jīng)歷過這樣的事情，那么我敢打賭馬德里歐洲之星酒店也沒有。這是一個(gè)基地，在這里經(jīng)過難忘的48小時(shí)后，我們將永遠(yuǎn)改變自己的生活。我們?cè)诹璩炕氐侥抢?，在扶梯上跳舞，高唱“Allez Allez Allez”，阿利松帶著獎(jiǎng)杯進(jìn)入一個(gè)擁擠的房間。這是一個(gè)結(jié)束所有派對(duì)的派對(duì)。不是因?yàn)楹茸砹恕M管我必須說實(shí)話，這是少有的小伙子們可以披肩散發(fā)的夜晚之一——而是純粹的歡愉。

????????對(duì)于每個(gè)有幸在那里的人——球員、工作人員、家人、支持者——我們所有人分享的愉悅比我們消費(fèi)的任何東西都更要令人陶醉。我酒量不大，但那天晚上我完全沒有達(dá)到那個(gè)你開始感覺腳有點(diǎn)不穩(wěn)定的階段。我只是不想讓今晚結(jié)束。，我希望永遠(yuǎn)持續(xù)下去。酒店的管理人員有其他想法，這就是他們打開燈的原因，讓肯尼爵士和他的家人趕飛機(jī)，讓我們其他人尋找其他地方繼續(xù)喝。

????????對(duì)我來說，這意味著和亞當(dāng)·拉拉納一起去我的房間。我們兩人乘坐前一天晚上帶我們下樓的同一部電梯上樓，但現(xiàn)在我們是不同的人。我們的性格沒有改變，但我們的地位改變了。就像肯尼國(guó)王在被封爵后被稱為“爵士”一樣，我們現(xiàn)在將被稱為歐冠冠軍。這是你永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)厭倦聽到的?！皻W冠冠軍安迪·羅伯遜。”哇。我必須強(qiáng)調(diào)，我不會(huì)到處這樣描述自己，如果我這樣做了，我完全期待我的朋友會(huì)打我一巴掌，但我并不羞于說當(dāng)電視評(píng)論員這么講，或者我被介紹為一個(gè)活動(dòng)的客人，并是用這九個(gè)字時(shí)我會(huì)感到激動(dòng)。這也不僅僅是個(gè)人的驕傲，尤其是我知道我只是團(tuán)隊(duì)的一員，而且我比任何人都清楚在此過程中還有很多其他人幫助過我。最重要的是，我明白這對(duì)我的家人和參與我旅程的其他人意味著什么。但是，與里斯本雄獅隊(duì)、傳奇的利物浦隊(duì)以及皇家馬德里、AC米蘭、拜仁慕尼黑和巴塞羅那的偉大球員競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，一名足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員怎能不從身邊獲得一些東西呢？難怪拉拉納和我自己需要再喝一杯！

????????問題是，我們真的買不到。歐戰(zhàn)的客場(chǎng)規(guī)則非常簡(jiǎn)單——球員不能點(diǎn)酒到他們的房間，而且我們的迷你酒吧總是在我們到達(dá)之前就清空了。就這些嚴(yán)格執(zhí)行的規(guī)定而言，我們的新地位毫無用處。沒有交易可談，沒有邁克爾·愛德華茲風(fēng)格的談判來獲得我們想要的東西，規(guī)則就是規(guī)則，再多的懇求、乞討或討價(jià)還價(jià)都不會(huì)改變這一點(diǎn)。我愛拉拉納，他是我最好的伙伴之一，但在這一點(diǎn)上，他和我一樣，完全沒用。所以我們做了所有足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員在無法得到他們想要的東西時(shí)所做的事情——我們向工作人員尋求幫助。在這方面我們很幸運(yùn)。

????????我們團(tuán)隊(duì)里有馬克·萊蘭和哈里森·金斯頓，他們是俱樂部分析團(tuán)隊(duì)的成員，他們幫助策劃了我們對(duì)托特納姆熱刺的勝利。這些伙計(jì)不僅在他們的日常工作中表現(xiàn)出色，而且他們也非常足智多謀，所以我們請(qǐng)他們搞到啤酒。他們通過客房服務(wù)送到了他們的房間，酒一到，他們就帶到了我們身邊。簡(jiǎn)單但有效。顯然，這遠(yuǎn)沒有他們?cè)跊Q賽前的準(zhǔn)備工作或之前幾周和幾個(gè)月的工作那么有含金量，但在那個(gè)時(shí)候，他們做不到任何事情會(huì)如此重要，而且這又給了我們一個(gè)感謝他們?cè)谇蜿?duì)背后付出努力的理由。

????????我們決定通宵有兩個(gè)原因。顯而易見的是，我們都下定決心要細(xì)細(xì)品味每一分鐘。但也有人意識(shí)到，如果我們?cè)陲w回家前睡一兩個(gè)小時(shí)，我們醒來時(shí)只會(huì)感覺很糟糕。不僅是整晚熬夜的疲倦會(huì)成為問題，還有比賽中的疲勞會(huì)在某個(gè)時(shí)候開始出現(xiàn)。我只是想盡可能長(zhǎng)時(shí)間地推遲這種感覺。我不確定那天早上的談話是否會(huì)被廣泛認(rèn)為是最高標(biāo)準(zhǔn)的。有很多關(guān)于前一天晚上發(fā)生的事情以及在利物浦等待我們的事情的閑聊，但總的來說，我們只是笑了笑。

????????有一陣，我和隊(duì)花一起坐在床上，我們倆同時(shí)開始盯著我們的獎(jiǎng)牌。我們只是看著對(duì)方，然后放聲大笑，因?yàn)楠?jiǎng)牌周圍的絲帶沒有系好，你可以看到我們的脖子都被割斷了。我無法告訴你隊(duì)花的想法，但對(duì)我來說，這是一個(gè)回憶的時(shí)刻，與我們前一年的銀牌相比?，F(xiàn)在我們有了金牌，唯一的問題是他們像瘋了一樣刺激我們。我們?cè)噲D撓脖子，把連帽衫裹在獎(jiǎng)帶上，但我們從來沒有脫下它們。根本不可能。

????????一想到那枚銀牌，就讓我想起了幾乎整整一年前的一些不好的回憶。我們兩場(chǎng)歐冠決賽的結(jié)果之間的差異再大不過了，這就是為什么我對(duì)我們剛剛擊敗的熱刺球員如此同情的原因。我很清楚他們的感受。奇怪的是，即使在2019年給我們帶來的狂喜狂潮中，我們?nèi)匀豢梢詫?duì)2018年的經(jīng)歷產(chǎn)生一種逮蝦戶的感覺。 我說這很奇怪，但我想在某些方面這是完全自然的，十二個(gè)月前我們輸給皇家馬德里時(shí)所遭受的痛苦促使我們?nèi)〉昧顺晒ΑＮ覀儗⑺懹?，在需要時(shí)將其用作動(dòng)力，因?yàn)閷?duì)于一個(gè)有志氣的人來說，我們知道我們不想再有這種感覺。

英文原文：

One Night In Madrid

????IT was six o’clock in the morning when the lights finally went on. First I blinked as my eyes came to terms with the brightness. Next, I did a double take as my focus returned. For a Liverpool player, lifelong Celtic fan and Scotland international, there could be no greater sight. But a combination of lager-induced brain fog, lack of sleep and outright surrealism made it difficult to take in. Stood in front of me was Sir Kenny Dalglish, the hero of all heroes. Not only that but he was being told by his lovely wife, Marina, that no, he couldn’t carry the party on because they had a flight to catch and if they didn’t leave right now they would miss it.

????For a boy from Clarkston who had grown up on tales of King Kenny, told to me over and over again by my dad who worshipped him, this was as good – and as bizarre – as it gets. Except it wasn’t. Seven hours earlier I had been stood on the pitch at the Wanda Metropolitano, blinded by the floodlights as I thrust Liverpool’s sixth European Cup into the Madrid night sky. ‘Go on Andrew,’ I thought to myself. ‘How do you even begin to make sense of all this?’

????If I’d never experienced anything like this before then I’d wager the Madrid Eurostars Hotel hadn’t either. This was our base for 48 unforgettable hours around a fixture that would change all of our lives forever. We arrived back there in the early hours, dancing down an escalator chanting ‘Allez Allez Allez’ with Alisson Becker carrying the European Cup into a crowded room. This had been the party to end all parties. Not in the sense of what was drunk – although I have to be honest, this was one of those rare nights when the lads could let our hair down – but in the sense of sheer jubilation.

????For everyone who was lucky enough to be there – players, staff, families, supporters – the feeling of euphoria that all of us were sharing was much more intoxicating than whatever we were consuming. I’m not a big drinker but that night I indulged without ever getting to that stage where you start feeling a bit unsteady on your feet. I just didn’t want the night to end. I wanted it to carry on forever. Management at the hotel had other ideas, which was why they turned the lights on, sending Sir Kenny and his family for their plane and leaving the rest of us looking for somewhere else to get a drink.

????For me, that meant heading up to my room with Adam Lallana. The pair of us went up in the same lift that had brought us down the previous evening, but now we were different people. Our personalities hadn’t changed but our status had. Just like King Kenny gets to be called ‘Sir’ after being knighted, we would now be known as European Cup winners. It’s something you could never get sick of hearing. ‘European Cup winner Andy Robertson.’ Wow. I have to stress that I don’t go around describing myself like that and I’d fully expect a slap from one of my mates if I did, but I’m not ashamed to say that it gives me a buzz when a TV commentator says it or I’m announced as a guest at an event with those five wonderful words. It’s not just personal pride either, especially as I know I’m only part of a team and I know better than anyone that there are many others who helped me along the way. More than anything, I understand what it means to my family and everyone else who has been part of my journey. But how could a footballer not take something out of being in the company of the Lisbon Lions, the legendary Liverpool teams and the greats of Real Madrid, AC Milan, Bayern Munich and Barcelona? No wonder Lallana and myself needed another drink!

????The problem was, we literally couldn’t get one. The rules on European away trips are quite simple – players cannot order alcohol to be brought to their rooms and our mini-bars are always emptied before we’ve even arrived. As far as these strictly enforced regulations go, our new status counted for nothing. There were no deals to be done, no Michael Edwards- style negotiating to get what we wanted, rules are rules and no amount of pleading, begging or bargaining was going to change that. I love Lallana, he’s one of my best mates, but at this point he was, like me, absolutely useless. So we did what all footballers do when they can’t get what they want, we turned to members of staff for help. In this case we were lucky.

????In our company were Mark Leyland and Harrison Kingston, members of the club’s analysis team who had helped plot our victory over Tottenham Hotspur. Not only are these lads outstanding at their day jobs, they are also hugely resourceful, so we tasked them with obtaining the beer that, up to that point, was eluding us. They had room service sent up to their rooms and as soon as it arrived they brought it along to us. Simple but effective. Obviously it wasn’t anywhere near as important as their work in the build- up to the final, or in the weeks and months previously, but at that point in time there was nothing they could have done that would have mattered so much and it gave us yet another reason to be grateful for the efforts of the team behind the team.

????We’d decided to pull an all-nighter for two reasons. The obvious one was that we were all determined to savour every minute. But there was also a realisation that if we went to bed for an hour or two before flying home, we’d only wake up feeling terrible. It wasn’t just the tiredness of being up all hours that would have been a problem, it was the fatigue from the game that was going to kick in at some point. I just wanted to delay that feeling for as long as possible. I’m not sure the conversation that morning would be widely considered as being of the highest standard. There was a lot of small talk about what had happened the night before and what awaited us back in Liverpool but, in the main, we just had a laugh.

????At one point I was sitting on the bed with Ads and we both started staring at our medals at exactly the same time. We just looked at each other and burst out laughing because the ribbons round the medals aren’t the best and you could see both our necks cutting up. I couldn’t tell you what Ads was thinking but for me it was a moment of reflection, compared to where we’d been the year before with the silver one. Now we had gold ones and the only problem was they were irritating us like mad. We were trying to scratch our necks and wrap our hoodies around the ribbons but we were never taking them off. Not a chance.

????Just thinking of that silver medal brought back some bad memories from almost exactly a year earlier. The difference between the aftermaths of our two Champions League finals couldn’t have been greater, which was why I had so much sympathy for the Spurs players we had just beaten. I knew exactly how they were feeling. Strangely, it was still possible to almost have a sense of déjà vu about our own experiences from 2018, even in the midst of the rush of ecstasy that 2019 was giving us. I say strangely but I suppose in some ways it’s totally natural, simply because it was the pain that had been inflicted when we lost to Real Madrid twelve months previously that drove us on to this success. We kept it with us, using it as a motivation whenever we needed it because, to a man, we knew that we didn’t want to feel like that again.