因无缘联赛杯决赛 曼联前锋范尼首次表示不满
  Van Nistelrooy Speaks of 'Great Disappointment'

摘要：
    上周英超曼联队在英格兰联赛杯决赛上4：0击败维冈竞技队，夺得联赛杯冠军。在这场重要比赛中被萨哈取代而未能代表曼联出场的荷兰前锋范尼斯特鲁伊2月27日晚首次就此发表评论，承认自己当时“非常失望”，但表示这并不会损害他和主教练弗格森的关系。
    Ruud van Nistelrooy spoke for the first time last night about being dropped from Manchester United's team for the Carling Cup final. Choosing his words carefully, the striker admitted it had been a "great disappointment" but tried to play down any suggestion that it might damage his relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson.

    上周英超曼联队在英格兰联赛杯决赛上4：0击败维冈竞技队，夺得联赛杯冠军。在这场重要比赛中被萨哈取代而未能代表曼联出场的荷兰前锋范尼斯特鲁伊2月27日晚首次就此发表评论，承认自己当时“非常失望”，但表示这并不会损害他和主教练弗格森的关系。

    据英国《卫报》2月28日报道，范尼斯特鲁伊目前已经返回荷兰准备代表荷兰出战3月1日同厄瓜多尔队的友谊赛。在接受媒体采访时，范尼斯特鲁伊丝毫没有掩饰自己未能参加千年体育场决赛的失望之情。

    “我不想就以前发生的事情再多说什么。”范尼斯特鲁伊表示：“当然毫无疑问，作为一名球员我对弗格森的决定非常失望和震惊，但我理解他这么做的原因。”

    在谈到他和弗格森的关系是否会因此产生隔阂时，范尼斯特鲁伊表示：“我和任何人之间都没有隔阂。我为曼联队打进了很多球，一直表现很好，所以我希望能在即将开始的联赛中重返主力阵容。”

    Ruud van Nistelrooy spoke for the first time last night about being dropped from Manchester United's team for the Carling Cup final. Choosing his words carefully, the striker admitted it had been a "great disappointment" but tried to play down any suggestion that it might damage his relationship with Sir Alex Ferguson.

    Van Nistelrooy has returned to the Netherlands to play in a friendly against Ecuador tomorrow and, having made little attempt to disguise his feelings in the Millennium Stadium, he made it clear he was surprised to learn that Ferguson had omitted him in favour of Louis Saha.

    "I don't want to say too much about what happened because I am here to play for Holland," he said. "But, yes, it goes without saying that I'm disappointed, as any footballer would be."

    Ferguson had explained his decision to demote Van Nistelrooy because of Saha's record of having scored in every round of the competition. Van Nistelrooy is understood to have struggled to accept that, believing his own goal record should have made him a mandatory first-team choice. But he is opting for diplomacy rather than saying anything that could be regarded as criticism of Ferguson. "I can understand his reasons for playing Louis," he said. "I know why he did it.

    "There's no rift between me and anyone. I scored a lot of goals and I've been doing well, so I hope I am back for the next match. I expect to play in Premiership games."