马塔周记：离开本是更容易的选择，但我想留下来帮助曼联复兴

马塔周记，每周一期。有了马塔蜀黍，麻麻再也不用担心我的英语了。

DIFFERENT DAY, SAME MENTALITY

日期变了，心态不变

Hello everyone,

小伙伴们大家好，

Today I want to start by explaining that after six years of writing my blog posts on Sundays and publishing them on Mondays, I have decided to post them on Wednesdays each week from now on. I feel as though posts on a Monday were too focused on the last game, for better or worse, and I believe that it is always good to take a step back to look at things with further clarity.

今天周记的开始我想解释一下，过去六年我都是在周日写完博客，并在周一发布的。我决定从现在开始改成每周三发布。感觉一直在周一发博客太注重上周末的比赛了，不管结果是好是坏。而且我相信，对事物有更清晰的认识再回头看，总是一件好事。

Obviously, today I would have liked to have been writing after a win as I have done many times, but that’s not the case and it is something that has to be accepted. Defeats are a part of football, although we feel like this one arrived too soon. Fortunately, we have the rest of the season to fix our mistakes and improve.

显然，今天不能像以往常常做的那样，在赢球之后写周记了，但这也没什么大不了的，有时必须要接受这样的事情。输球是足球的一部分，虽然我们感觉这场失利来得太早了。幸运的是，我们还能在剩下的赛季中改正错误并提高。

On the other hand, I would like to mention that last week I had an interview with Jason Burt from the Daily Telegraph. We talked about a lot of different things. Among them, we discussed last season and the weeks leading up to my contract extension. I told him that given the situation it perhaps would have been easier to leave, to accept that I did not arrive at Manchester United at the best point in their history and not renew. 

另外，我想提一下上周和《每日电讯报》记者杰森-布尔特进行的采访。我们聊了很多不同的事情。其中包括上个赛季球队的表现，还有促成我续约的关键几周。我告诉他在当时的情况下，可能选择离开会更加容易，我本可以接受这个事实：我并没有在俱乐部的历史最佳时期来到曼联，因此不续约。

However, I believed, and still believe, that it was worthwhile to stay, to work so that this club returns to fighting for big trophies. I want to be here, working so that Manchester United can get back to what it used to be. This is my mentality and the idea I have in mind. I feel that this was also the mentality of the people who made this great club what it is, and that is why it is so unique and special.

但我相信，我仍然相信，留下是值得的——努力去帮助这家球队复兴，赢下重要的奖杯。我想要在这里奋斗，看到曼联重现昔日的辉煌。这是我脑海中的所思所想。我认为这也是昔日让曼联成为伟大球队的人的心态，它解释了为什么曼联是一家特别的、独一无二的俱乐部。

There’s nothing else to mention today, thank you for always being here!

今天没什么其他想说的了，感谢大家一直以来的关心！

Hugs,

抱抱

马塔落款时的签名

Juan

娟儿

P.S: I want to publicly congratulate Eric Cantona, who will receive the UEFA President’s Award next week for his commitment to Common Goal, amongst other things. As a mentor for the movement, it is an honour to be on the same team and to share ideas about how much football can help to improve people’s lives. Congratulations, King Eric!

附笔：我想公开祝贺埃里克-坎通纳。由于对Common Goal项目和其他事业的贡献，他将在下周获得欧足联主席奖。作为这个项目的指导者，很荣幸身处这个拥有共同理念的团队中——足球可以很好地改善人们的生活。恭喜，国王埃里克！