【官方网】沃尔科特：进球让我“如释重负”

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【官方网】沃尔科特：进球让我“如释重负”




西奥.沃尔科特表示昨晚他打进的2球让他“如释重负”。

年轻的阿森纳射手自2006年1月从南安普敦转会到北伦敦后已经登上过报章头条，那个夏天他在没有为新东家出场过的情况下被召入英格兰的世界杯阵容。接下来的一个赛季，他在联赛杯决赛上打进效力阿森纳的第一球，不幸的是，球队的大面积伤病毁掉了那场比赛。
在周二晚对布拉格斯拉发的赛前准备会上，阿瑟.温格决定让迄今为止以打边前卫为主的沃尔科特顶上锋线。他打进2球回报了教授的信任。

“一定程度上这让我如释重负，”沃尔科特说，“最近几场比赛我表现不错，能打进在酋长球场的第一球感觉很棒。记得上赛季对阵雷丁时我打过前锋，但自从手术后这是第一次顶上锋线，我十分享受。”

“自从加盟俱乐部起球迷就对我很好，每场比赛都能得到热烈的掌声。能为他们进球是我的荣幸。”
“本来能上演帽子戏法的，也许以后吧，可惜我只进了2个。”

沃尔科特承认一开始在阿森纳并不顺利，但他不会为被召进世界杯阵容感到后悔。
“我那时只有17岁，”他说，“还没有打过英超。被选入不是我决定的，这你得问斯文（埃里克森）。不过能和世界级球员一起训练，还有看他们比赛，对我来说是个宝贵的经历。那个夏天风起云涌，没有人预料到，包括我。”

“不过现在我已经在阿森纳呆了2年，训练比赛也很努力。是的，我的状态曾经有所起伏，但那都是以前的事，现在已经被我远远抛到山下去了。其实我没有真正看过报纸和聆听人们对我的评价。我所处的环境，每天和球员在一起，你不会在意报纸或者其他东西。另外我想说教授对我很好。”

现在我会努力向前，我更加强壮和聪明了。我也希望能有更多机会出现在锋线上。”

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Walcott - Those goals are 'a weight off my shoulders' - 25 Oct 2007

Theo Walcott admits the two goals he scored last night are a ‘weight off his shoulders’.

The young Arsenal attacker has been in the headlines ever since he moved to North London from Southampton in January 2006. That summer he was called up to England’s World Cup squad without having played for his new side. The following season, he chose the Carling Cup Final as the occasion to score his first Arsenal goal but unfortunately a nagging injury would blight the end of that campaign.

In the build-up to Tuesday’s night game with Slavia Prague, Arsène Wenger spoke of Walcott, mainly a winger until now, being ready to star up front. He responded with two goals in a 7-0 drubbing at Emirates Stadium.

“It's a weight off my shoulders in a way,” said Walcott. “The last couple of games have gone well for me and it's great to get my first goal at the Emirates. I remember playing against Reading as a striker [last season] but since the operation it's the first game I've had up front and I really enjoyed it.
“The fans have been brilliant to me since I joined the Club. Every game the cheers are massive. It was good to get those goals for them.

“It would have been nice to get the hat-trick - maybe another day - but I'll take two, definitely.”
Walcott admits his early career at Arsenal has been a rollercoaster ride but, he argues, that surprise World Cup call-up is NOT a source of regret.

“I was only 17,” he said. “I hadn't played in the Premiership. It wasn't my decision that I got picked. You have to ask Sven for that. But it was a good experience to train with world-class players then see how they performed on match days and coming up to the games. That was an eventful summer. No-one expected it, including me.

“But I've been with Arsenal for nearly two years now and been working really hard. Yes it has been up and down but that's gone now. It's in the past and it's all downhill from here. I never really read papers or what people are saying about me which helps. The environment I'm in - around the players every day - you don't see what's in the newspapers or anything. And I think the boss has been brilliant with me.
“Now I can push on because I'm stronger and a bit wiser. I hope to get a few more appearances up front as well.”