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After Tearful Departure, Cheers Greet Messi in Paris
梅西挥泪告别巴萨，巴黎呼声喜迎梅西
When Lionel Messi said goodbye to Barcelona, his home since childhood and the place he grew to become one of soccer’s greatest ever players, he was in tears. Three days later, when he was formally introduced on Wednesday by his new club, Paris St.-Germain, any tears in the crowd were expressions of joy. And Messi, carrying his new jersey, traded the heavy emotions for a light smile.
当莱昂内尔·梅西告别巴塞罗那时，他泪流满面。巴塞罗那是他从小的家，也是他成长为足球史上最伟大球员之一的地方。三天后，当他的新俱乐部巴黎圣日耳曼周三正式介绍他出场时，人群中都是喜悦的泪水。而梅西，穿着他的新战袍，以淡然一笑取代沉重的情绪。
“I still want to play and I still want to win,” he said at a news conference on Wednesday, sitting next to P.S.G.’s president, Nasser al-Khelaifi. Leaving Barcelona was “a very hard moment,” he said, but he added that he was “very happy” to be in Paris. “I want to keep growing and keep winning titles.” Messi’s signing with P.S.G. on Tuesday represented the most significant — if unsurprising — move in recent soccer history, one that countless fans, both in France and Spain, were still struggling to fathom even as Messi threaded the field of the Parc des Princes, P.S.G.’s stadium and his new home.
周三，坐在巴黎圣日耳曼足球俱乐部主席纳赛尔·哈莱菲旁边的他在新闻发布会上说，“我仍然想踢球，我仍然想赢。”他说，离开巴塞罗那是“一个非常艰难的时刻”，但他补充说，他“非常高兴”来到巴黎。“我想继续成长，继续夺魁。”梅西周二与巴黎圣日耳曼的签约，代表着近年来足球史上最重大的举动，若是不出人意料的话。尽管梅西在王子公园、巴黎圣日耳曼体育场和他的新家的球场上穿梭，但法国和西班牙的无数球迷仍在苦苦揣测理解这一决定。
The move will reinforce P.S.G.’s dominance over France’s domestic league, Ligue 1, which has struggled to attract attention in recent years. And it will make the club the overwhelming favorite for the Champions League, the only trophy that matters to its Qatari backers, one that it has never held and that its president dreams of winning before Qatar hosts the World Cup in December 2022.
此举将加强巴黎圣日耳曼对法国国内联赛法甲的主导地位，法甲近年来一直难以吸引人们的注意。这将使俱乐部成为欧冠的压倒性热门，这是对卡塔尔支持者来说唯一重要的奖杯，俱乐部从未赢得过（欧冠），俱乐部主席梦想在卡塔尔举办2022年12月世界杯之前赢得冠军。
