貝克漢姆手術成功 但恐無緣世界盃

England's David Beckham is set to miss this year's World Cup despite undergoing successful surgery on his torn Achilles tendon on Monday.

The 34-year-old suffered the injury in AC Milan's 1-0 win over Chievo on Sunday and flew to Finland for an operation performed by one of the world's top specialists.

"So far everything is fine," surgeon Dr. Sakari Orava told the reporters. "The operation went smoothly and nicely."

Orava was asked whether the midfielder would be able to play in the World Cup in South Africa starting on June 11.

"No, I don't think ing takes a long time," he said.

Beckham's foot will be in a cast for around six to eight weeks, after which he can start "more vigorous" physiotherapy.

Beckham, England's most capped outfield player with 115 appearances, had been bidding to play in a fourth World Cup.

"I am upset but want to thank everyone for their messages of support," Beckham said on his official website. "I hope to make a swift and full recovery."

England coach Fabio Capello said Beckham's likely absence was a "big blow."

"I am very sad for David that he has suffered this injury," Capello said in a statement on the FA website.

"I spoke with him after the game on Sunday night to offer my support, as did (assistant) Franco Baldini.

"David is a great professional and has worked very hard to be ready for the World Cup, so missing it will be a big blow."

Beckham was getting ready to kick a ball unchallenged late in Sunday's Serie A match when he suddenly pulled up and shouted to the Milan bench 'It's broken'.

"He had a total tear of the left Achilles tendon and that was repaired," Orava added, saying it was unclear where Beckham would go next for the start of his rehabilitation.

"He was actually in quite a good mood. He was smiling and happy that the operation was done, and happy to hear it went fine. He was not at all depressed, that we could see, about the ability to play in the World Cup."

儘管英格蘭足球巨星大衛•貝克漢姆本週一接受的斷裂跟腱修復手術非常成功，但他已確定將無緣今年的世界盃比賽。

34歲的貝克漢姆在上週日AC米蘭以1比0戰勝切沃的比賽中跟腱受傷，之後在第一時間飛往芬蘭求助一位世界頂級名醫。

這位名叫薩卡里•奧拉瓦的外科醫生告訴記者說：“目前來看情況不錯。手術非常順利，也很成功。”

當被問及這位中場球員能否參加將於今年6月11日開幕的南非世界盃賽時，奧拉瓦說：“我覺得不行，他的傷勢需要很久才能恢復。”

貝克漢姆的腳需要大約六到八週的石膏，之後他將接受“強度更大的”物理治療。

貝克漢姆是有史以來代表英格蘭國家隊出賽次數最多的非門將球員，迄今已有115次。而此前貝克漢姆一直在爲他第四次出征世界盃而努力。

貝克漢姆在他的個人官網上說：“我很難過，但要謝謝大家的支持。我希望能儘快恢復到最佳狀態。”

英格蘭隊教練法比奧•卡佩羅稱，貝克漢姆如果缺陣本屆世界盃，那將是個“巨大的打擊”。

卡佩羅在英國足球協會網站上發表的一份聲明中說：“大衛受傷了，對此我感到很難過。”

“週日晚比賽結束後，我和大衛進行了交談，給予他支持。助理教練弗蘭科•巴爾迪尼當時也在。”

“大衛是位偉大的職業球員，爲征戰世界盃付出了很多努力，所以缺陣世界盃對於他來說的確是個很大的打擊。”

上週日晚些時侯，在一場意甲聯賽上，貝克漢姆在沒有人拼搶的情況下正準備開腳踢球，正在此時，他突然停下來，向米蘭隊休息區大喊：“斷了！”

奧拉瓦說：“他的左腳跟腱完全撕裂，經過手術已經修復。”他稱，目前還不清楚貝克漢姆將前往何處開始下一步的康復治療。

“他現在情緒還不錯，在得知手術成功後非常高興，露出了微笑。可以看出，他並沒有因爲可能將無緣世界盃而感到十分沮喪。”

Vocabulary:

Achilles tendon：the tendon joining the calf muscles to the heel bone（跟腱）

cast：a rigid surgical dressing, usually made of bandage treated with plaster of paris（石膏，也稱爲plaster cast）

cap：to select (a player) for a representative team（爲球隊挑選球員）

outfield player:非門將球員