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。

小伙伴们，大家好。我认为，今天在周记的开头就没有必要去描述输给沃特福德之后我们有多么沮丧了。实话实说，在比分变成了1-1之后，我真的认为我们会赢下这场比赛。我们扳平了比分，我们一直压在对方禁区附近。然而，正是在那时候他们再次取得了进球，从那时起直到比赛结束，他们都更好地控制了比赛，而我们则丢掉了三分。这个意料之外的事情让我们失望。

Hi everyone.Today, I believe there’s no need to start by describing how frustrated we feel in the team after losing at Watford. To be honest, after the 1-1 we really thought we were going to win the game. We had scored and we were playing near Watford’s box. However, it was precisely in that good moment that they scored again and since then until the final whistle they were in better control of the situation, and we lost the three points. It was an unexpected disappointment.

正如我总说的那样，足球中最好的事情之一就是比赛会一直考验你。一场胜利持续不了多久，之于失败也是如此，现在我们很快就有机会来扭转局面了。这周我们还有两场比赛，我们要把握机会在球场上展现出我们的骄傲与技术。没有时间来悲伤，我们必须做出反应。

As I always say, one of the best things of football is that the game is testing you all the time. A win doesn’t last too long, and it happens the same way with a defeat: you have the chance to make it up soon afterwards. Two more games this week will give us the opportunity to show on the pitch our pride and skills. There’s no time for mourning. We must react.

首先，我们会在联赛杯中客战北安普顿，这也是我们本赛季在这项比赛中的首战。这场比赛我们是热门，出于对对手的尊敬，我们必须要全力展示自己。尽管身处英甲，但是之前北安普顿已经淘汰了像西布朗这样的英超球队。我确信体育场会很拥挤，而且他们一定会为我们制造困难。

First of all, we visit Northampton Town in the EFL Cup, in our first game of the season in this competition. We are the favourites in this game and we have to deliver, all due respect to the opponent because, despite being in League One, Northampton Town has already knocked out a Premier League side like West Brom. I’m sure the stadium will be packed and they will try to make things difficult for us.

周末的时候我们还会有英超的比赛，这一次是在老特拉福德迎战莱斯特城。对阵卫冕冠军踢出一场漂亮的比赛是现在我们能回馈给支持者最好的信号。为了能做到这一点，我们必须在每个方面都努力训练、提高。我相信我们能在这个赛季中干出一番大事业，我也是这么感觉的。我还要提醒大家，现在我们仅仅是在9月。前面还有很多场比赛等着我们去奉献自己。在场上享受比赛的同时，我们也要让我们的球迷感到享受。现在感到失望很正常，但是我们还有很长的一段路要走。

And next weekend we are back to Premier League, this time in Old Trafford against Leicester. Playing a nice game against the current champions would be the best signal that we could send to our supporters. In order to do so, we have to improve and work hard in every sense. I believe this team is capable of doing great things this season. That’s how I feel. And I also want to remind you that we are still in September. There’s plenty of time ahead to give our best, enjoy on the pitch and make the fans enjoy too. It’s normal to feel disappointed right now, but there’s still a long way to go.

我要收笔了，希望下周一我们可以一起为了这一周而庆祝。抱抱，娟儿。

I’m signing off now. I hope next Monday we can celebrate together a good week.

Hugs,Juan

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