看到梅西蕭瑟的背影，黯然神傷。清·百一居士《壺天錄》：“女更黯然神傷，泫然流涕。”在子夜過(guò)后的凌晨，對(duì)于喜歡梅西的球迷來(lái)說(shuō)，無(wú)疑也是這樣的心情。

盡力了就好，這只是一場(chǎng)比賽而已。人生本就充滿跌宕起伏。

Life is full of ups and downs.

所有這些都使得梅西在俄羅斯的無(wú)精打采顯示器更加撲朔迷離。但是從他對(duì)冰島的罰球流淌出來(lái)的那一刻起，梅西似乎都撤回了 - 他在場(chǎng)上，他在中場(chǎng)線尋找的地方，還有他自己。

All of which makes Messi’s listless displays in Russia all the more bewildering. But from the moment he flubbed that penalty against Iceland, Messi seemed to withdraw — both on the field, where he went hunting for by the halfway line, but also into himself.

曾記得，1990年世界杯的時(shí)候，球王馬拉多拉在點(diǎn)球失利之后，掩面淚流，誰(shuí)說(shuō)男兒有淚不輕彈，只是未到傷心處。

阿根廷小組賽之后就要被淘汰出局，對(duì)于阿根廷來(lái)說(shuō)，對(duì)于梅西來(lái)說(shuō)，無(wú)疑是令人痛苦的場(chǎng)面。要知道，這也極有可能是梅西最后一屆世界杯了。榮譽(yù)等身的梅西獲得了太多的獎(jiǎng)杯和個(gè)人榮譽(yù)，唯獨(dú)欠缺的就是一座世界杯了。但好像大力神杯就是不愿意眷顧梅球王。

上一屆世界杯梅西率領(lǐng)阿根廷隊(duì)殺入決賽，但最終鎩羽德國(guó)戰(zhàn)車。這一屆比賽簡(jiǎn)直慘不忍睹，小組賽第二輪就0:3被克羅地亞人砍瓜切菜般地拿下了。

當(dāng)比賽結(jié)束時(shí)，克羅地亞選手以相等的疲憊和興奮的聲音落到了地板上，梅西停了幾秒鐘，他的臉上一片空白。他轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái)，順著隧道往下走，看不見(jiàn)好。

When it was over, as the Croatian playersfell to the floor in equal parts exhaustion and elation, Messi paused for a fewseconds, a blank stare on his face. The he turned and stalked away down the tunnel, and out of sight for good.

隨著比賽的進(jìn)行，克羅地亞隊(duì)加強(qiáng)了控制力，梅西開(kāi)始接受一個(gè)生氣的小孩的出現(xiàn)。他越遠(yuǎn)離目標(biāo)，越深入，越深入，就好像他不再相信隊(duì)友做他們的工作。

And as the game wore on, and Croatia took more control, Messi began to take on the appearance of a sulky toddler. He drifted further away from goal, taking the ball in deeper and deeper positions, as though he no longer trusted his teammates to do their jobs.

如果說(shuō)，昔日老馬還有風(fēng)之子的鼎力相助。那么如今的梅球王是孤立無(wú)援。一己之力難以撼天，悲情梅西！

整體戰(zhàn)術(shù)單一，用人存疑，布陣不當(dāng)，門將簡(jiǎn)直就是一個(gè)罪人。從兩場(chǎng)比賽來(lái)看，阿根廷隊(duì)在外圍賽中的成績(jī)不佳也就可以理解了。

這樣的阿根廷隊(duì)無(wú)疑是歷史上最差的一支，沒(méi)有之一?？蓢@梅西，生不逢時(shí)！

在一場(chǎng)他們正在努力標(biāo)榜的比賽中，阿根廷在這一點(diǎn)上至少與克羅地亞保持同等水平。他們需要一點(diǎn)靈感，并讓球員有能力提供，但這種錯(cuò)誤就像地震一樣，將阿根廷發(fā)揮到極致，并將克羅地亞引入生活。

In a game that they were struggling to make a mark on, Argentina were at least level with Croatia at that point. They needed just one moment of inspiration and had the players capable of providing it but that mistake was like an earthquake, shaking Argentina to their very core and sparking the Croats into life.

梅西點(diǎn)球不進(jìn)，或許已經(jīng)注定了這屆世界杯不再是梅球王的天下。江郎未必才盡，但豬一樣的隊(duì)友葬送了一片大好光陰。梅西沒(méi)有馬拉多納一樣的幸運(yùn)。后者擁有上帝之手，還有風(fēng)之子的鼎力支持。但梅球王僅靠一己之力，無(wú)力回天。

我們能看到梅西依然在努力著，他甚至在90分鐘后、0-3落后時(shí)還在努力突破，但隊(duì)友卻在補(bǔ)時(shí)階段站著防守導(dǎo)致了第三粒丟球。

最后，梅西在國(guó)歌期間皺起眉頭和揉揉額頭的形象可能被證明是阿根廷偉大的世界杯崩潰的決定性表現(xiàn)。

Inthe end, that image of Lionel Messi furrowing his brow and rubbing his forehead intently during the national anthem may prove to be the defining one of Argentina’s great World Cup collapse. 

盡力了就好，因?yàn)槭澜绫緛?lái)就不相信眼淚。