ちょっとした喜び#2 Calamity Keeper

忙しさも極まっているのに，ついつい読んでしまう英国の大衆紙サイト。Calamity keeperと呼ばれるようになったRobert Green氏の話題でもちきりです。ここも英語表現の宝庫です。今は「下着モデルとの破局→世紀の失態」につながったという，なんともはやの「原因説」がささやかれはじめました。対アメリカですものね，footballという英国の誇りが傷ついたという怒りがうずまいています。文中の太字の表現にはそのあたりが微妙に投影されています。い〜や，英語って面白い。（UG）

Calamity keeper Robert Green consoles himself with a round of golf as it emerges he split from model girlfriend just weeks ago
Robert Green put a brave face on his appalling World Cup blunder yesterday and insisted he is ready to wear the England goalkeeping jersey again.
Speaking about the mistake that gifted the U.S. an equaliser on Saturday night, he said: 'This makes me more determined to play next time, to right the wrong.
'You want to be a man about it and you want to stand up. You want to be tested. Playing lovely football and making wonderful saves is not a challenge.
'This is a challenge and this is why you are a footballer. It's how you bounce back.
'It was a mistake. The important thing in the game is to not let it affect you for the rest [of the game], however long is left.
'I know I'm going to get flak for it but so be it. I'm strong enough to take it, strong enough to move on, and will do, and be ready for the next game if selected.' 
It has also emerged that the West Ham keeper recently split from his model girlfriend Elizabeth Minett.
Green looked distraught after the match, which ended 1-1.
Some onlookers suggested his red eyes showed he had been holding back tears.
Team-mates Wayne Rooney, John Terry and Peter Crouch helped take his mind off things by playing a round of golf in Sun City yesterday.
Terry said: 'It's just one of those things, it's a shame it happened to Robert.
'We'll be able to pick him up - we're in this together. We've been away for a long time and hopefully we've got a long time to be together still. Mistakes happen.' 
Family and friends have also rallied round. Green's parents, Steve and Jackie, have been in constant contact from their £500,000 detached home in Woking, Surrey.
Mr Green, a retired hospital consultant, encouraged his only son to carry on with his academic qualifications despite his early footballing promise.
So Green gained ten GCSEs, studied law and psychology and thought twice before giving up his studies in favour of the professional career that started at Norwich City Football Club 12 years ago.
Alongside playing for West Ham United and England, Green finds time to write poetry and claims to have storylines for a dozen or so novels mapped out.
He also has ambitions as a sports journalist and has already written columns for newspapers.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1286411/WORLD-CUP-2010-Robert-Green-split-Elizabeth-Minett-just-weeks-ago.html

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