米卢蒂诺维奇接掌国家队帅印


　　据新华社报道，神奇教练米卢蒂诺维奇已于1月15日与中国足协签定了合约，在今后的两年中，他将成为中国国家队的新任主帅。命运多舛的中国足球是这位神奇老头再创奇迹的试验田，还是他辉煌一生的滑铁卢？我们将拭目以待。

　　米卢蒂诺维奇已是中国国家队的第三任外籍主帅，他能否让无数痴情的中国球迷梦圆2002年世界杯？

　　此前，米卢蒂诺维奇已先后四次率领不同的国家队打入世界杯的决赛圈，并成功地将他们带入第二轮。

　　在签约仪式上，中国足协专职副主席王俊生说，米卢蒂诺维奇的经验将使中国足球队更有希望进入2002年世界杯的决赛圈。而米卢蒂诺维奇也表示将尽最大努力帮助中国队打入世界杯，他说，中国是世界上最重要的体育大国之一，而中国足球队也有很大的潜力。

　　米卢蒂诺维奇曾于1986年率领墨西哥队、1990年率领哥斯达离加队、1994年率领美国队、1998年率领尼日利亚队四次征战过世界杯赛场。来中国前，他执教于美国职业足球大联盟的地铁明星队，因该队成绩不好，他已于去年10月29日辞去该队主教练一职。

　　去年8月，米卢蒂诺维奇曾拒绝出任巴拉圭国家队教练。


　　　　　Milutinovic Is China's Soccer Coach

　 Bora Milutinovic signed a two-year contract on Saturday January 15 to coach China's national squad[1], the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

　 Milutinovic is the third foreigner to coach the beleaguered[2] Chinese team, which to the huge disappointment of[3] China's legions of soccer fans has never qualified for a World Cup. The two previous foreign coaches were fired.

　 Milutinovic is one of just two men to coach four different teams at the World Cup, and the only man to take all four teams to the second round.

　 "We believe that Milutinovic's expertise will greatly enhance China's chance to qualify for the 2002 World Cup finals," Xinhua quoted Wang Junsheng, deputy president of the China Football Association, as saying.

　 Milutinovic vowed to "try his best" to lead China into the World Cup to be co-hosted by Japan and South Korea.

　 "China is one of the most important sports nations in the world and its football team has great potential," Milutinovic said at a contract signing ceremony in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.

　 Milutinovic coached Mexico (1986), Costa Rica (1990), the United States (1994) and Nigeria (1998) at the World Cup. Carlos Alberto Parreira is the only other man to coach four teams at the World Cup: Kuwait (1982), United Arab Emirates (1990), Brazil (1994) and Saudi Arabia (1998).

　 Milutinovic resigned on Oct. 29, as coach of Major League Soccer's New York-New Jersey MetroStars after one year with the club, which had the worst single-season record in league history (4-3-25)[4].

　 In August, Milutinovic turned down[5] an offer to coach the Paraguayan national team.

注释：

[1]national squad：
相当于national team，指国家队，squad常用作军语，指"班、分队"。

[2]beleaguer：
意为"围攻"，这里指中国足球队因成绩不佳，受到媒体和广大球迷的批评。

[3]to (the huge) disappointment of…：
令……（极为）不满。

[4]4-3-25：
这里的三个数字指：4胜、3平、25负。

[5]turn down：
意为"拒绝"。