LIGA INGGRIS
Liga Inggris Kenang Gencatan Senjata Natal
CNN Indonesia
Rabu, 24 Des 2014 17:51 WIB
London, CNN Indonesia -- Sejumlah pemain, pelatih dan staf sepak bola di Inggris terlibat malam pembacaan puisi untuk mengenang peristiwa 'Gencatan Senjata Natal' saat Perang Dunia Pertama tahun 1914.
Gencatan senjata tersebut terjadi antar dua kubu yang sedang berperang di malam Natal.
Saat itu, mereka sama-sama sadar untuk menghentikan perang sementara di malam Natal dan melakukan pertandingan sepak bola persahabatan untuk merayakannya.
Mengenang persitiwa itu, sebelum hari Natal, Liga Inggris mengenangnya lewat pembacaan puisi bersama para insan sepak bola di negeri tersebut.
Acara yang bertajuk 'Football Remembers' itu akan disiarkan melalui situs FootballRemembers.com saat hari Natal pada Kamis (25/12) waktu setempat.
Beberapa bintang sepak bola yang terlibat adalah: Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal), John O’Shea (Sunderland), Steven Taylor (Newcastle United), Jack Butland (Stoke City), Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton) dan Mark Schwarzer (Chelsea), dan Alan Irvine Alan Irvine (West Bromwich Albion).
Selain itu ada juga insan sepak bola yang berkompetisi di divisi bawah seperti Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers), Sir Steve McClaren (Derby County), dan Ian Holloway (Millwall). Berikutnya adalah mantan bek timnas Inggris Gary Neville dan wasit Howard Webb.
Mereka bersama-sama membacakan puisi karya Ian McMillan yang berjudul 'The Game: Christmast Day 1914'. Puisi itu pertama dibuka oleh Kompany dan diakhiri Schwarzer.
Berikut ialah puisi yang akan dibacakan oleh mereka:
The Game: Christmas Day 1914
It is so cold.
The lines of this poem are sinking
Into the unforgiving mud. No clean sheet.
Dawn on a perishing day. The weapons freeze
In the hands of a flat back four.
The moon hangs in the air like a ball
Skied by a shivering keeper.
All these boys want to do today
Is shoot, and defend, and attack.
Light on a half-raised wave. The trench-faces
Lifted till you see their breath.
A ball flies in the air like a moon
Kicked through the morning mist.
All these boys want to have today
Is a generous amount of extra time.
No strict formations here, this morning;
No 4-4-2 or 4-5-1
No rules, really. Just a kickabout
With nothing to be won
Except respect. We all showed pictures,
I learned his baby’s name.
Now clear the lines of this poem
And let’s get on with the game.
No white penalty spot, this morning,
The players are all unknown.
You can see them in the graveyards
In teams of forgotten stone;
The nets are made of tangled wire,
No Man’s Land is the pitch,
A flare floodlights the moments
Between the dugouts and the ditch.
A hundred winters ago sky opened
To the sunshine of the sun
Shining on these teams of players
And the sounds of this innocent game.
All these boys want to hear today
Is the final whistle. Let them walk away.
It has been so cold. The lines
Of these poems will be found, written
In the unforgotten mud like a team sheet.
Remember them. Read them again
Baca: Kisah Boxing Day di Sepak Bola Inggris
Gencatan senjata tersebut terjadi antar dua kubu yang sedang berperang di malam Natal.
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Acara yang bertajuk 'Football Remembers' itu akan disiarkan melalui situs FootballRemembers.com saat hari Natal pada Kamis (25/12) waktu setempat.
Selain itu ada juga insan sepak bola yang berkompetisi di divisi bawah seperti Matt Bloomfield (Wycombe Wanderers), Sir Steve McClaren (Derby County), dan Ian Holloway (Millwall). Berikutnya adalah mantan bek timnas Inggris Gary Neville dan wasit Howard Webb.
Mereka bersama-sama membacakan puisi karya Ian McMillan yang berjudul 'The Game: Christmast Day 1914'. Puisi itu pertama dibuka oleh Kompany dan diakhiri Schwarzer.
Berikut ialah puisi yang akan dibacakan oleh mereka:
The Game: Christmas Day 1914
It is so cold.
The lines of this poem are sinking
Into the unforgiving mud. No clean sheet.
Dawn on a perishing day. The weapons freeze
In the hands of a flat back four.
The moon hangs in the air like a ball
Skied by a shivering keeper.
All these boys want to do today
Is shoot, and defend, and attack.
Light on a half-raised wave. The trench-faces
Lifted till you see their breath.
A ball flies in the air like a moon
Kicked through the morning mist.
All these boys want to have today
Is a generous amount of extra time.
No strict formations here, this morning;
No 4-4-2 or 4-5-1
No rules, really. Just a kickabout
With nothing to be won
Except respect. We all showed pictures,
I learned his baby’s name.
Now clear the lines of this poem
And let’s get on with the game.
No white penalty spot, this morning,
The players are all unknown.
You can see them in the graveyards
In teams of forgotten stone;
The nets are made of tangled wire,
No Man’s Land is the pitch,
A flare floodlights the moments
Between the dugouts and the ditch.
A hundred winters ago sky opened
To the sunshine of the sun
Shining on these teams of players
And the sounds of this innocent game.
All these boys want to hear today
Is the final whistle. Let them walk away.
It has been so cold. The lines
Of these poems will be found, written
In the unforgotten mud like a team sheet.
Remember them. Read them again
Baca: Kisah Boxing Day di Sepak Bola Inggris
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