爱尔兰共和国在塞尔维亚对阵以色列的第二场国家联赛比赛前夕举行的新闻发布会被提前终止，当时主教练海米尔·哈尔格里姆松正在回答以色列记者的提问。
The Republic of Ireland’s press conference on the eve of their second Nations League match against Israel in Serbia was cut short as the head coach, Heimir Hallgrimsson, fielded questions from Israeli journalists.
周二，在匈牙利进行的首场比赛中，爱尔兰队以3比0击败以色列队。此前，由于加沙战争问题在球队内部引发不安，爱尔兰队球员投票决定仍按原计划参赛。
Ireland beat Israel 3-0 in Hungary in their first match on Tuesday following a turbulent buildup in which the Irish squad voted to fulfil the fixture despite unease among the team over the war in Gaza.
在那场比赛中，爱尔兰球员佩戴了臂章，并在以色列国歌奏响时刻意低头。比赛开始前，双方队长也没有握手。
During that match the Irish players wore armbands and pointedly lowered their heads while the Israeli national anthem played. There were no handshakes between the captains before kick-off.
由于爱尔兰足球协会（FAI）出于安全原因拒绝在主场举办比赛，这场次将于周日在巴卡托波拉举行。因此，周六举行的爱尔兰队赛前新闻发布会引发了新的紧张局势。
With the return leg taking place on Sunday in Backa Topola after the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) refused to host the match at home for security reasons it was the Ireland manager’s pre-match press conference on Saturday that gave rise to new tensions.
一名记者就周三迪拜航空从阿联酋飞往以色列的航班上发生的事件向哈尔格里姆松提问：“你对那些你所支持的人有什么看法？他们的意识形态建立在谋杀之上。”一名记者问道，“就在本周，他们中的一人试图杀害170名以色列乘客，其中包括27名无辜儿童和数千其他人。”
One reporter questioned Hallgrimsson on his thoughts about the incident on Wednesday during a Flydubai flight from the UAE to Israel“What do you say about the people that you support? Their ideology is based on murder,” one journalist asked. “Just this week, one of them tried to kill 170 Israeli passengers, including 27 innocent children and thousands of others.”
一名爱尔兰新闻官回应道：“我们今天不会回答这类问题。我们只回答足球相关的问题。”随后，另一名记者转向爱尔兰队主教练：“你们的球员在比赛中称我们的球员为‘猴子’……”但话音未落，一名FAI官员立即打断他，反复强调“这完全不是事实”，同时从该记者手中夺走了麦克风。
An Irish press officer replied: “We are not doing any questions like this today. We are doing football questions.”Another journalist then addressed the Ireland manager: “Your players call our players monkeys during the match …”, only to be immediately interrupted by an FAI official repeatedly insisting “that is completely untrue,” while the microphone was taken away from the reporter.
“别碰我，别碰我！”那名记者喊道，而爱尔兰代表团则当场结束了这场新闻发布会。
“Don’t touch me, don’t touch me,” the journalist exclaimed, as the Irish delegation brought the press conference to an abrupt end.
以色列当局谴责了爱尔兰球员的行为，以色列外交部长吉德昂·萨尔指责都柏林“站在了历史错误的一边”。
Israeli authorities have condemned the actions taken by the Irish players, with the Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Saar, accusing Dublin of being on “the wrong side of history”.
“如果能挺过这一关，大家团结一心地走出来，对我来说将是一次巨大的胜利。这是发自内心的话。”哈尔格里姆松说道。“这支球队经历的所有挑战，所承受的所有批评。仅仅是在这场比赛后作为一个整体存活下来，对我来说、对这个团队、对协会来说，都是一次重大的胜利。爱尔兰民众对此有着强烈的情绪，这显然也影响了球员们。
“Surviving this, coming out of it together as one would be a massive win for me. That is coming from my heart,” Hallgrimsson said. “All the challenges that this team has gone through, all the criticism. Just surviving as a group after this game, that would be a big win for me and for this group, for the association. There’s been a lot of emotions from the people in Ireland about this, and obviously that affects the players as well.
“我们想要表现出色，但当环境如此嘈杂时，这始终会是一个挑战。因此，我们努力专注于足球本身，并在这一方面做了大量工作。
“We want to do good, but it’s always going to be a challenge when the environment is as noisy as it is. So we try to focus on the football side, and we’ve done a lot of things to help in that area.
“我们在最近几场比赛中进行的一项改变是，在踏上球场之前，我们会和球员以及所有工作人员一起进行简短的祈祷和围圈交流，以便在出场前冷静头脑。
“One change that we’ve done in the last games is before we go on to the pitch, we do a little prayer and a huddle with the players and all the staff, just to cool our heads before we go on to the pitch.
“康纳·科文特里负责了这部分工作，因此他在队内现在被称为‘科文特里兄弟’。但在像我们最近参加的这种高强度、高压力的比赛中，以冷静的头脑开始比赛，真的非常好。”
“Conor Coventry has taken that part, so he is now called Brother Coventry in the squad. But it’s really good when you go into a high-intensity and big-pressure game like we’ve been doing, to start the game with cool heads.”