Perhaps for the smaller, specialist fibre players, there might yet be light at the end of this very long, thin tunnel.

也许对这些小而专业的光纤公司来说，又长又窄的隧道前面就是光明。

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Van Persie emerged from the players' tunnel for the annual photocall on Thursday with a new number on his back - he has taken the No 10 shirt which was recently vacated by William Gallas.

范佩西在周日从球员通道中出来照全家福时，背上有一个新号码，他接过了加拉最近空出的10号。

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There was a thin, token layer of the stuff to mark the opening of the season, but it pretty soon got trudged back up the tunnel on the bottoms of players' boots.

赛季刚开始的时候还会有那么薄薄的一层象征性的草在上面，不过很快这些小草就全都沾在鞋底、跟着球员们一起回更衣室通道去了。

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After half an hour he decided to find a toilet, and said he was pointed in the direction of the players' tunnel by a steward.

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"I love Chelsea, I love this stadium, I love these people but I am a professional, " stated Mourinho, who emerged from the tunnel before his players to take his seat in the Stamford Bridge dugout ahead of kick-off.

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He leans over a barrier snapping photos of players as they file out through the tunnel.

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