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Calcio: A History of Italian Football - Softcover

Foot, John

 
9780007175758: Calcio: A History of Italian Football
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0007175752 ISBN 13: 9780007175758
Verlag: Harper Perennial, 2007

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The first history of Italian football to be written in English, ‘Calcio’ is a mix of serious analysis and comic storytelling, with vivid descriptions of games, goals, dives, missed penalties, riots and scandals in the richest and toughest league in the world.

‘Calcio’ tells the story of Italian football from its origins in the 1890’s to the present day. It takes us through a history of great players and teams, of style, passion and success, but also of violence, cynicism, catenaccio tactics and corruption.

We meet the personalities that have shaped this history – from the Italian heroes to the foreigners that failed, the model professionals to the mavericks. ‘Calcio’ evokes the triumphs (the 1982 World Cup victory) and the tragedies (Meroni, the 'Italian George Best', killed by his number one fan), set against a backdrop of paranoia and intrigue, in a country where the referee is seen as corrupt until proven otherwise.

Calcio is no longer a game. It is sometimes difficult to define it as a sport. It is certainly big business and a fanatical civic religion. There is no moral code here. Winners are always right, losers always wrong. This history of Italian football reveals all about the richest and toughest league in the world.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John Foot is the author of four books: ‘Modern Italy’, ‘Winning at All Costs’, ‘Milan Since the Miracle’ and ‘Calcio’.

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Verlag
Harper Perennial
Erscheinungsdatum
2007
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0007175752
ISBN 13 
9780007175758
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
640
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