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In the middle-grade story, Soccer Is Everything, Pedro and Esperanza’s love of soccer brings frustration as their poor ocean-side town in Mexico has little opportunity for their talents. Alejandro Vargas, fresh from an unfair prison sentence, gives them opportunity and hope as he forms the first team in the town’s new league. Losing is not in his playbook, and he will accept only those players willing to give the team their all. But a girl on an all-boys team is not in coach’s playbook either. Pedro’s earlier experience has shown him not to bypass a girl’s talent.

If you've supported Newcastle United long enough, you will have experienced every single emotion that it is possible for a human being to feel. You'll know how it feels to win 8-0 despite being bottom of the league. However, you'll also know the desolation of losing 7-3 with a team of 11 supposed internationals. You'll have seen goals to grace the Maracanã and mistakes to grace You've Been Framed. So come with me now as we take a look at some of the greatest and not-so-great games in this wonderful club's glittering history.

Andy Bernal's incredible life journey has spanned three continents—Australia, Europe, and South America—and some of the world's biggest names in football. A graduate of the AIS, he was the first Australian to play in La Liga. He went on to play with Ipswich Town, six seasons with Reading, five seasons with Sydney Olympic in the NSL, and 21 games with the Socceroos from 1989 to 1996.

Zlatan Ibrahimović è stato molte cose. Un predestinato, un talento unico ma impossibile da inserire in squadra, un alieno, un estraneo. Il giocatore che vinceva campionati e coppe nazionali ovunque andasse ma che non arrivava mai in finale di Champions League e non convinceva tutti. Dopo il grande rifiuto di Pep Guardiola, che lo ha espulso dal sistema del Barcellona in cui Ibrahimović aveva tentato di integrarsi, ha avuto inizio la seconda parte della sua carriera. Quando ha smesso di provare a piacere a ogni costo per essere sé stesso fino in fondo.

Cosa vuol dire che una partita di calcio è entrata nella storia? Quali tracce permanenti lascia davvero nella memoria qualcosa di così transitorio come un evento sportivo? Il risultato? Un coro da stadio senza parole? Lo sguardo febbrile di un terzino poco conosciuto che fissa il portiere avversario prima di tirare il rigore più importante del mondo? Zinédine Zidane piegato in avanti con la testa che aderisce al petto di Marco Materazzi, le due silhouette che si uniscono per un attimo come in una scultura?

Zlatan Ibrahimović mit seinem neuen und bisher persönlichsten Hörbuch. Was macht den Fallrückzieher für einen Fußballspieler so besonders? Welche Bedeutung haben Tore für einen Stürmer, der auch mit vierzig noch auf Weltklasseniveau kickt? Und welche Rolle spielen Trainer und Teamkollegen, Elfmeter und Verletzungen für jemanden, der sich schon so lange im Profisport behauptet? Zlatan Ibrahimović muss sich und den anderen auf dem Platz nichts mehr beweisen.

Rivellino, a Patada Atômica, o campeão do mundo pela seleção brasileira de 1970. Ídolo de ontem e das novas gerações - de torcedores e de jogadores. Como não lembrar seus dribles e a potência daquela canhota? Conhecido até hoje como Reizinho do Parque - por suas proezas como atleta do Corinthians - Rivellino brilhou também do outro lado da ponte aérea: até hoje é considerado o maior jogador da história do Fluminense.

"Quiero compartir lo que sé, lo que aprendí del juego y del deporte en general, y hacerlo no solo con los que aman el fútbol, sino también con aquellos a los que este maravilloso deporte no les es familiar, pero que también se preguntan cómo triunfar en la vida, cómo guiar y liderar un equipo hacia la victoria y de las lecciones que se aprenden de la derrota."

Sir Alex Ferguson CBE, born 31st December 1941, is a former Scottish football player and was manager of Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. During his 26 years in charge of United, he won more trophies than any other manager in the history of football. Packed with nearly 80 entertaining and exclusive interviews from those who know Ferguson best - friends, colleagues, associates and those who worked with him at both Aberdeen and Manchester United share their unique insight into the innermost secrets of Ferguson’s fascinating life and hugely successful career.

つなぎ目のないサッカーを作り上げろ。世界のサッカーと日本のサッカー、根本的な「違い」とは？選手を躍動させるための「言葉遣い」とは？ ハーフスペース、偽サイドバックの有効性と大きな罠……

Era un semplice esperimento, una prova in vista delle Olimpiadi di Roma del 1960, eppure il programma radiofonico Tutto il calcio, minuto per minuto ha rivoluzionato il modo di vivere le partite. Ezio Luzzi, una delle voci storiche di quella trasmissione, ha raccontato praticamente tutto il calcio italiano: dalle serie minori alla Nazionale. È stato il primo a regalare scoop come l'arrivo di Maradona al Napoli e il primo a informare il mondo sull'attentato alle Olimpiadi di Atlanta nel 1996.

In The Soccer Star, Billie wants to play soccer, but the boys at school won’t let her. How can Billie prove that girls can play soccer, too?

Per quello che fece in campo la sentenza è già stata emessa dal tribunale degli dèi, il solo competente: fu il più grande di tutti, capace di entrare perfino nel cuore di chi voleva e doveva odiarlo. Ben più severo il verdetto dei mortali, mai propensi a valutare con il giusto distacco le contraddizioni di un uomo che, prima di ogni altra cosa, è stato uno straordinario moltiplicatore di sogni ed esistenze, tanto che chi ha voluto raccontarne i fantasmi presto o tardi ha dovuto fare i conti con i propri.

Futbolistas, entrenadores, presidentes, artistas, políticos, periodistas, escritores e incluso adversarios han acuñado expresiones y reflexiones relacionadas con el FC Barcelona. Algunas hicieron fortuna y, con el paso del tiempo, se anclaron para siempre en el imaginario azulgrana. Otras, con menor recorrido, generaron puntual expectación y debate, pero igualmente pusieron de relieve la gran dimensión de la entidad: más que un club. En este libro, una actualización del Senyora, no fotem.

Por estas páginas desfilan Pelé, Maradona, Baggio, Ronaldo, Zidane y Suárez; pero también hay espacio #entre diversos personajes# para una futbolista de Nigeria, una monja fanática de la selección chilena, un delantero austriaco que se negó a jugar por la Alemania Nazi y un defensa africano que salvó la vida de sus compañeros.

In his brilliant new memoir, Pat Nevin takes us on a journey to the less glamorous side of football. From Tranmere to Kilmarnock, he plays some of the best football he's ever played. Then, in an unprecedented twist of fate, finds himself both player and Chief Executive of Scottish First Division club Motherwell.

Troy Deeney is best known as Watford FC's captain and a thorn in Arsenal's side. But behind the successful and gritty football persona is a remarkable story of resilience. In this brutally honest and inspirational memoir, Troy shares what it was like to grow up on Europe's largest council estate, where his mum worked three jobs and his father, a notorious drug dealer, was frequently in and out of prison.

In a frenetic seven-year spell at the outset of his senior managerial career, Mickey Harte led Tyrone to four Ulster Championships and three All-Irelands. It was a run that shifted football’s balance of power, changed the way the game would be played for more than a generation and cemented his reputation as one of the most transformative figures in GAA history. Then, in January 2011, the visitation of a shocking tragedy changed everything: Mickey’s daughter, Michaela, was murdered while on honeymoon in Mauritius.

Manchester, 1974, and seven-year-old Nicky Welsh is about to set foot in Old Trafford for the first time. This is the beginning of a five-decade love affair with football and a passion for Manchester United that will define Nicky’s life for ever. My United Road tells the true story of the fan who made it onto the pitch - almost. Signed for Manchester United from school as an apprentice, then a professional, surrounded by legends in the making, Nicky found himself on the cusp of a brilliant football career...which never happened.

Im Mai 2019 gelang dem 1. FC Union Berlin zum ersten Mal in seiner Geschichte der Aufstieg in die Bundesliga, nach einem Jahrzehnt gab es damit wieder einen Verein mit DDR-Geschichte in der höchsten deutschen Spielklasse. So nah wie noch kein Journalist zuvor in Deutschland, begleitete Christoph Biermann den absoluten Außenseiter durch eine Saison, die in der Corona-Krise eine ganz besondere Wendung nahm. Er nahm an Teambesprechungen teil, reiste mit der Mannschaft zu Auswärtsspielen, ins Trainingslager und musste vor den Spielern singen.