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Alpha Test® | March 2007
ISBN 978-88-483-0844-1
160 pp | € 11,50
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The book at a glance
Historic goals, matches, players, men and women of soccer. News and events you may have never imagined. The history of soccer, the experts’s theories, soccer’s influence on the arts and literature.
Why is Ajax called so? What is the scorpion kick? What is the legend of the broken hands? Who was Allah’s heel? Which team is at home at Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow?
Table of contents
1- Preface
2- Introduction
3- Revision of History
4- Men (and women) of soccer
5- Those that don't play
6- Temples of soccer
7- The teams
8- The matches
9- The goals
10- When the soccer is art
11- The expert asks
12- A look to the future
The author
Francesco Facchini began his career as a journalist writing for «Il Piccolo di Trieste», later collaborating with «Corriere della sera» and «Eurosport». He presently works as a sports journalist for «Metro Italy» and has been soccer radio correspondent at the last Olympic games in China for Radio 24.