Inverting the Pyramid The History of Soccer Tactics

Name: Inverting the Pyramid The History of Soccer Tactics
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ISBN: 9781568587387

ISBN-10: 1568587384

ISBN-13: 9781568587387

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jonathan Wilson

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Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a coach puts into play sometimes years later, they wake in the middle of the night and curse a decision Arsene Wenger or Alex Ferguson made in 2000 and this pioneering study traces the world history of tactics, from modern pioneerssuch as Johan Cruyff, Arrigo Sacchi right back to the beginning, where tactical chaos reigned. Along the way, author Jonathan Wilson, an erudite and elegant writer who never loses a sense of the grand narrative sweep, explores the lives of the great players and thinkers who shaped the game.This brilliant work of historical detective work explains the tactical development and innovations of soccer and how…

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List price: $22.00
Publisher: PublicAffairs
Publication date: 11/5/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Jonathan Wilson is the Football Correspondent of the Financial Times and author of the critically acclaimed 'Behind the Curtain: Football in Eastern Europe'.Follow Jonathan Wilson on Twitter at https://twitter.com/jonawils .



Acknowledgments


Foreword to the US Edition


Prologue



From Genesis to the Pyramid



The Waltz and the Tango



The Third Back



How Fascism Destroyed the Coffeehouse



Organized Disorder



The Hungarian Connection



Harnessing the Carnival



The English Pragmatism (1)



The Birth of the New



Catenaccio



After the Angels



Total Football



Science and Sincerity



Fly Me to the Moon



The English Pragmatism (2)



The Return of the Back Three



The Coach Who Wasn't a Horse



Total Recall



Ghosts and the Machine



The Triumph of the Pass


Epilogue


Bibliography


Index