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THE LANGUAGE OF THE GAME : How to Understand Soccer / LAURENT DUBOIS

By: Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: First EditionDescription: vii, 309 pages : illustration ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780465094486
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Language of the gameDDC classification:
  • 796.334 23
LOC classification:
  • GV943 .D87 2018
Contents:
Introduction -- The Goalkeeper -- The Defender -- The Midfielder -- The Forward -- The Manager -- The Referee -- The Fan.
Summary: "A passionate and engaging introduction to soccer's history, tactics, and human drama. Profiling soccer's full cast of characters--goalies and position players, referees and managers, commentators and fans--historian and soccer scholar Laurent Dubois describes how the game's low scores, relentless motion, and spectacular individual performances combine to turn each match into a unique and unpredictable story. He also shows how soccer's global reach makes it an unparalleled theater for nationalism, international conflict, and human interconnectedness"--Amazon.com.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 227-291.

Introduction -- The Goalkeeper -- The Defender -- The Midfielder -- The Forward -- The Manager -- The Referee -- The Fan.

"A passionate and engaging introduction to soccer's history, tactics, and human drama. Profiling soccer's full cast of characters--goalies and position players, referees and managers, commentators and fans--historian and soccer scholar Laurent Dubois describes how the game's low scores, relentless motion, and spectacular individual performances combine to turn each match into a unique and unpredictable story. He also shows how soccer's global reach makes it an unparalleled theater for nationalism, international conflict, and human interconnectedness"--Amazon.com.

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