Football Soccer

Las páginas de este libro recogen las historias de siete grandes figuras del fútbol. No se trata, sin embargo, de un libro técnico o histórico sobre el fútbol, sus estrellas y sus triunfos. Los protagonistas hacen sus relatos desde su punto de vista de personas sencillas que tienen algo en común y determinante: buena voluntad, rectitud en el obrar y pasión por el fútbol. Los protagonistas de las historias de este libro son: El papa Francisco, aficionado y exjugador de fútbol, Alfredo di Stéfano, Javier Zanetti, Francisco "Paco" Gento, Amancio Amaro, Emilio Butragueño, Andrés Escobar.

Discover dribbling secrets that will transform you into a dribbling wiz today!

Got a kid with burning desire to be the next Thierry Henry? Do you want to give the child your two cents about soccer but got nothing? This is a soccer coaching guide to help parents to understand the basics, techniques, and relevant skills a young soccer player should learn so as to improve on his game. The guide is aimed at providing relevant resources to the youth soccer coach.

Though it burst into public consciousness only with the 1999 World Cup, women’s soccer has been around almost as long as its male counterpart, flourishing in England during and after World War I. Beyond Bend It Like Beckham presents the first in-depth global analysis of the women’s game - both where it has come from and where it is headed. Though women in the United States and Canada still fight for equal treatment and funding, their situations differs markedly from the hostility, abuse, and even outright bans that some women still encounter.

So many coaching books require complex equipment, copious resources, and fantastic facilities. In writing Practice Soccer at Home, we are seeking to offer a guide for those times when we train alone, in our backyard, with little more than a ball and our immediate environment.

Soccer has been the world’s most popular sport for the last century, and an irresistible game for political and social leaders seeking shortcuts to the hearts of their people. Sometimes it worked, momentarily, but as renowned sports journalist Luciano Wernicke writes in this fascinating and original audiobook, the game and its glories have survived them all.

As Mexico has descended into a feudal narco-state - one where cartels, death squads, the army, and local police all fight over billions of dollars in profits from drug and human trafficking - the border city of Jurez has been hit hardest of all. And yet, more than a million people still live there. They even love their impoverished city, proudly repeating its mantra: "Amor por Jurez." Nothing exemplifies the spirit and hope of Juarenses more than the Indios, the city's beloved but hard-luck soccer team.

Una seria y serena reflexión acerca del fútbol colombiano, que toma como punto de referencia el asesinato de Andrés Escobar, ocurrido hace veinte años, el 2 de julio de 1994.

A Love Letter to Football is the story of how the beautiful game, from the litter-strewn pitches of the grassroots to packed stadiums at the top of the sport, can help carry us through our darkest days.

Both Sides is Nicklas Bendtner's shockingly honest memoir of both the bright and dark sides of his personality and the football industry and what really happens when you give a troubled, overconfident teen millions to spend. It's about growing up in a working class neighbourhood and never denying your roots while living a dramatically changed life. It's about fighting to reach the top in the worlds' toughest league but having no respect for hierarchy. It's about friendship, rivalry, loneliness, failing father figures and the constant quest for an adrenaline kick

What are the greatest football games ever played? Debated in every pub, stadium and dressing room up and down the country, everyone has their own opinion and their own memories of the beautiful game. Sharing his views on the greatest matches he has played in or enjoyed as a fan, Jamie Carragher takes listeners into the dressing room, on to the tour bus and out on to the pitch as he relives the defining moments of his playing career and the games that have shaped his relationship with the sport.

When family friend Sean goes to stay with Alice and her mother, the last thing Alice expects is to catch him masturbating over pictures of her - with his soccer teammates.

Jenny: It wasn’t my fantasy to be with another man. At least, it wasn’t until my husband, Brad, told me that was his fantasy. He wanted to watch me and another man have adult-flavored fun. He wanted to watch me come alive sexually, and he wanted to watch another man make me fall apart. He knew I’d always be his but wanted to share me with some of his friends.

Known as the "beautiful game," soccer is the world's most popular sport, crossing borders and language barriers to entertain billions. But underneath it all - the raucous fans in the stadiums; the beloved players; and FIFA, the international governing body with a membership of 209 national associations - is a scandal that threatens to make soccer the ugliest sport in the world. Filled with headline-making revelations, The Big Fix is a must-hear for soccer fans and true crime aficionados.

Every four years, Americans turn their attention to the world’s game - soccer. As recently as 1998, the USMNT merely made up the numbers at the biggest sporting tournament of all, but once Bruce Arena took over the team, American soccer started to find its footing. In the 2002 World Cup, a highly-fancied Portugal team, featuring the great Ronaldo, lost to Arena’s US team in a shocking 3-2 victory, and but for a handball that wasn’t given, they could well have knocked off eventual winners Germany.

El mundo como una pelota, la historia como un partido de fútbol. Leyendo Futbolítica descubriremos que no hay ningún episodio histórico contemporáneo relevante que no se vea reflejado en la trayectoria de algún club de fútbol, hasta el punto de que, a través de sus historias, es posible revivir la mayoría de los acontecimientos que han marcado el último siglo: las rebeliones anticoloniales y la lucha de clases, el nazismo y el comunismo, la Guerra Fría y la de los Balcanes, los conflictos nacionales y la lucha contra las dictaduras…

In 1990, though no one knew it then, a fearless group of players changed the sport of soccer in the United States forever. Young, bronzed, and mulletted, they were America’s finest athletes in a sport that America loved to hate. Even sportswriters rooted against them. Yet this team defied massive odds and qualified for the World Cup, making possible America’s current obsession with the world’s most popular game. New Kids in the World Cup is the origin story of modern American soccer.

Tres libros en uno: Análisis de fútbol, Maestría en el fútbol y Fútbol de alto rendimiento.

¿Cómo surgieron los mayores genios del balón? Sus orígenes e inicios. Todos los obstáculos a los que se sobrepusieron. Su vida antes de la gloria.

In Soccer Monster Teaches Basic Skills, the first installment of the Soccer Monster series, they teach the new kid in town that with a few basic skills like dribbling, throw-ins, chesting, and kicking, he can join in the neighborhood soccer game with confidence and make new friends. This book will also teach parents valuable information about soccer skills that will allow them to practice with their children and support the young athlete's development in soccer.