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Se trata del relato de una nueva Champions League del Real Madrid, la Decimocuarta en concreto. Nada tiene de especial eso, dirían algunos, pero lo vivido en el Santiago Bernabéu entre el 9 de marzo de 2022 y el 4 de mayo del mismo año parecía una hazaña imposible incluso para el Real Madrid, el club de las remontadas. Una Copa de Europa perfecta en su imperfección, en su distancia con el cartesianismo imperante e impuesto por el relato dominante.

Selecting the beautiful game's greatest moments isn't easy. Everyone has their own favorites - moments that made them scream for joy, moments that made them howl in frustration, moments that made them laugh or even made them weep. Here are our choices: from moments of majestic skill to moments of madness, great matches, and golden goals - 100 magic moments that will forever stand the test of time.

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.

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.

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.

Want to learn the number one thing holding you back from scoring more goals? Have you ever wanted to know the secrets to easily make a team in tryouts? Ever wonder why you get nervous before a tryout? Want to become the fastest player on your team? This audiobook lays out step-by-step what you should work on and the most important keys to being able to perform. This audiobook provides the structure to ensure that you are not just getting a little information in one spot and some knowledge in another without being able to understand the entire picture of how it all works together.

This is a truthful and enlightening biography, told from the heart. It includes new revelations, which will shock and intrigue fans. It features high-quality full-colour photos. Darren Anderton's story is of a kid who grows up to live the dream of being a professional footballer at the highest level.

Goal! covers the history of the beautiful game from its origins in English public schools in the early 19th century to its current role as a crucial element of a globalized entertainment industry.

Football star "Tank" Armstrong has one goal: win another championship. But when the new kid, Marco Santiago, claims to be a football player, Tank and his teammates find it hard to believe. Linebacker Biff Taylor invites Marco to practice on the football field to embarrass him and eventually Tank joins in.

Seattle heiress Mackenzie Dupont is treating herself to a single-girl honeymoon in Mexico and a desire to relinquish her innocence to a gorgeous one-night stand. Fake names. True pleasure. But when she wakes up alone, Mackenzie realizes just how much anger is left in her broken heart. Suffering a tragic personal loss, pro soccer player Slade Rodriguez has his reasons for vanishing without a good-bye. Right or wrong, he’s blaming the beautiful and infuriating stranger he never wants to see again. They’re both in for a shock when Mackenzie shows up as his new personal assistant.

I’ve always dreamed of playing professional football, so when the new director of Calverdale Ladies wants to sign me, I should be ecstatic. But renowned billionaire playboy Gabe Rivers doesn’t just want me as his new striker. I need to get to the top because of my talent on the pitch, not in the sack. So I can’t be another prize for Gabe. Even if he is infuriatingly gorgeous.

The press say I’m the wild child of women’s football, and now a tabloid journalist’s blackmailing me. No wonder I needed distraction in the shape of Alex, the men’s team’s new Scottish goalie. It was a one-night stand: fun and done. I don’t do commitment–and he’s old enough to be my dad. But there’s something different about Alex…

Who thought writing "LOSERS" on a menu could lead to an affair of love notes? It didn't start out as love. How could it when I vowed never to fall in love.... Reef Burton, the sexy blue-eyed football player, and his mates are definitely not "Losers", yet writing it on a menu gave me reason to smile. Only it didn't make it to the trash. He returns to the restaurant where I work wearing his killer smile.

Cristiano Ronaldo, James Rodríguez, Diego Costa, David de Gea, José Mourinho… todos tienen un nombre en común: Jorge Mendes. El representante portugués, antes propietario de una cadena de videoclubes en el norte de Portugal, maneja los hilos (y los millones) del mercado futbolístico.

Did Wayne Fereday ruin your life? Was Silvio Maric directly responsible for your high dentist bills due to the constant gnashing and grinding of your molars? Did Billy Askew's hair give you nightmares, or did the merest mention of Alain Boumsong's name have the same effect as the aftermath of a Vindaloo? Then this is the book you've been waiting for.

What is a bravey? For Alexi Pappas, it means to chase the goals that seem scary. She has not shied away from the challenge. In this honest and hopeful memoir written especially for young listeners, Alexi Pappas details key moments that had profound effects on her life, including the loss of her mother when she was just four years old, to her formative years at school where she felt different from her peers, and into her young adult life, including the incredible year she experienced in 2016 when she made her Olympic debut as a distance runner.

De esporte de elite a entretenimento das massas; do amadorismo ao profissionalismo; dos salários modestos à globalização-exportação; o uso político do esporte e o uso da política pelo esporte. Quando se estuda futebol no Brasil, não se fala "só" de um jogo, mas da própria história do país, emaranhada com a evolução nas quatro linhas do campo. O jornalista e historiador Marcos Guterman mostra a trajetória do futebol no país desde sua chegada da Inglaterra, a formação dos primeiros clubes, os craques, os grandes fracassos, as peculiaridades.

Die erweiterte und aktualisierte Fassung des Spiegelbestsellers. Warum hat Katar die WM bekommen und welche kriminellen Praktiken gehen im brasilianischen Fußball vor sich? Diese und viele weitere Fragen beantwortet Thomas Kistner, Sportjournalist der Süddeutschen Zeitung, in seinen investigativen Beiträgen, die als Grundlage dieses Werks dienen. Dafür hat er die mafiösen Strukturen recherchiert und seinen Bestseller FIFA-Mafia überarbeitet.

Un extraordinario relato para conmemorar los cien años de relación entre dos pasiones muy distintas pero cada día más inseparables; el fútbol y la literatura. En 1910, un lector escribió a Bohemia, una revista de arte solicitándoles que incluyesen el fútbol entre sus temas. Como respuesta, recibió una contundente negativa de sus editores: "La poesía y las patadas son incompatibles". Ocho años después, Horacio Quiroga publicó un cuento en otra revista, Atlántida.