And Gazza Misses The Final

by Scott Murray (Author), Rob Smyth (Author)

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  2014

  $3.25

  Classic World Cup clashes brought to life and re-evaluated by two of the writers of the popular Guardian minute-by-minute football blog. Watching each match in real time and reacting to the twists and turns of the action, Murray and Smyth bring you the real stories of the matches as they happened, not the highlights package or rose-tinted version.

  From the crowd swarming over the pitch moments before the Brazil-Uruguay classic of 1950 kicked off, to the dubious refereeing decisions that decided England's single triumph at Wembley, this is the history of the World Cup as you've never seen it before. As well as 30 classic moments from other matches, the games given a full report include:

  1950
  Uruguay v Brazil
  1962
  Chile v Italy
  1966
  England v Argentina
  England v West Germany
  1970
  England v West Germany
  Italy v West Germany
  Brazil v Italy
  1974
  West Germany v Holland
  1978
  Scotland v Holland
  1982
  Brazil v Italy
  West Germany v France
  1986
  England v Argentina
  France v Brazil
  1990
  England vs Cameroon
  England v West Germany
  1994
  Romania v Argentina
  1998
  Argentina v England
  2006
  Italy v Germany
  2010
  Spain v Holland