Football in Sun and Shadow: An Emotional History of World Cup Football

by Mark Fried (Translator), Mark Fried (Translator), Eduardo Galeano (Author)

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  Import
  1997

  $15.18

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $8.50

  This is a book which searches out the mystical, the bewitched, the romance and the emotional destitution of football. It incorporates stories and events such as the suicide of Abdon Porte, who shot himself in the centre circle of the Nacional Stadium; the rise of Bobby Charlton, spared from the Munich disaster to achieve glory on the world stage; the Argentinian manager who wouldn't feed his team chicken because it would bring bad luck; and the Russian goalkeeper who prepared his mind and his nerves with a cigarette and a dash of spirits before each game.