There is no sporting event more popular than the World Cup. For one month every four years, billions of people around the world turn their attention to the tournament. Fans call in sick to work, pack into bars to watch games, or stay home for days at a time glued to their TV sets. Nothing else seems to matter.
In A History of the World Cup: 1930-2014, Clemente A. Lisi chronicles this international phenomenon, providing vivid accounts of individual games from the tournament's origins in 1930 to modern times. It features a glossary of terms, statistics for each competition, photos, and profiles of the most memorableāand controversialāfigures of the sport, including Diego Maradona, Juste Fontaine, Franz Beckenbauer, Mario Kempes, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, and, of course, PelĆ©. Though other histories of the World Cup largely ignore the United States' contribution to the competition, this volume highlights the progress of the American teams over the last several decades.
Updated with a new chapter on the 2014 World Cup, profiles of those players who stood out in the latest competition, and revised statistical information, A History of the World Cup provides a fascinating read for fans of the game.
- 533 pages
- English
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1Table of contents
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 01. THE WORLD CUP IS BORN
- Chapter 02. THE FIRST STEPS
- Chapter 03. BRAZIL IS BORN
- Chapter 04. PELĆ THE KING
- Chapter 05. TOTAL FOOTBALL
- Chapter 06. THE HAND OF GOD
- Chapter 07. A NEW FRONTIER
- Chapter 08. āFOURā-ZA ITALIA!
- Chapter 09. VIVA ESPAĆA
- Chapter 10. OBRIGADO, GERMANY
- GLOSSARY
- APPENDIX A: WORLD CUP STATS
- APPENDIX B: WORLD CUP RECORDS
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR