Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
by Jonathan Wilson

Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics
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Author: Jonathan Wilson
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-09-02
ISBN: 0752889958
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Orion
Product features:
  • ISBN13: 9780752889955
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

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Book Review: Great book!!
Summary: 5 Stars

This book is for any soccer fan who wants to understand the nature of the game and the different formations and evolution of the most beautiful game in the world. Simply fantastic!!!

Summary of Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics

For soccer fans, following, discussing, and arguing about the tactics a manager puts into play are part of what makes the sport so appealing. This fascinating study traces the history of soccer tactics back from such modern pioneers as Rinus Michels, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, Catenaccio, and Herbert Chapman. Along the way, author Jonathan Wilson, an erudite and detailed writer who never loses a sense of the grand narrative sweep, takes a look at the lives of the great players and thinkers who shaped the game, and discovers why the English in particular have proved themselves so ?unwilling to grapple with the abstract?. This will be a modern classic of soccer writing that followers of the game will dip into again and again.

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