Product Description : Fully revised and updated, this fifteenthanniversary editionn soccer book chronicles the evolution of the sport and how it has affected the lives of players, coaches, and fansperfect for those who adore the timeless game.In Inverting the Pyramid, Jonathan Wilson offers a masterly global history of the world's game, from unruly beginnings to contemporary strategy. He analyses the 2022 World Cup, charting the influence of the great Spanish, German and Portuguese tacticians of the last decade, whilst pondering the effects of football's increased globalization and commercialization.Inverting the Pyramid has been called the "Big Daddy" (Zonal Marking) of soccer tactics books; it is essential for all soccer aficionados.
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Great shape! Has a publisher remainder mark. paperback Used - Very Good 2024
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Along the way, he looks at the lives of great players and thinkers who shaped the sport, and probes why the English, in particular, have proved themselves unwilling to grapple with the abstract. The fifteenth anniversary edition, fully revised and updated, of Jonathan Wilson's modern classic.
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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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Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics: A History of Football Tactics by Wilson, Jonathan | Book | condition very good. Action & Adventure. second hand – very good. We try to assess the precise condition of the products as objectively as possible.
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