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In a sequence of elegiac and deliciously droll observations, the distinguished Latin American writer, Eduardo Galeano here reflects on mortality and immortality in the world's greatest game. Tragedy spins a continuous thread through these pages. We learn of Abdon Porte of the Uruguayan club Nacional who, after a disastrous run of bad form, was found dead in the center circle of the club stadium, revolver in hand; of Andres Escobar, the Colombian defender, whose own goal lost his country a game in the 1994 World ...
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In a sequence of elegiac and deliciously droll observations, the distinguished Latin American writer, Eduardo Galeano here reflects on mortality and immortality in the world's greatest game. Tragedy spins a continuous thread through these pages. We learn of Abdon Porte of the Uruguayan club Nacional who, after a disastrous run of bad form, was found dead in the center circle of the club stadium, revolver in hand; of Andres Escobar, the Colombian defender, whose own goal lost his country a game in the 1994 World Cup and who was subsequently gunned down in Medellin; of the 1942 Dynamo Kiev team who were warned not to win a game against the occupying Nazis but who could not resist the urge to glory, trounced the German side, and were all eleven shot, still wearing their shirts, at the end of the game. But where there is shadow there is also the bright sunlight of joy and beauty. Here are stories of the Italian striker Guiseppe Meazza whose shorts, in the run up to a penalty kick during the 1938 World Cup, fell down around this knees - he pulled them back up and, with the stadium and goalkeeper in pleats of laughter, scored the goal that saw Italy into the final; of the ice-cool legend Lev Yashin who calmed his nerves before extraordinary performances in the Soviet goal with a smoke and a strong drink; of Ferenc Puskas who, having seen his goal from a beautifully executed free kick disallowed because the referee had not blown his whistle, picked up the ball, took it back to the same spot, and produced an identical shot which landed again in the upper left corner of the net.
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Editorial Reviews

Vanity Fair
“Is there any book more evocative of ‘the beautiful game’ than Eduardo Galeano’s slim but buoyant paean to the players, goals, joys, and heartbreaks of a lifetime of soccer fandom?”
The New York Times
“[Galeano is] the poet laureate of world soccer.”
Village Voice Literary Supplement
“Brilliant, lyrical flights of language that, like a player racing down the field in a mad, beautifully executed breakaway, are piercingly and unexpectedly insightful.”
Los Angeles Times
“It's all here. Everything you should know about soccer, the world's game.”
Boston Globe
“This effervescent book, illustrated by the author’s spry silhouettes, is a lyrical celebration of the Latin character.”
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781859848487
  • Publisher: Analytical Psychology Club of San Francisco, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 5/28/1998
  • Pages: 228
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 7.50 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author

Eduardo Galeano is one of Latin America’s most distinguished writers. He is the author of the three-volume Memory of Fire; Open Veins of Latin America; Soccer in Sun and Shadow; The Book of Embraces; Walking Words; Upside Down; and Voices in Time. Born in Montevideo in 1940, he lived in exile in Argentina and Spain for years before returning to Uruguay. His work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. He is recipient of many international prizes, including the first Lannan Prize for Cultural Freedom, the Casa de las Américas Prize, and the First Distinguished Citizen of the region by the countries of Mercosur.

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Table of Contents

acknowledgments
author's confession 1
soccer 2
the player 3
the goalkeeper 4
the idol 5
the fan 7
the fanatic 8
the goal 9
the referee 10
the manager 11
the theater 13
the specialists 14
the language of soccer doctors 15
choreographed war 17
the language of war 18
the stadium 19
the ball 20
the origins 22
the rules of the game 25
the english invasions 27
creole soccer 30
the story of fla and flu 32
the opiate of the people? 33
a flag that rolls 34
the blacks 38
zamora 39
samitier 40
death on the field 41
friedenreich 41
from mutilation to splendor 42
the second discovery of america 44
andrade 47
ringlets 48
the olympic goal 49
goal by piendibene 50
the bicycle kick 51
scarone 51
goal by scarone 52
the occult forces 53
goal by nolo 54
the 1930 world cup 54
nasazzi 57
camus 57
juggernauts 58
professionalism 59
the 1934 world cup 60
god and the devil in rio de janeiro 62
the sources of misfortune 64
amulets and spells 65
erico 67
the 1938 world cup 68
goal by meazza 71
leonidas 72
domingos 73
domingos and she 74
goal by atilio 74
the perfect kiss would like to be unique 75
the machine 76
moreno 77
pedernera 79
goal by severino 80
bombs 81
the man who turned iron into wind 82
contact therapy 82
goal by martino 84
goal by heleno 84
the 1950 world cup 85
obdulio 88
barbosa 89
goal by zarra 90
goal by zizinho 91
the fun-lovers 92
the 1954 world cup 92
goal by rahn 94
walking advertisements 95
goal by di stetano 98
di stelano 99
goal by garrincha 100
the 1958 world cup 100
goal by nilton 103
garrincha 103
didi 105
didi and she 105
kopa 106
carrizo 107
shirt fervor 108
goal by puskas 111
goal by sanfilippo 112
the 1962 world cup 114
goal by chariton 116
yashin 117
goal by gente 118
seeler 119
matthews 120
the 1966 world cup 120
greaves 123
goal by backenbauer 124
eusebio 125
curse of the three posts 125
penarol's glory years 127
goal by rocha 128
my poor beloved mother 128
tears don't flow from a handkerchief 129
goal by pele 131
pele 132
the 1970 world cup 133
goal by jairzinho 135
the fiesta 136
soccer and the generals 138
blinks 139
goal by maradona 139
the 1974 world cup 140
cruyff 143
muller 144
havelange 145
the owners of the ball 146
Jesus 150
the 1978 world cup 152
hapiness 154
goal by gemmill 156
goal by bettega 156
goal by sunderland 158
the 1982 world cup 160
pears from an elm 160
platini 162
pagan sacrifices 163
the 1986 world cup 165
the telecracy 168
serious and in series 171
running drug stores 172
chants of scorn 173
anything goes 175
indigestion 178
the 1990 world cup 170
goal by rincon 181
hugo sanchez 182
the cicada and the ant 183
gullit 184
parricide 185
goal by zico 186
a sport of evasion 187
the 1994 world cup 190
romario 193
baggio 194
a few numbers 194
the duty of losing 196
the sin of losing 197
maradona 199
they don't count for beans 204
an export industry 206
end of the game 208
epilogue to the 1999 edition 211
the 1998 world cup 211
stars 213
prices 214
foot labor 215
advertisements 216
roots 217
africans 218
fervor 219
latin americans 219
dutch 220
french 220
fish 221
the sources 223
index 231
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    great introduction to South American soccer

    the brief anecdotes that make up this book highlight the passion of fans and players, the style of the South American game, and the politics that often affect it. this is not an exhaustive study but rather one man's almost poetic expression of his love of the game.

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