Football, the Global Stadium
No. 76 SEPTEMBER 2017
Raise your arm if you’ve never coached from the sidelines. There are no studies but, out of 10 million Portuguese, it’s safe to say that 10 million have watched a match, commented on a move and made predictions about a penalty. Or they simply sang the anthem with the national team. Before football became a game for everybody, at home and abroad, the story was very different. From the anonymity of players to the market worth millions, the transformation of this sport into a mass spectacle owes much to facts, but also to the inexplicable: the magic of a right foot, the genius of a goalkeeper, locker room superstitions. Once upon a time there was a round ball. Universal and exciting, this is the portrait that the great national passion needed.
Raise your arm if you’ve never coached from the sidelines. There are no studies but, out of 10 million Portuguese, it’s safe to say that 10 million have watched a match, commented on a move and made predictions about a penalty. Or they simply sang the anthem with the national team. Before football became a game for everybody, at home and abroad, the story was very different. From the anonymity of players to the market worth millions, the transformation of this sport into a mass spectacle owes much to facts, but also to the inexplicable: the magic of a right foot, the genius of a goalkeeper, locker room superstitions. Once upon a time there was a round ball. Universal and exciting, this is the portrait that the great national passion needed.
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Dimensions
6 × 130 × 200 mm
ISBN
978-989-8863-21-8
Book available only in Portuguese
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