Mammoth Book Of The World Cup

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From the inaugural tournament in 1930 to today's 'Greatest Show on Earth', every World Cup is covered, including a preview of the 2018 finals in Russia. Holt celebrates the grace and glory of international football's greatest contest, but also examines less savoury aspects - the cheating, biting, racist chants and hooliganism. There are plenty of statistics - some conventional, others quirky, yet always revealing.Alongside detailed accounts of epic games, there are brief biographies of the heroes of the World Cup, some familiar, others less widely known. Holt analyses technical changes and advances in the game - Dutch 'total football', for example - to explain shifts in fortune, and the occasional startling result. Some common(but incorrect) assumptions are debunked, and the author radically reappraises some familiar controversies. · How did one team lose 8-3 in a group match, before going on to beat thesame opponents to win the Final?· Why are so many more players sent off in the modern game?· Which team is - and its record proves it - the archetypal 'quarter-finalteam'?· Whose last-minute goal denied France and Eric Cantona a place in the1994 finals?And was Pelé really that good? Yes, he was. For the rest, you'll have to read thebook.