Soccer in Sun and ShadowDiscussing everything from the leveling of the Twin Towers to the death of the sole survivor of that extraordinary match between British and German soldiers in 1915, one of South America’s greatest commentators issues forth on robotic soccer in Japan, the mass-production of the game as a sign of the decline of civilization, the amazing success of Senegal and Turkey, and how Nike beat Adidas. |
Contents
the goalkeeper | 4 |
the manager | 11 |
the second discovery of america | 44 |
the occult forces | 53 |
professionalism | 59 |
erico | 67 |
domingos and | 74 |
world | 85 |
goal by zizinho | 91 |
shirt fervor | 108 |
goal by pelé | 131 |
the owners of the ball | 146 |
world cup | 160 |
the cicada and the ant | 183 |
epilogue to the 1999 edition | 211 |
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