num_pages: 337
description: Magical Magyars tells the remarkable story of the legendary Hungarian football team of the 50s a side whose breathtaking technical skills and passing-and-movement style of play changed the very way the sport was played. Author David Bailey traces the team's origins and details how communist Hungary a tiny nation impoverished and subjugated by one of the most brutal Stalinist regimes in the Soviet empire was able to produce a football team that was the envy of the sporting world and so very nearly world champions. Captained by the genius that was Ferenc Pusks the Magical Magyars walked a tightrope between being the regime's darlings and providing the beleaguered Hungarian people with a sense of national pride during their darkest days. The team enthralled dominated and revolutionised world football - until its own demise was brought about by a revolution of a different kind. Weaving in threads of friendship and betrayal tactics and politics the quest for glory and upheaval here is a football story quite unlike any other.
language: English
title: Magical Magyars: The Rise and Fall of the World's Once Greatest Football Team
publisher: Pitch Publishing