Inverting the pyramid
Subtitle: the history of soccer tactics
By: Jonathan Wilson
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9781568587387
Subjects: Coaching; Soccer; Defense
Description: Presents a history of soccer, discussing the long evolution of its tactical game, the contributions made by South American and European players, and the development of the playing style of modern-day Spain.
Notes: "First published [with slightly different subtitle] in 2009, 2013 in Great Britain by The Orion Publishing Group"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-401) and index.
Table of contents: title: From genesis to the pyramid; title: The waltz and the tango; title: The third back; title: How Fascism destroyed the coffeehouse; title: Organized disorder; title: The Hungarian connection; title: Harnessing the carnival; title: The English pragmatism (1); title: The birth of the new; title: Catenaccio; title: After the angels; title: Total football; title: Science and sincerity; title: Fly me to the moon; title: The English pragmatism (2); title: The return of the back three; title: The coach who wasn't a horse; title: Total recall; title: Ghosts and the machine; title: The triumph of the pass.