Total Football - A graphic history of the world's most iconic soccer tactics: The evolution of football formations and plays
Jun 2018 · Aurum
3.6star
20 reviews
Ebook
32
Pages
About this ebook
You've never seen football formations and tactic explored like they are in Total Football ever before. A must-have for football experts!
A goalkeeper, two defenders and eight attackers – it’s no surprise that in the 1950s under this popular formation scores like 9-3 were common. So what changed? Total Football tells the evolution of football tactics: from the birth of Total Football in the Netherlands to the dominance of tiki taka in Spain and Brazil, each chapter explores an iconic tactic.
Innovative graphics alongside expert text guide you through the manager decisions that developed new formations, the pure talent of players that defined each playing style and the matches that propelled the winning tactic to legendary status.
Sanjeev Shetty explores how each tactic works, how they came to dominate and how opponents worked to find a way to beat them. From Pele to Messi, Cruyff to Mourinho, Total Football explores the tactics that made the legends, giving you a new understanding of how the beautiful game is played.
A goalkeeper, two defenders and eight attackers – it’s no surprise that in the 1950s under this popular formation scores like 9-3 were common. So what changed? Total Football tells the evolution of football tactics: from the birth of Total Football in the Netherlands to the dominance of tiki taka in Spain and Brazil, each chapter explores an iconic tactic.
Innovative graphics alongside expert text guide you through the manager decisions that developed new formations, the pure talent of players that defined each playing style and the matches that propelled the winning tactic to legendary status.
Sanjeev Shetty explores how each tactic works, how they came to dominate and how opponents worked to find a way to beat them. From Pele to Messi, Cruyff to Mourinho, Total Football explores the tactics that made the legends, giving you a new understanding of how the beautiful game is played.
Ratings and reviews
3.6
20 reviews
Tomasz Golas
- Flag inappropriate
April 14, 2023
I have not tryed this book yet but I think its good
HE THE ROSTER
- Flag inappropriate
February 11, 2023
Bad
Sjad S
- Flag inappropriate
April 11, 2024
Trash
About the author
SANJEEV SHETTY is a sports journalist with nearly twenty years’ experience. He works for the BBC as a producer and reporter on their international services covering their sports news channels. He is the author of No Middle Ground and Messigraphica. Sanj lives in Cheshire, UK with his family.
Rate this ebook
Tell us what you think.
Reading information
Smartphones and tablets
Install the Google Play Books app for Android and iPad/iPhone. It syncs automatically with your account and allows you to read online or offline wherever you are.
Laptops and computers
You can listen to audiobooks purchased on Google Play using your computer's web browser.
eReaders and other devices
To read on e-ink devices like Kobo eReaders, you'll need to download a file and transfer it to your device. Follow the detailed Help Center instructions to transfer the files to supported eReaders.
