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    • Played by God
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    • Roberto Beccantini     

      Played by God

      Football’s immortal gestures

      • Overview
      • About the author
      • Press

      Overview

      A bicycle kick by Gigi Riva, a throw by Platini, a dribble by Messi and so on. There are technical gestures that are worth an entire match: a mixture of technique, instinct and personality that have become the calling card of the world’s greatest football stars. What everyone remembers.

      Roberto Beccantini, in half a century of profession, has seen them all, often from the stands of a stadium around the world. In this book, he recounts them and vivisects them, also through the art of Luca Laurenti’s illustrated stories, widening his gaze to the personalities of the champions that the journalist often met in person and whose behind-the-scenes stories he could not write in an article.

      The book is, at the same time, a history of world football told through the protagonists and a manual of technique, from ball control to shooting, from free kicks to backhands and heels. Gestures that continue to feed the legend of the most beautiful game in the world.

      About the author

      Roberto Beccantini (1950) is a historical signature of Italian sports journalism. In forty years on the editorial staff between ’Tuttosport’, ’La Gazzetta dello Sport’ and ’La Stampa’, he has covered nine World Cups, eight European Championships, thirty years of Champions League finals. He has seen at least four generations of champions play, from Omar Sivori to Cristiano Ronaldo.

  • Book formats

    • Binding: Paperback
      Size: 18 x 23
      Print: 2 colours
      Pages: 264
      ISBN: 9788836017331
      Price: € 24,90

    Digital formats

    • epub
      ISBN: 9788836017348
      Price: € 20,99
    • Piattaforma: Amazon
      kindle
      ISBN: 9788836017348