![]() ![]() � How the game once featured five strikers up front now a lone striker is not uncommon � How the Europeans harnessed individual technique and built it into a team structure � How the South Americans shrugged off the colonial order to add their own finesse to the game Wilson shows how tactics spread around the world: This brilliant work of historical detective work explains the tactical development and innovations of soccer and how geography, history, culture and politics also affected the game's development. Along the way, author Jonathan Wilson, an erudite and elegant writer who never loses a sense of the grand narrative sweep, explores the lives of the great players and thinkers who shaped the game. Soccer fans love to argue about the tactics a coach puts into play - sometimes years later, they wake in the middle of the night and curse a decision Arsene Wenger or Alex Ferguson made in 2000 - and this pioneering study traces the world history of tactics, from modern pioneers-such as Johan Cruyff, Arrigo Sacchi - right back to the beginning, where tactical chaos reigned. ![]()
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