How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch

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For Americans new to European soccer, terms like 'false striker, ' 'double accordion' or 'moving trios' need Mr. Gullit's expert explications." --Wall Street Journal I decided that this was the book for me - I could finally be in touch with the game and carry on an intelligent conversation with friends by learning the game through How to Watch Soccer, or as the book was named for everyone except the USA, How to Watch Football. Spójrzmy na to w ten sposób - teoria o niskim poziomie agresywności i waleczności zespołów holenderskich jest obecnie obalana przez genialny Ajax. I read this in 45 minutes, but would likely learn more by watching first half of any football match. Gonna serve as a present for someone else, since that's the only way I can get rid of it.

Finally, a reader supposedly reaches the meat of how to watch football. Aarrghh, "when I was a player, I would . . . ", "as a manager, I preferred . ." ad nauseam. Ruud Gullit no solo fue un magnífico jugador: en activo entre 1979 y 1998, Balón de Oro en 1987, dos veces campeón de Europa de clubes, una vez ganador de la Eurocopa y un porrón de títulos domésticos tanto en Italia como en Holanda (y un técnico de corta trayectoria al que los resultados nunca le han acabado de acompañar). Su visión del fútbol posee también un doble valor: como holandés se formó en la innegociable filosofía futbolística de los Países Bajos y su dibujo 4-3-3; y posteriormente acabó convirtiéndose en mito en el Milan de Sacchi y su 4-4-2. Pero no, el de este libro no es otro ejercicio onanista de análisis técnico. I was thrilled to win this book as a giveaway. I'm what you might call a casual fan; I have my favorite teams and players but I only really watch when a game pops up online at ESPN3 (or now I've started to watch old streamed games on youtube). I also try to catch as much as I can of the larger competitions like the World Cup.

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As such, I had the book on the top of my Christmas wish list and was delighted to receive it as a present. I read it over the Christmas/New Year holidays and felt throughout that I was not really the intended target audience. The writers produce excellent, in-depth football content on YouTube and on The Athletic. I thoroughly enjoy their videos with special praise for their great tactical breakdowns of teams, coaches and matches. In particular, the tactical analyses by JJ Bull "The Bullet" (one of the contributors to the book) have truly made me better able to watch and understand contemporary football matches. Covering the key concepts, tactics and philosophies that are shaping the sport today, How to Watch Football reveals surprising new perspectives on familiar elements of gameplay, while highlighting lesser-known aspects of the industry and its history. Football is the most popular sport in the world, and Tifo Football is one of the world's most popular football channels. In this short, illustrated guide, its creators share fifty-two simple 'rules' for understanding and enjoying the beautiful game-both on and off the pitch.

First off, stylistically this was sub-par at best. Simply a collection of sentences following each other with no narrative flow or cohesion whatsoever.

I was perplexed because the book was of course promoted on the Tifo YouTube channel, which regularly goes into much greater depth about tactics in particular. As such, I wrongly assumed that the target audience would already have a relatively good understanding of the game. The reality is, however, that I highly recommend Tifo's YouTube video content (in particular their Tifo IRL breakdowns of games) to all football fans. This book, however, I can only recommend to someone completely new to the sport, and even then I would probably say that "Inverting the Pyramid" is a much better "if you could only read one football book" candidate.

Empecemos por resaltar que, aunque no sean las santas escrituras que predican, Cómo leer el fúbol es un muy buen libro cuyo principal valor reside en la clarividencia con la que el autor teoriza sobre lo que supone correr tras un esférico, con sus complicaciones tácticas, heroicidades individuales y momentos determinantes. Sí, leyenda incuestionable del fútbol, en un deporte en el que todos opinamos pero pocos sabemos de lo que hablamos, Ruud Gullit se ha propuesto enseñarnos a descifrar correctamente todo lo que puede suceder entre 22 tipos durante 90 minutos.PDF / EPUB File Name: How_To_Watch_Football_-_Tifo_The_Athletic.pdf, How_To_Watch_Football_-_Tifo_The_Athletic.epub The European Super League "launch" really damaged my love for football (Liverpool fan), and my relationship to my club is still irreparably damaged as a result, and I can't be bothered watching much football live anymore. Just highlights from Forest Green, Wrexham and Brighton on YouTube is fine for me. But Tifo Football and the Athletic means I still get to take part in the best sport in the world on a daily basis, and I'm thankful for that. Full Book Name: How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch

And as for the content... The arrogance Gullit displays is simply staggering. Every victory in the history of football is somehow due to him. If anything went wrong, it was absolutely not his fault. Should have known it would be like that really... After his career as a player had peaked in the late 80's, we started referring to him as "the clown", as he didn't seem to be able to stay on his feet for more than 5 minutes at a time without falling over and calling foul - even if there was no other player even close to him. Dice su hoja promocional que el debut literario de Ruud Gullit está destinado a convertirse en la Biblia del fútbol. Aun entendiendo que la tarea del redactor de hojas de promoción es vender parabienes con una dosis extra de exageración, el autor de ésta es merecedor al premio a la sentencia más desmesuradamente hiperbólica. Y aun así, en el fondo, en lo más recóndito, algo de razón tiene.

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Furthermore, the information delivered by the book is all over the place. From career summaries of football's greatest contributors, brief explanations of xG, various tactic principles, but bam, then its a short trip to winter breaks and why teams fly into Middle East for pre-season, then a chapter on climate change, then explaining the offside rule, followed by a bit on merchandise income... An opinionated masterclass in the art and science of "reading" a match from one of professional soccer's most respected and beloved international figures. It's trying to cover a LOT of stuff but fails to properly explain any of them. The title makes no sense as well, since you'd expect more emphasis on the "watching" part, yet I'm being served a chapter on how a €100m transfer fee for a player with €5m per year salary isn't the same as €100m fee and €10m salary for a different player!?