ISBN10: 0224064339, ISBN13: 9780224064330, [publisher: Yellow Jersey Press] Softcover
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]

Paperback / softback. New. Brazil vs the fearsome USSR.In the opening three minutes - 'the greatest three minutes in the history of football' - one man wrote himself into the record books. ISBN 0224064339 9780224064330 [GB]

ISBN10: 0224064339, ISBN13: 9780224064330, [publisher: Yellow Jersey Press] Softcover New
[Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]

ISBN10: 0224064339, ISBN13: 9780224064330, [publisher: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London] Softcover The World Cup Finals, Sweden 1958. Brazil vs the fearsome USSR. In the opening three minutes - 'the greatest three minutes in the history of football' - one man wrote himself into the record books. Brazil went on to win the cup, and, in Garrincha, a star was born. Garrincha was the unlikeliest of footballers - with a right leg that turned inwards and a left that turned out, but with a ball at his feet he had the poise of an angel. He played for the love of the game, uninterested in money, and ignoring tactical advice. And he was as wild off the pitch as he was mesmerising on it - mischievous, audacious and dripping with sex appeal. It was his affair and subsequent marriage to the singer Elza Soares that caught the imagination of a nation - their mouth-watering combination of soccer and samba made them the toast of 1960s Rio. But by the age of forty-nine, Garrincha was dead, destroyed by the excesses that made him so compelling. Funny and moving, zealously researched and lovingly told Daily Telegraph. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
[Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2005]