Inverting The Pyramid, Jonathan Wilson
Inverting The Pyramid, Jonathan Wilson
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Inverting The Pyramid
The History of Soccer Tactics

Author: Jonathan Wilson

Narrator: Damian Lynch

Unabridged: 18 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 08/06/2024


Synopsis

This pioneering soccer book chronicles the evolution of the sport and how it has affected the lives of players, coaches, and fans–perfect for those who adore the timeless game.

In Inverting the Pyramid, Jonathan Wilson offers a masterly global history of the world's game, from unruly beginnings to contemporary strategy.

Fully revised and updated, this fifteenth-anniversary edition analyses the 2022 World Cup, charting the influence of the great Spanish, German and Portuguese tacticians of the last decade, whilst pondering the effects of football's increased globalization and commercialization. 

Inverting the Pyramid has been called the "Big Daddy" (Zonal Marking) of soccer tactics books; it is essential for all soccer afficionados.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Santo

Manchester United captain Rio Ferdinand, evaluating on his team’s sound defeat at the hands of FC Barcelona in the 2010 Champions League Final, exclaimed that Barça had played without a forward, thus making life difficult for the Manchester defense. Indeed, on that glorious evening, Barça played with......more

Goodreads review by Issa

كتاب بتحدث عن تطور التكتيك في كرة القدم. فبعد ان كان اللاعب يستحوذ على الكرة ويحاول مراوغة الخصوم للوصول الى المرمى تطور تكتيك التمريرات بين اللاعبين للوصول الى المرمى. يحاول الكاتب هنا إلقاء الضوء على منتخبات وأندية استخدمت تكتيك معين في فترة ما، هذا التكتيك كان تطورا لتكتيك سابق او رد على تكتيك ناج......more

Goodreads review by Yara

جوناثان ويلسون قدم أفضل كتاب كروي علي الإطلاق شرح لتاريخ تكتيكيات كرة القدم مرورا بالمدارس الكروية وتطور أسلوب اللعب رحلة ممتعة جدا......more

Goodreads review by James

One of the best, if not *the* best, soccer books I have ever read. It approaches the history of soccer through a series of tactical innovations in the game. If, like me, you grew up thinking the English 4-4-2 is soccer the way God intended it and had been played since time immemorial, this will be a......more