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COX, MICHAEL: : ZONAL MARKING: The Making of Modern European Football

LONDON.HarperCollins Publishers,2019.

ISBN 9780008291167.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.[Complete number line 1 - 11 ascending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt grey background with colour pictorial diagramatic illustrated front panel with white white lettering,white letters to non-sunned,non faded,red spine/backstrip; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,vii-ixpp+3-436pp[paginated] includes an introduction,Parts 1-7 comprising 3 sections/ chapters with national countries transitions to first 6 Pts,1 section to pt 7 (The Mixer),an epilogue,a bibliography,acknowledgements and an index; plus [unpaginated]half-title+ title pages,contents list/table,individual Pts separator pages and 2pp blanks at the rear. 'A wonderful overview of tactical development in European football' Matthew Syed,The Times. 'A fascinating assessment of football in 2019' Observer. An insightful,comprehensive and always entertaining appreciation of how European football has developed over the last three decades by the author of the much heralded The Mixer.Continental football has always cast a spell over the imagination.From the attacking flair of Real Madrid of the 50's to the defensive brilliance of the Italians in the 60's and onto the total football of the Dutch in the 70's,the European leagues have been where the game has most evolved and taken its biggest steps forward. And over the last three decades,since the rebranding of the Champions League in 1992,that pattern has continued unabated,with each major European footballing nation playing its part in how the game's tactics have developed.From the intelligent use of space displayed by the phenomenal Ajax team of the early 90's,to the dominance of the highly strategic Italian league in the late 90's and onto the technical wizardry of Barcelona's tiki-taka,the European game continues to reinvent the tactical dimension of the game,creating blueprints which both club and national teams around the world strive to follow. In 'Zonal Marking',Michael Cox brilliantly investigates and analyses the major leagues around Europe over specific time periods and demonstrates the impact each has made on how the game is now played.Highly entertaining and packed full of wonderful anecdotes,this is the first book of its kind to take an overview of modern European football,and lays bare just how much the international language of football can be shaped by a nation's unique identity. Please contact seller,because of the weight/ value of this item for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** UK,buyers note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded after order receipt and before order's despatch,especially if offered P/p included or free. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIR postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. 2/3rds of standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving long before the quoted 42 days - but not always.

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