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"The goalkeeper is the lone eagle, the mysterious one, the last defender." (Vladimir Nabokov)
What do Albert Camus, Vladimir Nabokov and Pope John Paul II have in common? They all stood in goal in their youth. After ""revolutions on the grass"", his successful history of football tactics, Jonathan Wilson now deals with the very special species of goalkeepers: from the beginnings, when there was no goalkeeper at all, up to the goalkeeper of today, as he is embodied by Manuel Neuer. He explains national differences, such as why the goalkeeper is so much more respected in Russia than in Brazil. And he asks what the reputation of the goalkeeper as a loner and eccentric is all about.
Of course the best goalkeepers of all time are portrayed, African goalkeeper legends as well as the great Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin. And the German stars of the guild, such as Sepp Maier and Oliver Kahn, do not miss out either. A captivating (culture) history of the goalkeeper full of exciting facts and entertaining anecdotes.
- author: Jonathan Wilson
- 400 pages
- ISBN 978-3-7307-0099-0
- 1. edition 2014
