The Barcelona complex: Lionel Messi and the making -- and unmaking -- of the world's greatest soccer club
Simon Kuper
- Resource Type:
- E-Book
- Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, 2021
- Copyright:
- ©2021
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- Summary:
- "With rare and unrivaled access, bestselling coauthor of Soccernomics and longtime Financial Times journalist Simon Kuper tells the story of how FC Barcelona became the most successful club in the world-and how that era is now ending"-- [Provided by publisher]
- Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. ONE INSIDE THE CATHEDRAL
- Introduction: Barca and Me
- I. Who's Who In The House Of Barca
- pt. TWO ARCHITECT
- II. Man Who Talked On The Ball
- III. Fc Barcelona
- From An Original Idea By Johan Cruyff
- IV. Choreographer
- V. Cruyff: My Part In His Downfall
- pt. THREE GOLDEN AGE. 2008-2015
- VI. Shorties At Boarding School: More Than A Youth Academy
- VII. How Does He Do It? Understanding Lionel Messi
- VIII. High Style, 2008-2012
- pt. FOUR MEET THE TALENT
- IX. Define "Talent"
- X. Talent Rules
- XI. How The Talent Lives
- XII. Eat, Play, Sleep: The Talent And The Private Chefs
- pt. FIVE CATHEDRAL CRUMBLES
- XIII. Misadventures In The Transfer Market
- XIV. Everyone Becomes The Masia
- XV. More Than A Club?
- XVI. Messi's Club.
- Author/Creator:
- Kuper, Simon , author
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
- Other Related Resources:
- Online version: Barcelona complex [by Kuper, S.] (New York : Penguin Press, 2021 — ISBN 9780593297728; LCCN 2021021666)
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- General Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record. - Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Call Numbers:
- GV943.6.B3 K87 2021eb
- ISBNs:
- 9780593297728 (electronic bk.)
0593297725 (electronic bk.)
9780593297711 [Invalid]
0593297717 [Invalid] - OCLC Numbers:
- 1255520992
- Other Control Numbers:
- 2684645 (source: EbpS)
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