A Game of Extremes 25 Exceptional Soccer Stories: What Happens On and Off the Field

Book Synopsis: Whether you call it soccer or football, the world’s most popular game has some of the most unbelievable moments in sporting history!There are more than 3.5 billion soccer fans in the world. Some love to play, some passionately follow their team, and others live for the game. Even non-soccer fans can get caught up in the big games.But what about the things we don’t hear about? Or worse, what about epic soccer moments that have been forgotten? It’s not all been trophies and celebrations!Ever since “rugby football” got split into two games and the first Football Association was created, the interest in soccer has grown into a global phenomenon.Today we are lucky, we can watch the game live almost anywhere, with amazing technology, replays, and shots from all angles.Imagine having to wait days for the film of a game to be shipped to your country to be able to see it. Imagine the grief the referees got when they missed something that would now be impossible.The latest World Cup is fresh in our minds. Few know who won the first-ever world cup. Not many know how red and yellow cards came about after one of the most brutal games played.Soccer fans now have the chance to find out what has made this game so great over the decades.In this book of extremes, you will discover:

• Who needed 12 operations in 10 days after possibly the worst soccer injury in history
• How world wars impacted soccer, from team bans to mini world cups, boycotts, and a series of “friendly” games that ended in chaos
• What it looks like to play a 49-goal shootout
• The player whose transfer fee was 2 tons of pork and beef
• The country who brought the Maracana stadium to silence with their second world cup win
• Exactly how far women have come in the world of soccer since their first world cup in 1991
• The strange event that killed an entire team on the field without injuring a single player from the other team
• The game where passports wouldn’t be returned if players lost
• What happened when fog covered the pitch to the extent that the referees couldn’t see 2 tragedies that took the lives of dozens of fans but led to the “Greatest Story Ever Told” in soccer
• And much more.

It’s impossible to name the greatest player or the greatest game ever. There is no way to know at what point soccer become the most popular sport in the world.Here you have 25 examples from the last century that will help you to understand the legends, the history, the passion, and more importantly, the lessons learned along the way!If you can’t wait to expand your soccer knowledge, then scroll up and click the “Add to Cart” button right now.