Table of Contents
Dedication xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction Rory Smith xv
Author's Confession 1
Soccer 2
The Player 3
The Goalkeeper 4
The Idol 5
The Fan 7
The Fanatic 8
The Goal 9
The Referee 10
The Manager 12
The Theater 14
The Specialists 16
The Language of Soccer Doctors 17
Choreographed War 18
The Language of War 19
The Stadium 20
The Ball 21
The Origins 25
The Rules of the Game 28
The English Invasions 31
Creole Soccer 33
The Story of Fla and Flu 35
The Opiate of the People? 36
A Rolling Flag 38
Blacks 42
Zamora 43
Samitier 45
Death on the Field 46
Friedenreich 47
From Mutilation to Splendor 48
The Second Discovery of America 50
Andrade 53
Ringlets 54
The Olympic Goal 55
Goal by Piendibene 56
The Bicycle Kick 57
Scarone 58
Goal by Scarone 59
The Occult Forces 60
Goal by Nolo 61
The 1930 World Cup 62
Nasazzi 65
Camus 66
Juggernauts 67
Turning Pro 68
The 1934 World Cup 69
God and the Devil in Rio de Janeiro 71
The Sources of Misfortune 73
Amulets and Spells 74
Erico 76
The 1938 World Cup 77
Goal by Meazza 80
Leônidas 81
Domingos 82
Domingos and She 83
Goal by Atilio 84
The Perfect Kiss Would Like to Be Unique 85
The Machine 86
Moreno 87
Pedernera 89
Goal by Severino 90
Bombs 91
The Man Who Turned Iron into Wind 92
Contact Therapy 93
Goal by Martino 95
Goal by Heleno 96
The 1950 World Cup 97
Obdulio 100
Barbosa 101
Goal by Zarra 102
Goal by Zizinho 103
The Fun Lovers 104
The 1954 World Cup 105
Goal by Rahn 107
Walking Advertisements 108
Goal by Di Stéfano 111
Di Stéfano 112
Goal by Garrincha 113
The 1958 World Cup 114
Goal by Nílton 117
Garrincha 118
Didi 120
Didi and She 121
Kopa 122
Carrizo 123
Shirt Fever 124
Goal by Puskás 128
Goal by Sanfilippo 129
The 1962 World Cup 130
Goal by Charlton 133
Yashin 134
Goal by Gento 135
Seeler 136
Matthews 137
The 1966 World Cup 138
Greaves 141
Goal by Beckenbauer 142
Eusebio 143
The Curse of the Posts 144
Penarol's Glory Years 146
Goal by Rocha 147
My Poor Beloved Mother 148
Tears Do Not Flow from a Handkerchief 149
Goal by Pelé 151
Pelé 152
The 1970 World Cup 153
Goal by Jairzinho 155
The Fiesta 156
Soccer and the Generals 158
Don't Blink 159
Goal by Maradona 160
The 1974 World Cup 161
Cruyff 164
Müller 165
Havelange 166
The Owners of the Ball 168
Jesus 173
The 1978 World Cup 174
Happiness 177
Goal by Gemmill 179
Goal by Bettega 180
Goal by Sunderland 181
The 1982 World Cup 182
Pears from an Elm 185
Platini 187
Pagan Sacrifices 188
The 1986 World Cup 192
The Telecracy 195
Staid and Standardized 198
Running Drugstores 200
Chants of Scorn 201
Anything Goes 203
Indigestion 207
The 1990 World Cup 208
Goal by Rincón 210
Hugo Sánchez 211
The Cricket and the Ant 213
Gullit 214
Parricide 216
Goal by Zico 217
A Sport of Evasion 218
The 1994 World Cup 222
Romário 225
Baggio 226
A Few Numbers 227
The Duty of Losing 229
The Sin of Losing 230
Maradona 232
They Don't Count 237
An Export Industry 239
The End of the Match 242
Extra Time: The 1998 World Cup 245
The 2002 World Cup 253
The 2006 World Cup 258
The 2010 World Cup 263
Sources 271
Index 279