Matchdays: The Hidden Story of the Bundesliga - Couverture rigide

Reng, Ronald

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1471136477 ISBN 13 : 9781471136474

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Through the life story of Heinz Hoher, player, coach, manager, scout and sports director, Ronald Reng tells the dramatic story of the rise of the Bundesliga over the last fifty years since it was founded in 1963. During that period, football has grown from a game where a club's directors, puffing on cigars, would join the players in their dressing room at half time, to today's highly paid environment, where Red Bull are trying to break into one of the most successful sporting brands in the world.
From a country struggling to cope with the Nazi legacy in the 1960s, Germany has emerged as an economic and sporting powerhouse of Europe. Matchdays recreates the daily life of professional footballers from a different era, when match-fixing, doping and even guns all played their part in the training ground. Hoher himself spent two decades as a manager, once icing up the pitch at his ground to get a game cancelled, and making his living playing cards after he was sacked from the sport he loves.
Already a major bestseller and award-winning book in Germany, Matchdays reveals the truth behind the rise of German football and is sure to fascinate anyone interested in understanding a nation and its rise to the top of the sporting ladder.

Quatrième de couverture :

'Hello, Höher speaking.'
'Hello. This is Ronald Reng. I believe you tried to call me?'
'Mr Reng, thanks for calling back. Mr Reng, I have to meet you.'
'For what reason?'
'I can't talk about it on the phone.'
'Right.'
'My name is Heinz Höher.'
'Not at all. But as you know, I live in Barcelona? That's a fair way from Nuremberg. Maybe I should just get in touch next time I'm there?'
And then, an hour later:
'Mr Reng, I've just booked a flight to Barcelona. I'm coming this Thursday.'
'This Thursday?'
'And I am staying until Tuesday.'
'Till Tuesday!'
'Please, just give me a couple of hours of your time. I want to tell you something. I have to tell you something.'

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1471136477
• ISBN 13: 9781471136474
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448