Football Fairy Tales: 21 Inspiring True Stories of Teams That Did the Impossible. Underdogs, Comebacks and Life Lessons, with Quizzes, for Kids 8-14 - Couverture souple

Di Rosa, Valerio

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ISBN 13 : 9798161669969

Editeur : Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

On paper, they had no chance.

A team of part-timers from the United States beats mighty England at the World Cup. A national side that was not even supposed to be at the tournament wins it. A club given odds of 5000 to 1 becomes champion of England. A reserve goalkeeper who had played one first-team game wins the European Cup. Fans rebuild their stadium with their own hands.

They sound like fairy tales. Every one of them is true.

Football Fairy Tales tells 21 true stories of teams that did the impossible, from Brazil in 1950 to the Champions League of 2026: Nottingham Forest and Brian Clough, Aston Villa in Rotterdam, Wimbledon's Crazy Gang, Manchester United's three minutes in Barcelona, the night of Istanbul, Leicester City, Iceland, Liverpool's corner taken quickly, Wrexham, Morocco and many more.

Every chapter opens at the decisive moment, the goal, the save, the final whistle, then goes back to show where that team really started.

• 21 true stories, in order of time, with dates, scores and scorers checked
• Did You Know? facts to amaze your friends
• The Lesson: what each story teaches, on the pitch and off it
• A quiz in every chapter, with all the answers at the back
• Stories that talk to each other: a coach who suffers a terrible night in one chapter comes back ten chapters later, and this time he wins

For kids aged 8 to 14, for football fans and for readers who do not know yet how much they will love reading.

Every team in this book lost before it won. Some of them lost a lot.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798161669969
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 130
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible