Magical Maygars (eBook)

The Rise and Fall of the World's Once Greatest Football Team

David Bailey (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
302 Seiten
Pitch Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-78531-588-6 (ISBN)

Infos

Magical Magyars tells the remarkable story of the legendary Hungarian football team of the 50s, a side whose breathtaking technical skills and passing-and-movement style of play changed the very way the sport was played. Author David Bailey traces the team's origins and details how communist Hungary, a tiny nation impoverished and subjugated by one of the most brutal Stalinist regimes in the Soviet empire, was able to produce a football team that was the envy of the sporting world, and so very nearly world champions. Captained by the genius that was Ferenc PuskAs, the Magical Magyars walked a tightrope between being the regime's darlings and providing the beleaguered Hungarian people with a sense of national pride during their darkest days. The team enthralled, dominated and revolutionised world football - until its own demise was brought about by a revolution of a different kind. Weaving in threads of friendship and betrayal, tactics and politics, the quest for glory and upheaval, here is a football story quite unlike any other.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 22.7.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sport ► Ballsport ► Fußball
• ISBN-10: 1-78531-588-9 / 1785315889
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78531-588-6 / 9781785315886