The Big Book of Football by Mundial

Dive into the wonderful world of football with this essential guide containing everything you'll ever need to know about the beautiful game. 

List of contents

The Basics and the Lingo

History of Football 

     The Game Through Time

     The Greatest Teams of All Time

     Football Boots Past to Present 

     The Evolution of The Ball 

The Great Players

 Legendary Managers and how they did it 

     The Key Positions 

     Managers and Formations 

The Big Cups

Amazing Stadiums

Coolest Kits
How to...  

     Take the Perfect Shot... Like Ji So-yun 
     Make the Perfect Slide Tackle… Like Alessandro Nesta
     Take the Perfect Set Piece… Like David Beckham 
     Play the Perfect Long Ball... Like Xabi Alonso 
     Take Penalties... Like Matt Le Tissier
     Do Nutmegs... Like Luis Suarez
     Have the Perfect First Touch... Like Dennis Bergkamp 
     Play the Perfect Through Ball... Like Xavi
     Beat the Offside Trap... Like Fernando Torres
     Do the Perfect Attacking Header... Like Didier Drogba
     Do the Perfect Defensive Header... Like Kalidou Koulibaly 
Weird and Wonderful
    Haircuts
    Celebrations
    The Big and the Small
     Football Lingo from Around the World: A Stir Fried Aeroplane
More than the Game 
     Respect the Referee 
     Who’s Who? 
     The Match Day 
     Crowds and Chants 

 

About the author

MUNDIAL is the number one multi-platform choice for football fans across the world. Whether through an award-winning series of audio documentaries made exclusively with Spotify, a single Tweet about a Cruyff goal that we'd forgotten about, a 142-page magazine featuring stories from every facet of football in every corner of the globe, a season-long social media collaboration with the FA, or a loving series of films created about fans and the individual communities within the club they've supported their whole lives-MUNDIAL reminds people why they love football.

Summary

Dive into the wonderful world of football with this essential guide containing everything you'll ever need to know about the beautiful game.

Product details

Authors	Mundial
Assisted by	Damien Weighill (Illustration), Weighill Damien (Illustration)
Publisher	Quarto Publishing Group
Languages	English
Age Recommendation	ages 6 to 12
Product format	Hardback
Released	05.05.2020
EAN	9780711258204
ISBN	978-0-7112-5820-4
No. of pages	112
Dimensions	256 mm x 310 mm x 18 mm
Weight	949 g
Subjects	Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Miscellaneous; History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Modern, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Soccer, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Reference / Encyclopedias, Interest age: from c 9 years, Football / soccer (Children's / Teenage), Encyclopaedias (Children's / Teenage)

Product details

• Authors: Mundial
• Assisted by: Damien Weighill (Illustration), Weighill Damien (Illustration)
• Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 6 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.05.2020
• EAN: 9780711258204
• ISBN: 978-0-7112-5820-4
• No. of pages: 112
• Dimensions: 256 mm x 310 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 949 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Miscellaneous; History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Modern, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Sports & Recreation / Soccer, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Reference / Encyclopedias, Interest age: from c 9 years, Football / soccer (Children's / Teenage), Encyclopaedias (Children's / Teenage)