An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League tactics, published to coincide with 25 years of the competition. Back in 1992, English football was stuck in the dark ages, emerging from a five-year ban from European competition. The game was physical, bruising and attritional, based on strength over speed, aggression over finesse. It was the era of the midfield general, reducers, big men up front and getting it in the mixer; 4-4-2 was the order of the day. Few teams experimented tactically. And then, almost overnight, it all changed. The creation of the Premier League coincided with one of the most seismic rule changes in football history: the abolition of the back-pass. Suddenly defenders had no-get-out-of-jail-free card, goalkeepers had to be able to field and play the ball and the pace of the game quickened immeasurably. Tactics evolved dramatically, helped by an increased foreign influence. The Mixer is the first book to delve deep into the tactical story of the Premier League, and take a long view of how the game has developed over the last quarter century. From Ferguson’s directness to Keegan’s relentlessly attacking Newcastle outfit, to Mourinho’s cagey, reactive Chelsea, all the way to Ranieri’s counter-attacking champions, The Mixer is one of the most entertaining, rich and knowledgeable football books ever written.

The Mixer

1854. In a dark passageway, an innocent man is stabbed to death. So begins the extraordinary story of Edward Glyver, booklover, scholar and murderer. As a young boy, Glyver always believed he had a destiny. He was right: greatness does await him, along with immense wealth and influence. And he will stop at nothing to win back a prize that he now knows is rightfully his. Glyver's path leads him from the depths of Victorian London, with its foggy streets, brothels and opium dens, to Evenwood, one of England's most enchanting country houses. His is a story of betrayal and treachery, of death and delusion, of ruthless obsession and ambition...

The Meaning of Night

‘A wonderful overview of tactical development in European football’ Matthew Syed, The Times ‘A fascinating assessment of football in 2019’ Observer An insightful, comprehensive and always entertaining appreciation of how European football has developed over the last three decades by the author of the much heralded The Mixer. Continental football has always cast a spell over the imagination. From the attacking flair of Real Madrid of the 50s to the defensive brilliance of the Italians in the 60s and onto the total football of the Dutch in the 70s, the European leagues have been where the game has most evolved and taken its biggest steps forward. And over the last three decades, since the rebranding of the Champions League in 1992, that pattern has continued unabated, with each major European footballing nation playing its part in how the game’s tactics have developed. From the intelligent use of space displayed by the phenomenal Ajax team of the early 90s, to the dominance of the highly strategic Italian league in the late 90s and onto the technical wizardry of Barcelona’s tiki-taka, the European game continues to reinvent the tactical dimension of the game, creating blueprints which both club and national teams around the world strive to follow. In Zonal Marking, Michael Cox brilliantly investigates and analyses the major leagues around Europe over specific time periods and demonstrates the impact each has made on how the game is now played. Highly entertaining and packed full of wonderful anecdotes, this is the first book of its kind to take an overview of modern European football, and lays bare just how much the international language of football can be shaped by a nation’s unique identity.

Zonal Marking

Voetbal is oorlog, voetbal is emotie en cultuur. Maar voetbal is ook een idee en ideeën worden constant gekopieerd, aangepast en verbeterd. Michael Cox geeft je inzicht in dertig jaar Europese tactiek door steeds een ander voetballand uit te diepen. Het begint met de erfenis van het vermaarde Nederlandse totaalvoetbal, de verdedigende organisatie van Italië eind jaren tachtig, de kracht en snelheid van Frankrijk met Zidane. De opkomst van de back als Portugese uitvinding van Mourinho, het tikitaka van Spanje en de Gegenpressing van Klopp en Bayern uit Duitsland. Tegenwoordig vind je al deze elementen terug in de Engelse Premier League. Voetbal in Europa is een verhaal van continu omschakelen qua stijlen en invloeden. Terwijl het tactische en stilistische zwaartepunt voortdurend verschuift van land naar land, is er één constante in dit boek: de schitterende herinneringen aan legendarische wedstrijden en spelers die met liefde voor het spel beschreven worden.

Dertig jaar Europese voetbaltactiek

It is 1876. Nineteen-year-old orphan Esperanza Gorst arrives at the great country house of Evenwood to be interviewed for the position of Lady's Maid by the 26th Baroness Tansor, the former Miss Emily Carteret. But Esperanza is no ordinary servant. She has been sent by her guardian, the mysterious Madame de l'Orme, to uncover the dark and dangerous secrets that her new mistress has sought to conceal, and to set right a past injustice in which Esperanza's own closest interests are bound up. Gradually those secrets are revealed, and with them the truth of who Esperanza really is, forcing agonising obligations on her, and enmeshing her in a complicated web of intrigue, deceit and murder that culminates in betrayal by those she trusted most.

The Glass of Time

Houve um tempo em que os rumos do futebol mundial eram ditados pelo que acontecia nas Copas do Mundo. Um estilo dominante se impunha e passava a ser amplamente imitado até que outra escola e um novo modelo de jogo saíssem vencedores no grande palco do futebol, ganhando status de referência mundo afora. Hoje em dia, esses padrões já não se estabelecem pelo confronto entre as grandes seleções de quatro em quatro anos, mas no futebol de clubes, semana após semana, em suas respectivas ligas. E especialmente na Europa, que reúne os principais jogadores e treinadores. No livro Entre linhas, Michael Cox investiga os últimos trinta anos do futebol europeu e revela o impacto que cada campeonato, escola ou nação produziu em determinados pontos deste período. Do uso inteligente dos espaços pelo fenomenal Ajax da década de 1990 à fortíssima liga italiana que sucedeu os holandeses em termos de supremacia; da França campeã e multitalentosa do início dos anos 2000 aos superastros portugueses que, em campo e no banco, roubaram a cena futebolística no continente; do triunfante jogo de posição do Barcelona de Pep Guardiola ao futebol vertical aperfeiçoado pelos alemães: todas essas culturas futebolísticas desembocaram nos últimos anos, pelas mãos dos maiores treinadores do mundo, na Premier League, a mais rica das ligas nacionais. Em permanente estado de reinvenção, o futebol da Europa ditou a evolução do esporte nas últimas três décadas e, com seu alcance global, segue estabelecendo os padrões táticos que irão influenciar e desenvolver o jogo por todo o planeta. * * * O que a mídia diz sobre: Cox, um obcecado pela tática, ignora as novelas do futebol para explicar o que realmente acontece no campo. Neste livro, recheado de anedotas e boas histórias, ele traça o percurso do desenvolvimento tático do jogo ao longo dos últimos 30 anos. - Simon Kuper, autor de "Football Against The Enemy" e "The Barcelona Complex" Graças à meticulosa pesquisa e ao foco na estratégia, Michael Cox encontra novas perspectivas para uma história que os fãs de futebol acreditavam já conhecer. - The Economist O livro de Michael Cox é um convite para pensar além dos clichês. Um passeio por momentos curiosos e partidas marcantes, com uma contextualização histórica que ajuda a organizar as ideias e a compreender, de forma mais ampla, o intercâmbio entre as escolas de futebol. - Rafael Oliveira, jornalista e autor do prefácio de "Entre Linhas"

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