HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF First published by HarperCollins 2019 FIRST EDITION © Michael Cox 2019 Cover layout design Sim Greenaway © HarperCollinsPublishers 2019 Cover photograph © Shutterstock.com A catalogue record of this book is available from the British Library Michael Cox asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books. Find out about HarperCollins and the environment at Source ISBN: 9780008291167 Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008291150 Version: 2019-05-07 Contents 1
Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Contents
5 Introduction 6
Part One – Voetbal, 1992–96
7 1 Individual versus Collective 8
2 Space
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3 Playing Out from the Back
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Transition: Netherlands–Italy
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Part Two – Calcio, 1996–2000
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4 Flexibility
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5 The Third Attacker
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6 Catenaccio
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Transition: Italy–France
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Part Three – Foot, 2000–04
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7 Speed
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8 The Number 10
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9 The Water Carrier
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Transition: France–Portugal
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Part Four – Futebol, 2004–08
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10 Structure
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11 The First Port of Call
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12 Wingers
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Transition: Portugal–Spain
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Part Five – Fútbol, 2008–12
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13 Tiki-taka
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14 False 9s & Argentines
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15 El Clásico
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Transition: Spain–Germany
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Part Six – Fußball, 2012–16
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16 Verticality
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17 Gegenpressing
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18 Reinvention
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Transition: Germany–England
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Part Seven – Football, 2016–20
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19 The Mixer
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Epilogue
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Bibliography
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Acknowledgements
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List of Searchable Terms
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Also by Michael Cox
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About the Publisher
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