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© Michael Cox 2019
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Source ISBN: 9780008291167
Ebook Edition © May 2019 ISBN: 9780008291150
Version: 2019-05-07
Contents
1 Cover
2 Title Page
3 Copyright
4 Contents
5 Introduction
6 Part One – Voetbal, 1992–96
7 1 Individual versus Collective
8 2 Space
9 3 Playing Out from the Back
10 Transition: Netherlands–Italy
11 Part Two – Calcio, 1996–2000
12 4 Flexibility
13 5 The Third Attacker
14 6 Catenaccio
15 Transition: Italy–France
16 Part Three – Foot, 2000–04
17 7 Speed
18 8 The Number 10
19 9 The Water Carrier
20 Transition: France–Portugal
21 Part Four – Futebol, 2004–08
22 10 Structure
23 11 The First Port of Call
24 12 Wingers
25 Transition: Portugal–Spain
26 Part Five – Fútbol, 2008–12
27 13 Tiki-taka
28 14 False 9s & Argentines
29 15 El Clásico
30 Transition: Spain–Germany
31 Part Six – Fußball, 2012–16
32 16 Verticality
33 17 Gegenpressing
34 18 Reinvention
35 Transition: Germany–England
36 Part Seven – Football, 2016–20
37 19 The Mixer
38 Epilogue
39 Bibliography
40 Acknowledgements
41 List of Searchable Terms
42 Also by Michael Cox
43 About the Publisher
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