How To Watch Football: 52 Rules for Understanding the Beautiful Game, On and Off the Pitch

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The European Super League "launch" really damaged my love for football (Liverpool fan), and my relationship to my club is still irreparably damaged as a result, and I can't be bothered watching much football live anymore.

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Tifo Football presented by The Athletic: In-depth tactical, historical and geopolitical breakdowns of the beautiful game. Tifo is most commonly seen in important matches, local derbies, and rivalries, and although the tradition originated at club teams, some national teams also have fans that organise tifo on a regular basis.It’s about the coach, the club owner, and the director of football, who are watching, scouting and scheming from the side-lines. But it's also about the intense calculations and movements being made by the twenty-one other players on the pitch. We recognise Aboriginal culture as the world’s oldest continuous living culture with strong traditions in story-telling. For a newbie football fan this book would give a clear vision concerning football rules and how it works with it's simple explanations and nice illustrations. Football is the most popular sport in the world, and Tifo Football is one of the world’s most popular football channels.

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For the fans of Tifo YouTube channel’s unique artwork based footballing illustrations, this book is a treat, but for the fans of the analysis deep dive on footballing matters that the same Chanel provides on YouTube, this book comes across as a bit shallow. We at Penguin Random House Australia acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the Traditional Custodians and the first storytellers of the lands on which we live and work. Hoewel het boek voor mij dus zeker geen voltreffer was, zou ik het toch nog aanraden aan beginnende voetbalfans. It's not that those topics are boring, it's just that they are not about what is happening on the pitch. We honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuous connection to Country, waters, skies and communities.

The most interesting chapters were on influencers of the game, among them: Johan Cruyff, Arrigo Sacchi, Valeriy Lobanovskyi, and Claude Makélélé. Next time I watch football, I'll be keeping an eye out for the half spaces and the corridor of uncertainty. Really well explained and the art alongside the text (which is also great in its own right) helps to clarify what's being said.