A look at soccer superstar David Beckham, the Real Madrid team he joined in 2003, and at how this combination has forever changed the face of the world's most popular sport.
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While most Americans are clueless about it, there is a sport played by the rest of the world that inspires such widespread and ferocious fanaticism that busboys, journalists, sultans and taxi drivers can all expound on its details for hours, no matter their nationality. Football (called "soccer" by unknowing Americans) is the closest thing to a lingua franca that the world has, Carlin says, and no team inspires more speculation, or takes up more ink, than Spain's Real Madrid. Since the 2003 acquisition of David Beckham, the celebrity player who came from Britain's Manchester United, Madrid is at the top of the world's game. European sports journalist Carlin details the whole story in loving detail. He deploys endless metaphors and brings to vivid life the sometimes dry details of high-salaried sports figure trades and the play-by-plays of a game that doesn't lend itself well to such descriptions. With chapters on Beckham's celebrity (including some fun stuff about his famous marriage to former Spice Girl Victoria Adams), the history of the Spanish team, the roles of the other players and the impact the game has on the rest of the world, this is an engaging story of how the union of one player and one team has changed the way a sport is played and discussed.
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John Carlin is senior international writer for El País, the world's leading Spanish language newspaper, and was previously the U.S. bureau chief for The Independent on Sunday. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The New Republic, Wired, Spin, and Condé Nast Traveler.
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centre halves, defensive midfielder, beautiful football, central midfield, football side, penalty area, central defence, centre half, football people, bullet man, football world, central defender, football writers, football life, penalty spot, million euros, free kick Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Real Madrid, Roberto Carlos, Manchester United, Champions League, World Cup, David Beckham, European Cup, Alex Ferguson, Old Trafford, Camp Nou, Spanish Cup, Bayern Munich, Luis Figo, Michel Salgado, United States, Carlos Queiroz, Olympic Stadium, Real Sociedad, Roman Abramovich, Inter Milan, Jorge Valdano, New York, Roy Keane, Tony Stephens, Bayer Leverkusen New!
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centre halves, defensive midfielder, beautiful football, central midfield, football side, penalty area, central defence, centre half, football people, bullet man, football world, central defender, football writers, football life, penalty spot, million euros, free kick Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Real Madrid, Roberto Carlos, Manchester United, Champions League, World Cup, David Beckham, European Cup, Alex Ferguson, Old Trafford, Camp Nou, Spanish Cup, Bayern Munich, Luis Figo, Michel Salgado, United States, Carlos Queiroz, Olympic Stadium, Real Sociedad, Roman Abramovich, Inter Milan, Jorge Valdano, New York, Roy Keane, Tony Stephens, Bayer Leverkusen New!
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- The Unique Treble by Alex Ferguson on page 36
- Lord Jim (Everyman's Library) by Joseph Conrad on page 109
- The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred Lord Tennyson on page 295
- Lord Jim (Oxford Bookworms) by Joseph Conrad on page 109
- The Holy Spirit (Contours of Christian Theology) by Sinclair B. Ferguson on page 168
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