David Bailey

Magical Maygars

The Rise and Fall of the World's Once Greatest Football Team

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Produktbeschreibung

The story of the Magical Magyars is one of the most remarkable in football history. Author David Bailey details how a tiny, beleaguered nation under the rule of a brutal Stalinist dictatorship produced a team that enthralled, dominated and revolutionised world football - until its own demise was brought about by a revolution of a different kind.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pitch Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 164mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9781785315442
• ISBN-10: 1785315447
• Artikelnr.: 56729421

Autorenporträt

Magical Magyars tells the remarkable story of the legendary Hungarian football team of the 50s, a side whose breathtaking technical skills and passing-and-movement style of play changed the very way the sport was played. Author David Bailey traces the team's origins and details how communist Hungary, a tiny nation impoverished and subjugated by one of the most brutal Stalinist regimes in the Soviet empire, was able to produce a football team that was the envy of the sporting world, and so very nearly world champions. Captained by the genius that was Ferenc Puskas, the Magical Magyars walked a tightrope between being the regime's darlings and providing the beleaguered Hungarian people with a sense of national pride during their darkest days. The team enthralled, dominated and revolutionised world football - until its own demise was brought about by a revolution of a different kind. Weaving in threads of friendship and betrayal, tactics and politics, the quest for glory and upheaval, here is a football story quite unlike any other.