{"product_id":"glittering-prize-the-story-of-the-fifa-world-cup-volume-i-1930-1978-volume-1-9781836801788","title":"Glittering Prize: The Story of the Fifa World Cup Volume I, 1930-1978 Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jonathan O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Pitch Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Pitch Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Soccer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery four years, the planet stops dead for an event like no other. The World Cup captures the global imagination in a way that dwarfs every other sporting competition. \u003ci\u003eGlittering Prize\u003c\/i\u003e tells the full story of its thrilling century-long arc. Volume I looks back at the tournament's first five decades: its embryonic incarnation in 1930; the stunning fall of champions-elect Brazil at the Maracan� in 1950; the equally sensational demise of Hungary's Magic Magyars four years later in Bern; England's glory in 1966; Brazil's joyful conquest of Italy in 1970; the unfulfilled flowering of the Netherlands' Total Football in 1974; and Argentina's tainted triumph against the backdrop of the Dirty War in 1978. Brimming with incredible detail and magnetic characters such as Ferenc Pusk�s, Garrincha, Gigi Riva, Johan Cruyff and Daniel Passarella, \u003ci\u003eGlittering Prize\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping chronicle of the greatest sporting show on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pitch Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47969507770519,"sku":"9781836801788","price":2254.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781836801788.webp?v=1782922126","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/glittering-prize-the-story-of-the-fifa-world-cup-volume-i-1930-1978-volume-1-9781836801788","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}