{"product_id":"the-world-cups-uncrowned-kings-9798901945049","title":"The World Cup's Uncrowned Kings","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gigi Romano | Ai\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Publishdrive\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Publishdrive\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Soccer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe World Cup remembers its champions in gold. But some of football's greatest stories belong to the players who never lifted the trophy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe World Cup's Uncrowned Kings\u003c\/strong\u003e is a sweeping, emotional journey through the legends denied football's ultimate prize: Johan Cruyff and the Total Football revolution, Ferenc Pusk�s and Hungary's Miracle of Bern heartbreak, Eus�bio's fire in 1966, George Best's missing World Cup stage, Alfredo Di St�fano's impossible international story, Zico and S�crates with Brazil 1982, Roberto Baggio's lonely penalty in Pasadena, Paolo Maldini's defensive perfection without the perfect ending, Luka Modric's heroic Croatia, Neymar's unfinished chase, and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten in the voice of a football journalist and storyteller, this book explores why the World Cup is both the greatest test in football and one of its cruellest measures of greatness. Through unforgettable players, beautiful losing teams, near-misses, injuries, penalties, politics, and timing, it argues that football immortality is not found only in medal cabinets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSome kings wear crowns.\u003cbr\u003eOthers live forever in memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publishdrive","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883461460119,"sku":"9798901945049","price":2128.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798901945049.webp?v=1781102020","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-world-cups-uncrowned-kings-9798901945049","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}