This is Football

The Beautiful Game

Daniel Melamud, Christian Pulisic, Christian Pulisic

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Rizzoli International Publications
01 October 2024

Football (Soccer, Association football)

A celebration of the timeless beauty of soccer—its greatest and most stylish players, from past heroes to today’s stars, along with its hallowed grounds.

Football, or soccer as we know it in the US, has been around for more than two hundred years and in some ways remains largely unchanged. It is this timelessness that is celebrated in This Is Football.

Lavishly illustrated with striking images of on-field action as well as candid dressing-room moments taken by some of the most respected photographers in sport, the book serves as both a primer and nostalgic love letter showcasing the beauty of the game.

Readers will venture on a journey to South America where football became beautiful in the 1960s and to Spain where tiki-taka revolutionized the game in the 1980s. From Denis Bergkamp’s sublime control and finish against Argentina in the 1998 World Cup to Sergio Aguero’s last-minute strike of the 2010/2011 season—winning Manchester City their first premier league title, This Is Football captures many of the game’s most extraordinary events and players.

Organized by player position, each chapter highlights some of the biggest names to have graced the pitch, from Pelé to David Beckham and Mia Hamm to Marta as well as historic moments they helped create. Featuring extraordinary goals, inspired midfield play, heroic defending, and eye-catchingly colorful goalkeeping, this book illustrates why soccer is the most popular sport in the world and why it is truly loved by so many.

By: Daniel Melamud, Christian Pulisic
Contributions by: Christian Pulisic
Imprint: Rizzoli International Publications
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 229mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9780847834761
ISBN 10: 084783476X
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 01 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniel Melamud is the award-winning author of This Is Cricket: In the Spirit of the Game (2021 Wisden Book of the Year and 2021 Telegraph Sports Book Awards Illustrated Book of the Year) and Pulisic: My Journey So Far (2022 Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year award winner and shortlisted in the 2023 Sunday Times Sports Book Awards). Robbie Earle MBE is an English-born Jamaican former international soccer player who is a presenter for NBC Sports’ coverage of the Premier League. Christian Pulisic is an American soccer player who plays for AC Milan and the United States national team.

Reviews for This is Football: The Beautiful Game

""This richly illustrated book takes you to the heart of the action, guiding football fanatics along a nostalgic path through the game’s history while revealing to the novice just what the fuss is all about with an entertaining Q and A on the world’s most popular sport. Hundreds of glorious photographs tell the story. Matches range from domestic leagues around the globe to World Cup finals; images of players relaxing away from the pitch and straining in the heat of combat give a comprehensive and insightful picture of the game. At various stages author Daniel Melamud and former player and now TV pundit Robbie Earle draw back from the imagery to discuss the fundamentals of the game and reveal what attracted them to it in the first place. Effectively they are asking: “What is football?” This wonderful book provides the answer: “This is Football”. And just like the game on its best day – it is absolutely beautiful."" — Bill Edgar ""I don’t think I’ve seen such a gorgeous collection of football photographs anywhere before. In this book, it’s truly the beautiful game. I ate it all up with a mixture of wonder and nostalgia."" — Simon Kuper