Messi - 2016 Updated Edition
More Than a Superstar
Published on 6. August 2015
240 pages
978-1-906850-92-0 (ISBN)
Description
Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer of our time: a magician with uncanny ability to beat defenders, find space and score goals. At the peak of his powers during Barcelona's 2015 treble win - a decade on from his first Spanish title - the four-time Ballon d'Or winner has again eclipsed his rivals and proved emphatically that he has no intention of surrendering his crown just yet.
Messi is Luca Caioli's classic portrait of modern football's star turn, now fully updated to include all the action from 2014/15. Featuring exclusive testimony from those who know him best, including coaches, teammates and even Messi himself, it offers an unrivalled behind-the-scenes look at the life of a football superstar.
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Luca Caioli is the bestselling author of Messi, Ronaldo, Neymar and Suarez. A renowned Italian sports journalist, he lives in Spain corresponding for SKY Italia and Corriere della Sera.
Content
- Intro
- About the author
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Rosario
- Conversation with Celia and Marcela Cuccittini
- Chapter 2: Garibaldi Hospital
- 24 June 1987
- Chapter 3: The smallest of them all
- A summer afternoon in 1992
- Chapter 4: The same as always
- Conversation with Cintia Arellano
- Chapter 5: Red and black
- 21 March 1994
- Chapter 6: He was a Gardel
- Conversation with Adrián Coria
- Chapter 7: Size: small
- 31 January 1997
- Chapter 8: Across the pond
- 17 September 2000
- Chapter 9: Provisional licence
- 6 March 2001
- Chapter 10: Puyol's mask
- Conversation with Álex García
- Chapter 11: Debut
- 16 November 2003
- Chapter 12: Videotape
- 29 June 2004
- Chapter 13: The football is his toy
- Conversation with Francisco 'Pancho' Ferraro
- Chapter 14: A friend
- Conversation with Pablo Zabaleta
- Chapter 15: Soap opera
- 3 October 2005
- Chapter 16: A breath of fresh air
- Conversation with Fernando Solanas, Head of Sports Marketing at Adidas Iberia
- Chapter 17: Boy of the match
- 22 February 2006
- Chapter 18: Not even a single minute
- 30 June 2006
- Chapter 19: Positive discrimination
- Conversation with Jorge Valdano
- Chapter 20: The devil
- 10 March 2007
- Chapter 21: Leo and Diego
- 18 April 2007
- Chapter 22: A long career ahead of him
- Conversation with Frank Rijkaard
- Chapter 23: You have to prove it
- Conversation with Carlos Salvador Bilardo
- Chapter 24: Disappointment
- 15 July 2007
- Chapter 25: An electric kid
- Conversation with Alfio 'El Coco' Basile
- Chapter 26: Bronze and silver
- 17 December 2007
- Chapter 27: Physical thinking
- Conversation with Roberto Perfumo, 'El Mariscal'
- Chapter 28: The long journey towards gold
- 22 May 2008
- Chapter 29: Happiness
- 27 May 2009
- Chapter 30: Third time lucky
- 1, 19 and 21 December 2009
- Chapter 31: Floods of tears 212
- 3 July 2010
- Chapter 32: Surprise
- 10 January 2011
- Chapter 33: Simply the best
- 28 May 2011
- Chapter 34: A thwarted dream
- 16 July 2011
- Chapter 35: Ace of cups
- 14/17/26 August 2011
- Chapter 36: Hat-trick
- 9 January 2012
- Chapter 37: Record
- 7 January 2013
- Chapter 38: Messidependence
- 19 May 2013
- Chapter 39: Barcelona
- Conversation with Leo Messi
- Chapter 40: A turbulent season
- 17 May 2014
- Chapter 41: History's revenge
- 13 July 2014
- Chapter 42: From Anoeta to Berlin
- 6 June 2015
- Career record
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Back Cover
