Messi - 2017 Updated Edition Messi - 2017 Updated Edition
More Than a Superstar
Published on 6. August 2016
304 pages
978-1-78578-138-4 (ISBN)
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Lionel Messi is the greatest footballer of our time: a magician with uncanny ability to beat defenders, find space and score goals. 2016 saw him win the Ballon d'Or for a record fifth time, further emphasising his status as the greatest footballer in the world today, and possibly ever.
Messi is Luca Caioli's classic portrait of modern football's undisputed superstar, now fully updated to include all the action from 2015/16. 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. Red and black
- 21 March 1994
- Chapter 5. He was a Gardel
- Conversation with Adrián Coria
- Chapter 6. Size: small
- 31 January 1997
- Chapter 7. Across the pond
- 17 September 2000
- Chapter 8. Provisional licence
- 6 March 2001
- Chapter 9. Puyol's mask
- Conversation with Álex García
- Chapter 10. Debut
- 16 November 2003
- Chapter 11. Videotape
- 29 June 2004
- Chapter 12. Soap opera
- 3 October 2005
- Chapter 13. Boy of the match
- 22 February 2006
- Chapter 14. Not even a single minute
- 30 June 2006
- Chapter 15. The devil
- 10 March 2007
- Chapter 16. Leo and Diego
- 18 April 2007
- Chapter 17. A long career ahead of him
- Conversation with Frank Rijkaard
- Chapter 18. Disappointment
- 15 July 2007
- Chapter 19. Bronze and silver
- 17 December 2007
- Chapter 20. The long journey towards gold
- 22 May 2008
- Chapter 21. Happiness
- 27 May 2009
- Chapter 22. Third time lucky
- 1, 19 and 21 December 2009
- Chapter 23. Floods of tears
- 3 July 2010
- Chapter 24. Surprise
- 10 January 2011
- Chapter 25. Simply the best
- 28 May 2011
- Chapter 26. A thwarted dream
- 16 July 2011
- Chapter 27. Ace of cups
- 14/17/26 August 2011
- Chapter 28. Hat-trick
- 9 January 2012
- Chapter 29. Record
- 7 January 2013
- Chapter 30. Messidependence
- 19 May 2013
- Chapter 31. Barcelona
- Conversation with Leo Messi
- Chapter 32. A turbulent season
- 17 May 2014
- Chapter 33. History's revenge
- 13 July 2014
- Chapter 34. From Anoeta to Berlin
- 6 June 2015
- Chapter 35. The curse of the number 10
- 4 July 2015
- Chapter 36. The fifth
- 11 January 2016
- Chapter 37. Eleven years, eight Liga wins
- 14 May 2016
- Career record
- Colour Plates
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Back Cover
