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The FIFA World Cup: A History of the Planet's Biggest Sporting Event Spiral-Bound | October 12, 2022

Clemente A. Lisi

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In The FIFA World Cup: A History of the Planet’s Biggest Sporting Event, Clemente A. Lisi chronicles the full history of the tournament, providing vivid accounts of individual games, controversies, and innovations from 1930 to today.

The first complete history of the FIFA World Cup with a preview of the 2022 event in Qatar. Every four years, the world’s best national soccer teams compete for the FIFA World Cup. Billions of people tune in from around the world to experience the remarkable events unfolding live, both on and off the field. From Diego Maradona’s first goal against England at the 1986 World Cup to Nelson Mandela’s surprise appearance at the 2010 final in South Africa, these unforgettable World Cup moments have helped to create a global phenomenon. In The FIFA World Cup: A History of the Planet's Biggest Sporting Event, veteran soccer reporter Clemente A. Lisi chronicles the tournament from 1930 to today, including a preview of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Lisi provides vivid accounts of individual games, details the innovations that impacted the sport across the decades, and offers biographical sketches of greats such as Pelé, Diego Maradona, and Lionel Messi. In addition, Lisi includes needed, objective coverage of off-field controversies such as the FIFA corruption case, making this book the only complete and impartial history of the tournament. Featuring personal interviews and behind-the-scenes stories from the author’s many years attending and covering the World Cup, as well as stunning color photography, The FIFA World Cup is the definitive history of this global event.
Publisher: National Book Network
Original Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket
Pages: 414 pages
ISBN-10: 1538156431
Item Weight: 1.8 lbs
Dimensions: 6.3 x 1.2 x 9.1 inches
[A]s the world watches the 2022 World Cup, author Clemente A. Lisi’s The FIFA World Cup goes into detail of each year’s key matches, the changes that have occurred over the years (for example the introduction of the red and yellows cards and the recent use of Video Assistant Referee or VAR) and biographies of some of the game’s GOATs from 1930 to today. This book is both an enjoyable read and a handy reference. Papa Clicker, Herb Marchand, gives it a really strong 4.5 out of 5 clickers. -New York Post
Clemente A. Lisi is a journalism professor at The King’s College in New York City. He has worked as a journalist and editor for more than two decades. In that time, he has been an editor at major metropolitan dailies such as the New York Post and the New York Daily News and served as senior editor at ABC News. He is the author of The U.S. Women’s Soccer Team: An American Success Story, A History of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team, and all editions of A History of the World Cup. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.