Touched By God
How We Won the Mexico '86 World Cup
$24.26
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
11 June 2019
Summary
In June 1986 Diego Maradona, considered by many to be the greatest footballer of all time, proudly hoisted the ‘86 Mexico World Championship Cup in his hands.
Now over thirty years on from that magical game, and after a life in sports marked by controversy, Maradona tells, for the first time, the untold stories behind that one-of-a-kind World Cup. Mexico ‘86 was the pinnacle of Maradona’s career, and in this book he reveals all about every game, what happened afterwards in the locker …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472125057 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472125053 |
| Author: | Diego Maradona, Daniel Arnucci |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 11 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 215g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 126mm x 196mm |
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Critics Review
Brilliant - Guardian
An exuberant narrator, bursting with telling details … enjoyable … Maradona’s authentic voice of unreason and the best story in World Cup history carry you through - Financial TimesCharacteristically colourful - The TimesOpen, honest contemplation - When Saturday ComesThe book’s greatest strength is that it feels unmistakeably like 1986 all over again … I loved this book. I loved its nostalgia - Irish NewsDiego Maradona
Diego Maradona was born in Buenos Aires in 1961. He is widely recognised as one of football’s greatest players. He has played for Argentinos Juniors, Boca, Barcelona, Naples, Seville and Newell’s Old Boys, but he will always be most strongly associated with the Argentinian national team. He lives in Dubai.
Daniel Arcucci is one of the most respected and recognized Argentinian sports journalists. He began his career at the legendary magazine El Grafico in Buenos Aires. He met Diego Maradona in the Christmas of 1985. He covered the ‘86 Mexico World Cup and interviewed Maradona more than 150 times. His books To Meet Diego and I am the Diego of the People were both bestsellers in Argentina. In 2007, he was awarded the Platinum Konex award for sports journalism.
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