Luciano Wernicke

501 World Cup Moments is an astonishing journey through the rich history of the most important tournament in football. For almost a century, the World Cup has offered diverse stages on which artists, madmen and criminals – as the brilliant Argentine writer Osvaldo Soriano once said – have performed. Within its pages, you'll find a compelling selection of gems from across World Cup history, brimming with heroes and villains and unforgettable moments. They include the striker who stayed on the pitch despite suffering a heart attack; the pitch-invading dog that urinated on a player; the triumphant team that took a lap of honour without the cup (which was accidentally left in a bank vault); the team that qualified by winning a match against no one; and the manager who, despite winning the championship, was sad because his team conceded two goals in the final. This enthralling book is chock-full of incredible matches, amazing goals, astounding anecdotes, trivia, quotes, records and much more – from the inaugural tournament at Uruguay 1930 to Qatar 2022.

Lionel Messi is often called the best player of all time. He holds 46 titles, including one World Cup and four European Champion League titles and eight Ballon d’Ors, the highest individual honor in soccer. In 2024, he won Major League Soccer’s MVP award. But who is the player behind these impressive stats? What makes Lionel Messi so great? This book takes a deep dive into Messi’s background, examining his beginnings, his struggles to reach the top, and even his thoughts on his soccer career. With Messi’s arrival to Major League Soccer (MLS) in 2023, the most popular sport in the world experienced a revolution in the US. More stars from Europe, South America, and Africa followed, and the matches were soon televised on more channels and platforms than ever before. The explosive success of MLS motivated Time magazine to name Messi the greatest sports figure of 2023. To fully understand how Messi influenced MLS, this book takes a dynamic and in-depth look into his playing history—his beginnings, his career successes, his own personal stories, as well as what other players think of Messi’s career. This is the amazing story of how one of the world’s greatest soccer players revolutionized MLS.

The Dark Side of the Copa Libertadores uncovers the sinister, violent and corrupt goings on that bubble beneath the surface of this famous South American football tournament. By acclaimed Argentine journalist, screenwriter and author Luciano Wernicke, whose books have been published in 30 countries and translated into 18 languages. This gripping book:Delves into the dark side of the most important football club tournament in South AmericaTells of nefarious goings on away from the pitch, including coercion or 'hiring' of referees, threats to rivals and other measures used to gain an unfair edgeReveals the ingenious tricks, traps and ferocious threats used by sports leaders, drug traffickers and political entities to obtain a sporting resultIs brimming with colourful stories and amusing anecdotes: the footballer sent off twice in the same match wearing two different shirts, the priest who scored a winning goal and the brave midfielder who had a mishap in his shorts when he blocked too hardThe Dark Side of the Copa Libertadores charts the successes and miseries, heroes and villains, laughter and tears, screams and silence that have punctuated the tournament since its inception in 1960.

116 vuotta yleisurheilun värikkäintä historiaa alkaen Ateenan olympialaisista 1896 aina Rio de Janeirossa vuonna 2016 järjestettyihin kisoihin. Kirja on ainutlaatuinen tietopaketti kesäolympialaisten erikoisista tapahtumista ja kulissien takana tapahtuneesta historiasta. Tiesitkö, että ensimmäinen olympiaboikotti nähtiin jo ensimmäisissä kisoissa, että kaikkien aikojen nuorin olympiamitalisti oli vain kymmenvuotias tai että vuonna 1894 tenniksen kultamitalit menivät kisaturistina paikalle saapuneelle irlantilaiselle? Kirjan tarinat valottavat elävästi kisojen inhimillistä puolta. Kirjassa on kiinnostavia anekdootteja otteluiden tuoksinasta, erikoisia tapahtumia kisapaikoilta ja valtava määrä triviatietoa olympialaisista.

Unforgettable Soccer is a fun book about soccer. Rather than putting the magnifying glass on great champions and memorable matches, it instead examines the more obscure tales from soccer, rescuing incredible feats and masterful mistakes from oblivion—incredible feats such as the soccer player who scored all four goals in a game that ended 2-2. Or crazy stories about a Danish referee who stopped a match to look for the dentures he had lost. The reader will even find a story about a defender who was reprimanded even though he was already dead! Within these pages are entertaining stories that will seem almost too unbelievable to be true. Written in a fun and light manner, Unforgettable Soccer tells the soccer stories that should be told, making it a must-have for every soccer fan. of the nature of transition in the ever-evolving game and as a teaching tool to help their teams dominate on both sides of the ball!

Why Is Soccer Played Eleven Against Eleven? reveals one hundred facts of football history and rules that are either unknown or little known, such as why football is played eleven against eleven, why football matches last 90 minutes, who the first coach was, how the referee appeared, and who invented goal nets, red and yellow cards, the penalty, and the penalty shoot-out. Included in this book are funny and weird anecdotes, such as the case of a player who scored a goal...without ever having stepped on the pitch, making this book the complete resource on the beautiful game of football. Millions of football fans will find all the answers to any question they could possibly have—including those they may not have thought of—in this amusing, yet informative, book by journalist Luciano Wernicke.

Ainutlaatuinen tietopaketti Jalkapallon MM-kisojen erikoisista tapahtumista ja varsinkin kulissien takana tapahtuneesta historiasta. Kirjan tarinat valottavat elävästi ja joskus tragikoomisestikin maailman suosituimman urheilulajin inhimillistä puolta. Kirjassa on anekdootteja otteluiden tuoksinasta, mutta yhtä lailla esiin pääsevät tapahtumat katsomoissa, valonarat neuvottelut kabineteissa ja usein varsin erikoiset tapahtumat joukkueiden majapaikoissa. Kirja kertoo myös, millaisessa maailmanpoliittisessa ilmastossa turnaukset on kulloinkin pelattu ja kuinka poliitikot ovat pyrkineet käyttämään jalkapalloa hyväkseen oman maineensa pönkittämiseen.

El f tbol levanta pasiones muy profundas, que inclusive puede llegar paralizar al mundo entero que observa, se frustra o emociona, ante las jugadas de las oncenas que se enfrentan. En Historias ins litas de la Copa Am rica, Luciano Wernicke recopila historias sobre nuestra Copa continental, que logran ser mucho m s que an cdotas y mucho m s divertidas que la fr a estad stica. Descubre el origen de "la chilena", ent rate cuando y donde se realiz la primera transmisi n radial de un juego de f tbol internacional, o comprende el origen de los nombres que reciben los seleccionados nacionales como: "la roja", "la verdeamarela", "la celeste" o "la vinotinto". Estas y muchas historias m s aguardan en estas p ginas.