A journey to the heart of two great footballing cultures.
Gianluca Vialli is one of the most famous Italian footballers in
the post-war era. He won league titles with Sampdoria and Juventus
and captained Juventus to Champions' League victory in 1996. At
international level he won 59 caps for Italy, scoring 16 goals and
leading them to the semi-finals of both the 1988 European
Championship and the 1990 World Cup. As a manager, in two and a
half seasons at Chelsea he won more trophies than any other manager
in the history of the club, including the FA Cup, Cupwinners' Cup
and League Cup. He currently divides his time between London and
Italy where he is the top analyst for Sky Italia's Serie A and
Champions' League coverage.
Gianluca is donating proceeds from The Italian Job to the
Fondazione Vialli e Mauro per la Ricerca e lo Sport
(www.fondazionevialliemauro.com), a charitable foundation set up by
Gianluca and Massimo Mauro, which raises funds for research into
cancer and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), better known as Lou
Gehrig's disease.
Gabriele Marcotti is the UK correspondent for Corriere dello Sport,
and World Football columnist for The Times. He has also written for
the Financial Times, Sunday Herald, Daily Mail and La Stampa. He
co-presents two weekly radio shows on TalkSport and is a regular
analyst on Bravo, Setanta and SkySports News. He is also a
columnist for Sports Illustrated.
The book is essentially a memoir but with the aid of some really
interesting interviews...it gives some astonishing insights into
the workings of the modern game
*GQ Style*
The Italian Job reveals how rival cultures in England and abroad
are reflected on the pitch
*The Times*
Gianluca Vialli's new book is an interesting comparison of sporting
attitudes here and on the Continent - To the Italian player,
football is a job: to the English one, it's a game
*The Observer*
...this fascinating book that analyses the difference between
English and Italian football...The Italian Job tackles the
questions which inform football debate in England and Italy - from
the tactical and technical to the cultural and sociological
*Italia*
An early contender for this year's literary prizes in sport
*Sunday Tribune*
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