Fear and Loathing in La Liga Barcelona, Real Madrid, and the World's Greatest Sports Rivalry
Fear and Loathing in La Liga Barcelona, Real Madrid, and the World's Greatest Sports Rivalry
- ISBN 13:
9781568584508
- ISBN 10:
1568584504
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 04/08/2014
- Publisher: Bold Type Books
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Summary
Only, it's not quite that simple. Spanish soccer expert and historian Sid Lowe covers 100 years of rivalry, athletic beauty, and excellence. Fear and Loathing in La Liga is a nuanced, revisionist, and brilliantly informed history that goes beyond sport. Lowe weaves together this story of the rivalry with the history and culture of Spain, emphasizing that it is "never about just the soccer." With exclusive testimonies and astonishing anecdotes, he takes us inside this epic battle, including the wounds left by the Civil War, Madrid's golden age in the fifties when they won five European cups, Johan Cruyff's Barcelona Dream Team, the doomed Galáico experiment, and LuÃFigo's "betrayal."
By exploring the history, politics, culture, economics, and language -- while never forgetting the drama on the field -- Lowe demonstrates the relationship between these two soccer giants and reveals the true story behind their explosive rivalry.