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Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
Book · 2000
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
Grown-upsBest for parents & coaches★ 4.0
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Winner explains Total Football by way of Dutch architecture, painting and the country's relationship with space, then follows Cruyff's teams and the national side's habit of losing finals. It is a book about how a nation's idea of space became a way of playing.
Why we picked it
It is the book that makes a parent see the shape of a match instead of the ball, and it is far more fun than that makes it sound.
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