With a timely release prior to the 2006 World Cup in Germany, much was anticipated. I gather the idea was conceived at the second European Congress of Sport and Exercise Science held in Copenhagen in August 1997. This is part of a series of books, which includes other activities such as running and sailing.

The front cover is certainly interesting, with an abstract painting—largely in the Swedish, Norweigan and Argentinian colours I might add! This book approaches soccer …