For lovers of didactic stories:
When one of the most beautiful feathers of
L'Equipe
, if not the most beautiful, comes to contribute to the collection directed by Philippe Delerm,
The taste of words,
the cocktail concocted is inevitably tasty. With “My Words of Football” (Editions Points), Vincent Duluc, whom Delerm does not hesitate to call “
Iniesta of the pen
”, signs a precious collection of expressions or words drawn from the usual football vocabulary. “
There was peno
”, “
Oh the referee!
","
To you Cognacq-Jay
», So many formulas known to all supporters that the author dissects with his withdrawn and impactful style. And one inevitably smiles when reading this jargon, sometimes caricatural, dissected with accuracy by one of the finest football connoisseurs in France. A little gem.
Jean-Eudes Bolot and Christian Larger also set the tone in their very successful “Petit dico du foot”, nicely illustrated by the sparkling drawings of colors (160 in total) signed by Francis Macard.
Six hundred words are analyzed with, very often, a touch of humor and a well-felt second degree.
The preface is signed Bernard Pivot - a reference - seduced by the approach of the two authors who do not belong to the world of football.
Jean-Eudes Bolot is a radiologist while Christian Larger is an expert in business strategies and lecturer at Sciences Po. Their book is a real success.
To nibble at the aperitif with some peanuts before the evening poster on TV.
The beautiful feather of Vincent Duluc and a successful and instructive "Petit Dico du foot".
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For lovers of the Blues:
Two ancient monuments of the French team are in the spotlight at the start of the Euro. Member of the Magic Square of the Blues in the 80s, Alain Giresse recounts his career, which he himself describes as "
extraordinary
", in an autobiography ("Alain Giresse, born to play", Éditions Robert Laffont) co- signed with Dominique Séverac, journalist at
Le Parisien
. A fascinating testimony from one of the greatest technicians of his generation, emblematic Bordeaux player and ephemeral coach of Paris SG, in 1998. An episode that the now 68-year-old Girondin qualifies with a lot of humor. of "
Paris Without Giresse
". The pocket midfielder also evokes the discovery of another football, that of Africa, sometimes confusing but never routine, in the skin of the coach (Mali, Senegal, Gabon or Tunisia). A particularly moving testimony. "
Gigi
" invites herself into your chair with a bio confession. A successful bet.
Marius Trésor was not part of the victorious odyssey of the Blues at Euro 84, unlike his compatriot, but the athletic defender helped write the legend of the epic France-FRG of 1982. Today ' hui retired in the Médoc, the most Guadeloupean of the Girondins returns moreover on this semi-final of the World Cup in the delicious chapter ... 13 of this "Marius Trésor, Beyond my dreams", written with Denis Granjou (Éditions City). The fatal figure cannot be invented! "
The fruit of chance
», He assures us. His memories of a boy, then his meteoric trajectory, the one who was the first West Indian captain of the Blues confides in the course of meetings with the greatest footballers of his time. For those over 40, these confidences are a great entry ticket for a nostalgic journey into the history of the Blues in an 80's way.
It is a real work of historian archivist that Pierre Cazal carried out to deliver "The epic of the Blues to the Euro" (Editions Mareuil).
A book which invites the reader to travel from 1958 to 2021 to follow the Tricolores in the European Championships of the nations which succeeded one another.
A very documented story while being synthetic which carefully avoids getting lost in unnecessary details in its first part.
The second explores the 2020 edition with a presentation of the group of 26, a portrait of Didier Deschamps as well as the different possible scenarios awaiting the 2018 world champions across Europe.
Three reference books on the Blues are to be discovered.
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For star lovers ... and those who make them shine:
What would the Euro be without its stars? For some of them, this anniversary European Championship will probably be their penultimate appearance with the selections before hanging up their boots. Cristiano Ronaldo, who will try to offer the double in Portugal, is one of those big names who are slowly but surely approaching retirement and who should mark the 2020 edition. With "101 times Ronaldo" (Solar Editions), Régis Dupont signs an excellent biography of the kid from Funchal with one particularity: his story breaks down into 101 anecdotes as indicated by the sober title. A story that goes beyond simple compilation since the great reporter at
L'Equipe
has already interviewed the attacker on several occasions.We can therefore trust him with closed eyes.
Vincent Duluc (again!) Was interested in discreet men who often make the stars shine in the spotlight. In "
The real masters of the game
" (Solar Editions), the "
football man
" of the daily
L'Equipe
draws up portraits of these "
indispensable shadow players
". Deschamps who works for Zidane, Iniesta for Messi or even Tigana with Platini, so many loyal lieutenants who have often forged, and this is one of their particularities, close links with the coaches.
Finally, special mention to “Une histoire du football” (Éditions Hugo Image).
Italian journalist, Paolo Condo sketches the portraits of 50 great men who made football, not only players but also coaches and referees.
A beautiful exercise in style enriched with original and very often successful illustrations of these heroes from the four corners of the planet.
The stars of the football and those who make them shine.
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For fashion and hairstyle lovers:
Unmissable comedian of the round ball, Julien Cazarre joins forces with Thibaut Soulcié, cartoonist whom all readers of
L'Equipe
know, for an original hair break in full Euro with "World Cups, 50 years of style and football" (Editions Michel Lafon). 143 pages of hairstyles drawn from 1970 to the present day among acrobats on football fields, often surprising, sometimes ridiculous. It is even a small story of the style among footballers being written before the reader's eyes since the book does not stop at the legendary mullet cuts of Tony Vairelles and Co or the other improbable mugs. Julien Cazarre and his friend went to find the most confusing tattoos and the flashiest watches of our favorite stars. Ali Baba's cave of bad taste. The texts are funny, the iconography tasty and the winks of the designer Souclié always well brought.
Humor to spare in the book signed Julien Cazarre and Thibaut Soulcié Le Figaro
