The Beautiful Team: In Search of Pele and the 1970 Brazilians - Couverture rigide

Brazil won the 1970 World Cup with an exhibition of the most fluid, exhilarating football ever witnessed. Their young prodigy Jairzhino scored in every match. Tostao, Rivelino, Clodoaldo and Gerson emerged as masters of what became known as samba football - slow, elegant moves punctuated by cobra-sharp strikes. In a team of jewels, however, Pele, the Black Pearl, stood supreme. Brazil's 4-1 demolition of a cynical Italy in the final remains the most joyous climax the tournament has ever witnessed: in many ways they gave birth to the modern game. In THE BEAUTIFUL TEAM Garry Jenkins journeys to Brazil to track down the surviving members of the team and talks to them about their memories of the World Cup - this is a celebration of the best that football has to offer, a unique testimonial to what Pele called 'the beautiful game'.

Garry Jenkins is author of four other bestselling books, including the highly acclaimed THE BEAUTIFUL TEAM, about Brazilian football.