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Spanish football;Well red 西班牙足球;别样红 How Spain learned to play the beautiful game; 看，西班牙如何玩转足球; La Roja: How Soccer Conquered Spain and HowSpanish Soccer Conquered the World. By JimmyBurns. Mr Burns enthuses aboutall these and morenotably a Dutchman who played and coached Barca and remains a hugeinfluence. Any football-mad reader will envy the author who can write: The first time I metJohan Cruyff 英国作为足球开拓者的位置已经消失殆尽。也许其国家队仍将统领世界。然而西班牙足球力量却有外国人源源不断地注入新活力。20世纪20年代和南美的足球比赛，给了西班牙教训。50年代的皇马银河舰队，有阿根廷球星阿尔弗雷多迪斯蒂法诺和匈牙利球王普斯卡什的带领。而当今最让人兴奋的足球运动员则是另一位阿根廷人，莱昂内尔梅西。彭斯对这一切很感兴趣，而且更显然的是，他对一个在巴萨踢过球，执教过，拥有巨大影响力的荷兰人更感兴趣。任何足球狂热读者都会嫉妒这个作者可以这样描绘道，我第一次遇到约翰克鲁伊夫...... Like many a football team, however, the book is let down a little by its finishing. Even themodern photos are in grainy black and white. Mr Cruyff is pictured in the orange strip of theNetherlands rather than Barca s red and blue. Arriving at Real, a clichd David Beckham likea proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes, calmly ran the gauntlet of the world s media.Nevertheless, Mr Burns shows that there is far more to tell about Spanish football thantoday s success on the field. | 
