The "Match of the Day" Guide to the 2006 World Cup: Your Complete Preview to the Teams, Players and Games This Summer - Softcover

Pratt, Terry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0954981936 ISBN 13: 9780954981938

Publisher: Interact Publishing Limited, 2006

Synopsis

This is the most revealing form guide to Germany 2006. In tandem with the "BBC/FIFA World Cup Stories", which looks back on the rich history of the world's biggest tournament, Interact Publishing and the BBC also look forward to the World Cup 2006.
The Match of the Day team, led by Gary Lineker, will be the viewing public's first choice when they settle down to wallow in the 2006 World Cup. This guide will be the perfect accompaniment to that TV coverage. The MATCH OF THE DAY GUIDE TO THE 2006 WORLD CUP has been tracking 4000 of the world’s top players to produce a unique World Ranking system so every key player going into the World Cup will be ranked for their form over the preceding year.
Spurs manager MARTIN JOL gives expert insight into the eight groups and the 32 teams taking part and marks your card for every game through to the final.
The guide gives more information on each team’s build up to the finals, the players who got them there and their likely stars in Germany. It also reveals the form players to watch out for in each position and how England’s top stars measure up. It contains poster-pics and expert analysis on the eight groups, the teams and the big fixtures. The book will ensure that the family is fully briefed before a ball is kicked. The World Cup's coming closer to home so make sure you've got the best guide to the action.

About this title

From the Publisher

Every group, every team, every game, every star. This book goes into unique detail on the players which took each side to the World Cup, plus a look at both international and club form on the run-up to the World Cup. Martin Jol of Tottenham gives professional insight and a prediction for each game and team.

From the Author

The Match of the Day World Cup Guide is created by the team behind the Match of the Day Football Yearbook. They bring their unique form analysis to every top player going to the World Cup to work out the best defenders, attackers, midfield players and keepers to be found in Germany this summer. Who's scoring most regularly for club and country; who conceding most goals; how does each player rate against his colleagues and rivals in that position.

Edition details

• Publisher: Interact Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0954981936
• ISBN 13: 9780954981938
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160