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Bradley University - SPRING 2011 | ||
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Winning at All Costs: A Scandalous History of Italian Soccer (1st Edition) by John Foot Paperback, 624 Pages, Published 2007 ISBN-10: 1-56858-368-0 / 1568583680 ISBN-13: 978-1-56858-368-6 / 9781568583686 The 2006 World Cup final between Italy and France was a down-and-dirty game, marred by French superstar Zidane's head-butting of Italian defender Materazzi. But viewers were also exposed to the poetry, force, and excellence of the Italian game; as operatic as Verdi and as cunning as Machiavelli, it |