FROM GUERNICA TO GUARDIOLA: HOW THE SPANISH CONQUERED ENGLISH FOOTBALL
Book ID/图书代码： 12290018C00040
English Summary/英文概要： As Pep Guardiola shatters records and confounds the norms of English football and players such as David De Gea and David Silva light up the national game, Spanish stars are transforming the way English football is conceived.
But the origins of this particular Spanish invasion date back to 1937, when the Spanish Civil War led to a stream of refugees fleeing their country for the safe haven of England. Their families reveal how the refugees learned the game here, before returning to Spain where one would score Real Madrid’s first goal in the Bernabeu stadium and another would be the first man to conceive of Barcelona’s vaunted La Masia academy that would later launch stars such as Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Xavi Hernandez.
In recent years the reputation of Spain’s footballers has grown, and every club craves a sprinkling of tiki-taka magic. Through dozens of exclusive interviews, Adam Crafton has spoken to many of the key Spanish figures who have come to England and he creates a compelling portrait of their impact on the English game. We discover how and why it is that some players, such as Xabi Alonso, Pepe Reina and Juan Mata, have had great success here, while others have toiled so painfully.
But this is not just a footballing story, pure and simple. Crafton provides the historical and social context that helps to explain how the relationship between the two nations is constantly changing, yet always close. For anyone who enjoyed Jonathan Wilson’s Inverting the Pyramid or Sid Lowe’s Fear and Loathing in La Liga, this book is a revealing and brilliant insight into this most benign of Spanish invasions.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 瓜迪奥拉打破了英格兰足球的记录，打乱了英格兰足球的规范，大卫•德赫亚和大卫•席尔瓦等球员点燃了国家队的激情，西班牙球星正在改变英格兰足球的理念。
但这场西班牙人入侵的起源可以追溯到1937年，当时西班牙内战导致大批难民逃离本国，逃往英国的避风港。家人透露这里的难民学习游戏，另一个是第一个怀孕的巴塞罗那所吹嘘的拉马西亚学院，后来推出明星如梅西、法布雷加斯和哈维。
近年来，西班牙足球运动员的名声越来越好，每个俱乐部都渴望有一点点“太极侠”的魔力。通过数十次独家采访，亚当•克拉夫顿采访了许多来到英格兰的西班牙重要人物，他描绘了他们对英格兰足球的影响。我们发现一些球员，比如哈维阿隆索，佩佩雷纳和胡安马塔，在这里取得了巨大的成功，而另一些球员则在这里辛苦的工作。
但这不仅仅是一个足球故事，纯粹而简单。克拉夫顿提供了历史和社会背景，有助于解释两国关系如何不断变化，但又总是紧密相连。如果你喜欢乔纳森•威尔逊的《倒金字塔》或席德•洛在《西甲联赛》中所表现出的恐惧和厌恶，这本书是对这种最温和的西班牙入侵的一种启迪和睿智的洞察。（WYL）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 亚当•克拉夫顿在剑桥大学学习法语和西班牙语之前就开始了他的新闻生涯。作为《每日邮报》的一名作家，他四次入围SJA年度青年体育作家奖。他住在伦敦。
Adam Crafton began his journalistic career before he went to Cambridge University to study French and Spanish. A writer for the Daily Mail, he has been shortlisted four times for the SJA Young Sportswriter of the Year Award. He lives in London.
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