THIRTY-ONE NIL
Book ID/图书代码： 02000014B67663
English Summary/英文概要： The story of the immense struggle to qualify for the 2014 Brazilian World Cup, Thirty-One Nil roams from American Samoa to Zambia in a remarkable and insightful journey that gets under the skin of world football.
In a tiny, decaying aluminium smelting town in southern Tajikistan, a short drive from a raging war zone, Afghanistan take on Palestine in the first Asian qualifier for 2014’s World Cup in Brazil. Every player on both teams is risking something by playing: their careers, their families, even their lives. Yet, along with thousands of other footballers backed by millions of supporters, they all dream of snatching one of the precious 32 places at the finals; and so begins a three-year epic struggle – long before the usual suspects start their higher-profile qualifying campaigns under the spotlight.
Named after the greatest victory (and defeat) that the World Cup qualifiers have ever seen (Australia’s 31-0 victory over American Samoa), Thirty-One Nil is the story of how footballers from all corners of the globe begin their journey chasing a place at the World Cup Finals. It celebrates the part-time priests, princes and hopeless chancers who dream of making it to Brazil, in defiance of the staggering odds stacked against them. It tells the story of teams who have struggled for their very existence through political and social turmoil, from which they will very occasionally emerge into international stardom.
From the endlessly humiliated San Marino to lowly Haiti; from war-torn Lebanon to the oppressed and fleet-footed players of Eritrea, in Thirty-One Nil James Montague gets intimately and often dangerously close to some of the world’s most extraordinary teams, and tells their exceptional stories.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 讲述了为争夺2014年巴西世界杯出赛资格的奋斗故事，《三十一场零》通过一场精彩而深刻的旅程，带领我们从美国萨摩亚群岛来到赞比亚，与世界足球来一次亲密接触。
在塔吉克斯坦南部一座落末的炼铝小镇，激烈的战场上一次短促的进攻，使得阿富汗打败了巴勒斯坦，成为亚洲第一个进入巴西2014年世界杯的参赛球队。交战双方均是殊死一搏：他们在用职业生涯、家庭，乃至生命做赌注。然而，和数千只其他的球队及球队背后的无数支持者们而言，所有的人都梦想着能够占据世界杯的三十二席参赛队资格之一；为此，他们展开了一场长达三年的史诗般的奋斗---早在人们以为的开始时间之前，他们就在聚光灯下开始了更高水平的资格赛。
《三十一场零》中将为你讲述世界杯资格赛史上最著名的胜利之战（和失败之战），它将为你展现那些来自世界各地的球队们是如何奋力追逐他们的世界杯参赛席位的。它为过往那些企图成功晋级巴西世界杯的选手们喝彩，无视那些横亘在选手们面前的艰难险阻。它讲述了那些即便身处政治和社会动荡之中也竭力出线的球队故事，并从中闪现出了许多国际巨星。
从一直蒙羞的圣马力诺到贫困的海地；从战争频发的黎巴嫩到饱受压迫却出现了飞毛腿球星的厄立特里亚；在《三十一场零》中，詹姆斯??蒙塔哥亲密接触了那些世界上最杰出的强队们，并为我们娓娓道来属于他们的非比寻常的奋斗故事。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：Passionate and moving and provides further evidence of the universality of football - FourFourTwo (on When Friday Comes)
Particularly recommended if you prefer your sporting non-fiction to have a dash of humour and a sprinkling of history - Observer (on When Friday Comes)
An excellent book, which is so, so much more than a book about sport or football; it is also a travelogue and a treatise on the politics of the Middle East ... one of the most fascinating sports books of 2008
- Scotland on Sunday (on When Friday Comes)
[Montague] captures a dazzling amount of detail...Thirty-One Nil is well worthy of entry to the canon of great football reportage. - The Independent
It’s a fantastic book!Grant WahlThe Indiana Jones of soccer journalism - Grant Wahl, Sports Illustrated
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