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The Odyssey of a Soccer Junkie (Paperback)
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Discovery Miles 5 520
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The Odyssey of a Soccer Junkie (Paperback)
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Loot Price R552
Discovery Miles 5 520
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Want to make a trip to the World Cup? Then go to all of them with a
passionate and plucky traveler. His go for broke style results in
some unconventional dilemmas where a quick wit is the key to
salvation. In foreign lands he embeds himself in the trenches of
the black ticket market and sleeps in million dollar flats one
night while the ensuing or previous one has sentenced him to a park
bench. Other than the next game, there's no telling what will
happen Mexico 1986- a young American plunges into a fanatical
nation gripped by hysteria. The world's most popular sporting
event, the World Cup, has taken over. From that journey is spawned
the insatiable desire to travel the globe to watch the beautiful
game. Intent on defying the odds; no tickets, no accommodations,
and very little money sets the stage to abandon convention and
creatively prevail in his single-minded purpose of attending the
match of the day. Spontaneous trips to Rome, Korea, South Africa
(amongst others) became the norm for this soccer junkie. Many
tickets considered impossible to attain are acquired, sometimes
even putting our hero on the field. Nearly a hundred matches in
total: from Maradona's "Hand of God" to the 2010 thriller between
the US and Algeria, he's seen them all. Evolving from a startling
innocence into a pragmatic adventurer, our hero promises to
entertain you with facts, feats, and levity while displaying
adventurous escapism at its finest. "Two roads diverged in a wood
and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the
difference." Robert Frost
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