An examination of football's greatest rivalry between Barcelona and Real Madrid by the top Spanish football expert and historian Sid Lowe
Sid Lowe is the Spanish football correspondent for the Guardian and World Soccer. He is a regular contributor to the popular Guardian Football Weekly podcast and writes for FourFourTwo. He works as a commentator and panellist for Spanish, Asian and US television and appears regularly on Spanish radio show Al Primer Toque. His previous book, Catholicism, War and the Foundation of Francoism, is about the causes of the Spanish civil war, the rise of fascism, and the creation of the Franco state. He lives in Spain.
One of the year’s best football books … an extremely well-informed
and usefully myth-busting portrait
*Guardian*
Fascinating
*Sunday Independent*
Sports Book of the Year
*Sunday Times*
Football Books of the Year: Sid Lowe isn’t an ordinary football
writer and, as a result, this is not an ordinary football book.
Lowe paces it all so well ... like an engaging lesson from your
favourite teacher
*Daily Mirror*
A revelation. Anyone interested in Spain's two biggest teams can
learn something new from this labour of love ... tackling tricky
subjects with skill and weaving them into an engaging story. For
that, this book stands out from the rest.
*talksport.com*
Lowe is a man with deep knowledge. He is a proper researcher. His
list of interviewees – from Di Stéfano to Beckham – is a Who's Who
of six decades of football. And his re-runs of past epic matches
make you seek out grainy YouTube videos.
*Guardian*
Utterly brilliant
*@henrywinter*
A history of modern Spain told through one of world football's most
intense rivalries. It conjures up the complex passions of a country
whose national team has become not only the best in the world at
present, but, some say, the best ever
*Independent*
Like so many of Spain's deep rifts, the enmity stems from the civil
war. Barcelona represent the losers, democrats, Catalonia. Real
Madrid represent the victors, repressors, Spain. Lowe's detailed
study shows that the caricature is simplistic but not entirely
incorrect
*The Sunday Times*
A work of profound research and stimulating discoveries… Lowe has
done El Clasico a service by defining its history
*Herald*
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