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Title: How They Stole the Game by David Yallop ISBN: 0-9535710-0-9 Publisher: Poetic Products Pub. Date: 26 April, 1999 Format: Hardcover

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Average Customer Rating: 1 (1 review)

Rating: 1
Summary: Disappointing. Extremely One Sided.
Comment: Being a football fan I was looking forward to reading this book. Unfortunately, the author could not bring himself to keep even a minimum of objectivity.
I also think that FIFA is a corrupt organization. I also know about the accusations against Havelange in Brazil which means that I am very sympathetic to the author's arguments.
However, the author made sure that he lost all credibility by using a vindictive and biased style. This book is clearly written for the tabloids.

Not to fall in the same trap, here are a few of my objections:
- He displays a hatred for Latins which is totally irrelevant to the subject.
- He makes outrageous claims without proof and cites no sources.
- He explains away anything even remotely unpleasant the English have ever done in the World Cup (are we to believe good English boys don't even make mistakes ?)
- He lies about facts ! (there is a passage where he describes de Argentina-Poland game in '78, his description misses a penalty !!! awarded to Poland) Not that it matters but how can we believe the rest of the story when someone misses the obvious.
- He derides Argentina's "Arab side" ??!! (I thought the country was Spanish/Italian of sorts)
- He only acknowledges Brazilian and English "contributors" (not the most balanced approach when you investigate football, where are the Germans or Italians ? for instance)
- He finds absolutely nothing unusual about the '66 World Cup even when he does with all others (does the identity of the winner have anything to do with that one ?)

But he enticed me to buy the book. A great marketing ploy indeed