Italian Job

Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2006Football is a vital part of popular culture in both England and Italy. It is played, watched, written about and talked to death by millions, every day of every year. But how do the characteristics of England and Italy affect the game in these two great footballing nations? Do the national stereotypes of Italians as passionate, stylish lotharios and the English as cold-hearted eccentrics still hold true when they kick a ball around?In The Italian Job, Gianluca Vialli, in conjunction with sportswriter and broadcaster Gabriele Marcotti, tackles this debate head on. And they have invited some of the biggest names in the sport to join in their discussion. Sir Alex Ferguson, Jose Mourinho, ArsÈne Wenger, Sven-GÖran Eriksson, Fabio Capello and Marcello Lippi, amongst others, add their not inconsiderable weight to the highest-profile symposium on football ever convened.Stuffed full of controversial opinions and gripping revelations, and fully updated to cover World Cup 2006 and the Italian football league controversy, The Italian Job takes you on a journey to the very heart of two of the world's great footballing cultures.Marcotti, Gabriele is the author of 'Italian Job ', published 2007 under ISBN 9780553817874 and ISBN 0553817876.