Before there were stadiums, floodlights and cheering crowds, there was a street, a ball and a kid with a dream. Soccer did not originate in glory. It was born in dust and freedom, in makeshift pots without shoes or goalposts, in neighborhoods where the game is the great equalizer, belonging to everyone as much as to no one.<\/p>\n
For Assouline's coffee-table book \u2018Football Roots: The Spirit of the Game,\u2019 photographer Sam Robles traveled for 10 years through 18 countries, from Brazil and Ghana to Morocco, Nepal and beyond, to capture the sport's purest expression. Robles won the trust of children in hidden and sometimes dangerous communities, often without speaking their language, and let soccer speak for itself. The result is a body of work of rare tenderness and universality, capturing the joy, determination and pure love of the game in its most elemental form.<\/p>\n
With a foreword by Brazilian soccer legend Marta Vieira da Silva and contributions by Antony, Endrick and Adriano Imperador, the book reminds us that greatness is formed long before it reaches a professional pitch. For lovers of sports, photography and the enduring spirit of childhood, this is a moving testament to the game's most essential truth.<\/p>\n
Specifications<\/strong>
\nTitle: Football Roots: The Spirit of the Game
\nAuthor: Sam Robles
\nPublisher:\u00a0Assouline<\/a>
\nSize: 250 x 330 x 50 mm
\nSize: 308 pages
\nWeight: 2,898 kg
\nLanguage: English
\nMaterial: Hardcover
\nISBN: 9781649806857<\/p>\n