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Cristiano and Leo
- Author
- Jimmy Burns
- Narrator
- Simon Darwen
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 5 September 2019
- Run Time
- 13 hours 24 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A Financial Times Sports Books of the Year.
Cristiano and Leo is the fascinating account of the lives and rivalry between two of the best footballers to ever play the game, Ronaldo and Messi, by Jimmy Burns the bestselling author of Maradona: The Hand of God.
The rivalry between Ronaldo and Messi has defined football to a generation of fans – everyone has an opinion on who is the greatest.
Do you prefer Ronaldo whose work ethic and physique have been honed for one purpose – scoring goals. Or Messi, whose superhuman natural talent means he can do the seemingly impossible with a football.
Between them they have scored over 1300 goals, won the Ballon d’Or ten times, and taken the beautiful game to even greater heights. But statistics alone cannot do justice to their skill, athleticism and dedication to stay at the top for so long of one of the most competitive sports in the world.
Cristiano and Leo tells their definitive story, from children kicking a ball halfway around the world from each other to facing each other in the epic clash El Clásico, between Real Madrid and Barcelona. This is the essential book to understand one the most compelling rivalries in sporting history.
Critics Review
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A thoroughly researched dual biography by the great Jimmy Burns.
Simon Kuper, author of The Football Men
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I am eating up this book. The verve with which Burns writes about the power politics and rich supporting characters like Florentino and Ferguson makes it a captivating read.
Richard Fitzpatrick, author of El Clásico: Barcelona v Real Madrid, Football’s Greatest Rivalry
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Burns is incapable of writing a boring sentence
Irish Times
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Details
- Author
- Jimmy Burns
- Narrator
- Simon Darwen
- Duration
- 13 hours 24 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 September 2019
- ISBN
- 9781529016635
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Biography: sport, Association football (Soccer), History of sport, Sports teams and clubs, World Cups and World championships
Synopsis
A Financial Times Sports Books of the Year.Cristiano and Leo is the fascinating account of the lives and rivalry between two of the best footballers to ever play the game, Ronaldo and Messi, by Jimmy Burns the bestselling author of Maradona: The Hand of God.The rivalry between Ronaldo and Messi has defined football to a generation of fans – everyone has an opinion on who is the greatest.Do you prefer Ronaldo whose work ethic and physique have been honed for one purpose – scoring goals. Or Messi, whose superhuman natural talent means he can do the seemingly impossible with a football.Between them they have scored over 1300 goals, won the Ballon d’Or ten times, and taken the beautiful game to even greater heights. But statistics alone cannot do justice to their skill, athleticism and dedication to stay at the top for so long of one of the most competitive sports in the world.Cristiano and Leo tells their definitive story, from children kicking a ball halfway around the world from each other to facing each other in the epic clash El Clásico, between Real Madrid and Barcelona. This is the essential book to understand one the most compelling rivalries in sporting history.
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