Jerzy Dudek: A Big Pole in Our Goal - Autobiography
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.75 (648 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1910335290 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-03-27 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
. He is co-author of this title. Dariusz Kurowski is the long-time Polish correspondent for World Soccer magazine, and a respected football journalist who has written for over 70 worldwide
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About the Author Dariusz Kurowski is the long-time Polish correspondent for World Soccer magazine, and a respected football journalist who has written for over 70 worldwide. He is co-author of this title.
He grew up in a flat in an industrial Eastern Bloc town. Dudek denied him twice, producing one save so miraculous that it defied belief.Then, in a heart-stopping, nerve-jangling penalty shootout, Dudek's wobbly-legged antics on the goal-line distracted the Milan players as they stepped forward to take their kicks. And the idea to tell his story was born. Jerzy also lifts the lid on what his Anfield team-mates and managers Gerard Houllier and Rafa Benitez were like, gives his recollections of the night in Portugal when Craig Bellamy attacked John Arne Riise with a golf club and speaks of the highs and lows he encountered in two huge matches against Manchester United.He also takes readers back to the wild teenage days that saw him end up in a cell following an incident with the Polish Army on a train, and his experiences with Concordia Knurow, Sokol Tychy, Feyenoord and Real Madrid, where he discovered what working under Jose Mourinho is truly like. Supporters on the Kop - the most famous stand in football - have w