DEDICATION – PAGE 3

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE TO WHOM I WOULD LIKE TO DEDICATE, NOMINALLY, THIS UNPRETENTIOUS WORK, BUT TO WHOM, IN THE SCARCITY OF SPACE, I AM FORCED TO PAY HOMAGE IN THE SWEET FIGURE OF MY “UGLY QUEEN” AND DEAR WIFE SÔNIA.

TO MY PARENTS, JAÏRA AND JULIO;

TO MY SONS, VITOR AND JULIO,

TO MY BROTHERS, JUNIRA AND JAIRO,

MY ETERNAL GRATITUDE FOR ALL THE GOOD YOU HAVE GIVEN ME. –

EFFUSIVE THANKS TO: – P. 5

MARILENE – DEAR SISTER-IN-LAW, WHO PUT THE MANY COMMAS OF THE INITIAL WORK IN THEIR PROPER PLACES.

EDSON ALVES – “UNCLE CROOKED”. GENIUS, PHILOLOGIST, JURIST AND WHO MADE THE REVISION. ABOVE ALL, A GREAT HUMAN BEING, IN MEMORIUM.

ALBERTO – FRIENDSHIP BUILT DURING THE PATIENT, METICULOUS AND SKILLED WORK OF TYPING, ASSEMBLING THE SOCCER FIELDS AND THIS BOOK.

AMÉRICO FARIA – AS A PROOFREADER OF THE TECHNICAL PART, ALSO ASSISTING IN THE FIRST WORK ON THE LETTERS. HE GAVE ME MY FIRST OPPORTUNITY IN FOOTBALL. FRIEND-BROTHER.

VITOR LEAL – DEAR SON, PATIENT AND DEDICATED TO THE INITIAL WORK OF TYPING THIS BOOK, IN THE COMPUTER.

MY FATHER – AN ENCOURAGER FROM THE FIRST MOMENT, A COLLABORATOR IN HISTORICAL FACTS, IN MANY IDEAS AND CORRECTIONS. CONSTANT PROOFREADER.

BOWS – PAGE 7

I BOW TAKING OFF MY COACH CAP AND OFFERING ALL MY RESPECTFUL AFFECTION:

ZAGALLO – WINNER. THE ONLY FOUR-TIME WORLD FOOTBALL CHAMPION. PERSISTENT INNOVATOR

TELÊ – WINNER. LOVER OF BEAUTIFUL PLAY, DISCIPLINE AND FAIR PLAY. NATURAL.

MINELLI – WINNER. THREE-TIME BRAZILIAN CHAMPION. TOO BAD HE DIDN’T MAKE IT TO THE NATIONAL TEAM.

ÊNIO ANDRADE – WINNER. THREE-TIME BRAZILIAN CHAMPION. HE ALSO HAD NO “MERITS” TO REACH THE NATIONAL TEAM.

PARREIRA – WINNER. TWO-TIME WORLD CHAMPION AND SIMPLICITY. HE MADE THIS WORK.

POSTHUMOUS TRIBUTES – PÃG. 9

TO THE DISEMBODIED SPIRITS WHO HELPED US AND WHO CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO HELP, INSPIRE AND ILLUMINATE OUR PATHS; OUR LOVE IN THE FORM OF PRAYERS:

GRANDPA BADU AND GRANDMA NAIR – HE, A SOCCER PLAYER AND REFEREE. HE PLAYED FOR VASCO DA GAMA AT THE INAUGURATION OF SÃO JANUÁRIO AND ACTED AS A “FLAG” IN THE FIRST GAME AT MARACANÃ. MANY FOOTBALL STORIES HE TOLD ME.  SHE, A VERY KIND GRANDMOTHER. PATIENT. A LOVE.

GRANDPA LEAL AND GRANDMA LYGIA – ON HIS FATHER’S SIDE, HIS NAME, THE NOTIONS OF HONESTY, LOYALTY, FIDELITY TO HIS WIFE AND LOVE OF LIFE AND PEACE. HERS, CANDOR, TENDERNESS AND JOY OF LIVING.

SEU OTTO – GERMAN, SOUL OF A BRAZILIAN, MANAGER WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO AMATEUR FOOTBALL AT E. C. COCOTÁ, WHERE I STARTED.

SEO ANTONIO DE ALMEIDA SANTOS – ETERNAL PRESIDENT OF E. C. COCOTÁ. BEST MAN AT THE WEDDING AND SUPPORTER OF HIS CHOSEN CAREER.

ERNESTO SANTOS – MASTER OF FOOTBALL MASTERS

CÉLIO CIDADE – MASTER OF PEDAGOGY, DIDACTICS AND METHODOLOGY OF FOOTBALL TEACHING.

ADMILDO CHIROL – PIONEER, EXAMPLE OF CHARACTER AND PROFESSIONALISM. A WINNER.

PREFACE – PAGE 13

               EVERYTHING IN LIFE HAS ITS FIRST TIME AND SO I CONFESS THAT AT FIRST I WAS VERY SURPRISED AND HONORED BY THE INVITATION TO PREFACE THE BOOK BY MY FRIEND JULIO CESAR LEAL, FOR WHOM I HAVE ENORMOUS ADMIRATION.

AS THIS WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE, PRESENTING A BOOK ABOUT THIS BRAZILIAN PASSION THAT IS FOOTBALL WAS A HOMEWORK THAT ONLY GAVE ME JOY.

               IN THIS FOUR-TIME CHAMPION FOOTBALL, RECOGNIZED AND ADMIRED ALL OVER THE WORLD – IT IS ALWAYS AN ACT OF COURAGE AND DARING TO EXPLAIN ITS ESSENCE, ITS TECHNIQUE, ITS MOVEMENTS, ITS BEAUTY, PLASTICITY AND EMOTIONS.

               CONTRARY TO THE FAMOUS POPULAR SAYING THAT FOOTBALL AND SAMBA ARE NOT LEARNED IN SCHOOL AND THAT FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE BORN MADE – WE LEARN AND VERIFY THROUGHOUT THIS EXCELLENT BOOK, IN WHICH JULIO EXPLAINS, THEORIZES, CONCEPTUALIZES, DEMONSTRATES AND PARADES HIS KNOWLEDGE AND KNOW-HOW ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE, TACTICS AND STRATEGY OF GAMES AND TRAINING,  AS WELL AS SHOWING ASPECTS OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING OF A CLUB AND TEAM TRAINING – WITH THE AUTHORITY, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE OF A VETERAN. IT SCRUTINIZES EVERYTHING THAT WILL SURELY INTEREST ALL FOOTBALL PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING COACHES, PHYSICAL TRAINERS, JOURNALISTS AND EVEN THE SIMPLE READER.

CONGRATULATIONS TO MY FRIEND JULIO FOR THIS INITIATIVE AND CONTRIBUTION TO BRAZILIAN FOOTBALL, WHICH WILL CERTAINLY COLLABORATE A LOT TO RAISE IT EVEN MORE TO THE FIRST WORLD LEVELS.

A BIG HUG AND WISHES FOR PERMANENT SUCCESS.

OF THE FRIEND AND ADMIRER

CARLOS ALBERTO PARREIRA

AUTHOR’S PREAMBLE – P.15

               I WOULD KICK OFF MY FIRST WRITING, AS USUAL IN ANY WORK, DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVE: FOOTBALL, A BEAUTIFUL AND PASSIONATE GAME, IN WHICH TWO GROUPS OF 11 (ELEVEN) PEOPLE, CALLED TEAMS OR TEAMS, COMPETE FOR A LEATHER BALL… HOWEVER, THE DISTINGUISHED MASTER AURÉLIO, IN HIS DICTIONARY OF THE PORTUGUESE LANGUAGE, HAS ALREADY DEFINED FOOTBALL IN A PRECISE AND DETAILED WAY, DISCOURAGING FROM TRYING TO ENUNCIATE ANY OTHER DEFINITION, WITHOUT INCURRING SIGNIFICANT SIGNS OF IMITATION. THAT IS WHY WE REFER, WITH DUE RESPECT, OUR READERS TO THAT PERENNIAL SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE, IN SUPPLY FOR THIS DELIBERATE OMISSION. FOOTBALL IS WHAT IS THERE.

               THIS WORK, THE RESULT OF MANY YEARS OF WORKING IN FOOTBALL, WILL DEAL, IT IS VERY CLEAR, WITH THE MOST WIDESPREAD SPORT IN THE WORLD, THE PASSIONATE, FASCINATING, PLAYFUL AND SO MANY OTHER ADJECTIVES THAT ONE WANTS TO ATTRIBUTE TO IT, FOOTBALL, THE FIELD, THE FOOTBALL OF THE GREAT POPULAR MASSES, OF THE GREAT STADIUMS, OF MARACANÃ AND WEMBLEY, OF GARRINCHA AND PELÉ.

               AIMED AT A SPECIFIC AUDIENCE, LOVER, CONNECTED AND INTERESTED IN THE ART OF SEEING, PLAYING, TEACHING FOOTBALL, IT MAY NOT HAVE A GOOD TRANSIT IN OTHER LAYERS OF THE READING POPULATION, EITHER BECAUSE IT IS UNINTERESTED OR BECAUSE OF THE ARID FORM OF WRITING THAT WE DID NOT KNOW HOW TO SUFFUSE, MAKING IT MILDER, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS TEMPTED; OF WHAT WE REPENT.

               REPEATING MACHADO DE ASSIS (POSTHUMOUS MEMOIRS OF BRÁS CUBA):

“THE WORK ITSELF IS EVERYTHING: IF IT PLEASES YOU, FINE READER, I PAY FOR THE TASK…”

 BELOW:

PART I

ART

P.S. – BEST WISHESTO MY GOOD FRIEND DR. BOLLO.