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Iberia Chronicles is a fascinating compendium of all things Spanish and Portuguese football. From the glory and grandeur of Spain's biggest clubs, Real Madrid and Barcelona, to the rise of Portugal's Boavista and Braga along with everything in between, this is a comprehensive guide to the highs and lows of the game in two football-mad countries. The two nations have a vast history in the sport - Portugal started playing in 1875 and Spain 15 years later. Today they are two of the world's top footballing nations. Despite political issues, the Basque region dominated Spanish football in the 1980s, while great managers such as John Toshack and Luis Aragones made their mark in the country. In nearby Portugal, the late bloomers in the sport had an era to be proud of in the 1990s, but it wasn't until 2016 and the European Championships that they tasted true glory. Iberia Chronicles is penned by a collective of 22 writers. Learn about the key players, managers, glories and downfalls that have shaped the sport in Spain and Portugal.

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Publié par	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Date de parution	05 octobre 2020
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781785317392
Langue	English

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First published by Pitch Publishing, 2020
Pitch Publishing
A2 Yeoman Gate
Yeoman Way
Durrington
BN13 3QZ
www.pitchpublishing.co.uk
Karan Tejwani, 2020
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Contents
Welcome to Iberia Chronicles
SPAIN
Luis Aragon s: The Godfather of Spanish Football
Spain s Football Stadiums: A Gateway to the Past
Basque Dominance
The Rise, Fall and Rise Again of Deportivo Alav s
Super Depor
The History of the Copa Del Rey: A Beloved Competition Making its Way Back into the Fans Hearts
The Identity of Football on the Spanish Islands
The Cautionary Tale of M laga
How Marcos Senna Became One of Spain s Finest Midfielders
Real Sociedad s Welsh Dragon
PORTUGAL
Portugal s Gera o De Ouro
Tugal s Links with Africa: The Past, Present and Future
Braga and the Breaking of the Big Three
The Genius of Bobby Robson in Portugal
Closing the Circle: How a Beautiful Symmetry will Forever Link Jos Mourinho and Andr Villas-Boas
When Boavista Shook Portugal
The Making of Jorge Jesus
Dragons for the Future: A Look at Porto s Academy
Andr Villas-Boas: The Fall and Revival
Portugal, Euro 2016 and a Winning Mentality
AUTHORS:
Alex Goncalves, Billy Munday, Brad Jones, Dan Parry, Daniel Allen, Danny Lewis, Edd Norval, Gareth Thomas, Jake Sandy, Joe Brennan, Josh Butler, Karan Tejwani, Kaustubh Pandey, Kristofer McCormack, Michael Gallwey, Nathan Motz, Rahul Warrier, Ryan Plant, Somnath Sengupta and Will Gittins
WELCOME TO IBERIA CHRONICLES
IN AUGUST 2018, we started Football Chronicle with the simple idea of producing original long-form football content. For over 18 months, we published pieces from a collection of writers looking to get their words out, helping them pursue their passions in football writing whilst working towards our own ambitions of making a mark in modern journalism.
It was an enjoyable and productive period during which we ve made huge strides forward. Early in 2020, we decided to step it up a notch and move to print, which is why we re so pleased to present our first book, Iberia Chronicles . Our online stories covered tales from the world over, going into niches like Lebanon and Rwanda or the glory of the Netherlands and Argentina. For our first print edition, we ve specifically chosen two countries with a storied history in the game - Spain and Portugal - bringing together a team of 20 writers who have covered the nations in depth over the years.
The next 20 chapters bring you stories of the greats including Luis Aragon s and Bobby Robson, iconic teams such as Boavista and Deportivo La Coru a, tales of cities and stadiums, wins and losses and a whole lot more. Questions are asked and answers are raised: what is Portugal s footballing relationship with Africa? Why are so many Spanish stadiums named so unconventionally? Why couldn t the Basque region continue their dominance for long in Spain? Iberia Chronicles is the culmination of several months of research and effort.
We would like to thank the people that have supported this book, a piece of passionate work produced by a group that loves this beautiful game. Without that support, we wouldn t be doing what we have been doing, either online or kicking off this venture in print. We also appreciate the support given to us by Pitch Publishing, specifically Jane Camillin for making this book a reality as well as Duncan Olner for the wonderful cover design. Also, we greatly value the time and love taken by the writers to be a part of this. Projects like this are the work of a collective.
Rahul Warrier and Karan Tejwani

LUIS ARAGON S: THE GODFATHER OF SPANISH FOOTBALL
by Billy Munday ( @billymunday08 )
THE 1920 Olympic Games saw Spain come back from Antwerp with two medals. Both of them were silver. One came in polo. The other in football. The Spanish team were labelled la Furia Roja - the Red Fury - by those that watched them in Belgium that summer for their tenacious, aggressive approach to the game. Rafael Moreno Aranzadi, or Pichichi - peewee - as he was dubbed due to his slender build, netted the final goal of their campaign in a 3-1 victory over the Netherlands in the silver-medal match. That Furia Roja tag stuck with Spain for the decades to follow, highlighting their ferocious style of play but, other than their Euro 1964 triumph, their style brought them very few successes.
Struggling with identity around the turn of the 21st century, Spain were crying out for a steady hand to steer them down the right path. Their journey to the top started with the final whistle in Lisbon as Nuno Gomes s sole goal for Portugal had sealed their return flight home at the group stages of Euro 2004. I aki S ez stepped back down to his role with the U21s after touching down in Madrid as the Spanish Football Federation searched for a new man to lead this promising yet underperforming crop of players.
The chosen one had just spent the last few months sunning himself in the dugout at Son Moix. Luis Aragon s, in his second spell in charge of Real Mallorca, had plenty of experience and quite the reputation. An Atl tico Madrid icon, his footballing career had started on the other side of town. At the age of 20, he left Real Madrid due to a lack of opportunities in the 1960s. Loans at Recreativo de Huelva and H rcules had demonstrated his goalscoring prowess but had not convinced the board of the newly crowned European champions. After a short diversion to Asturias and Real Oviedo in particular, the attacking midfielder ended up down south in Seville.
Real Betis, who d just had their royal prefix reinstalled after it was originally stripped under Franco s dictatorship, were riding the crest of a wave at the start of the 1960s having earned promotion back to Spain s top flight and stayed there under the watchful eye of president Benito Villamar n. In Aragon s s final season in Heli polis, Los Verdiblancos challenged Real Madrid at the top of LaLiga. With just three fixtures of the league campaign left, Atl tico Madrid visited the Estadio Benito Villamar n having struck a deal to sign three pillars of Betis s success: right-back Colo, defensive midfielder Jesus Martinez and Aragon s. In the days between the announcement of their moves and the match, Colo and Aragon s would travel to play for Spain in Ireland for a Euro qualifier.
Aragon s would be the only one of the three Atl tico-bound players to feature against their future employers, with Colo and Martinez pulling out injured. With the visitors 1-0 up at half-time, the soon-to-be Atl tico talisman scored two and set up another against them in an eventual 4-2 victory for Betis. Despite his impressive form, the 25-year-old was left out of the Spain squad that went on to lift the European Championship trophy as hosts at the Bernab u. Nevertheless, Aragon s would arrive in the capital that summer anyway as Vicente Calder n welcomed him to the Metropolitano, Atl tico s old home in the university district of Madrid. It was there and later on at the Estadio Vicente Calder n where it all took off.
Despite not playing as a central striker, Aragon s was mightily prolific. During his time in charge of the national team, Spain were blessed with some special hitmen, with a couple of new kids coming on to the block. Both Fernando Torres and David Villa have always commended his influence on their careers. The pair, then 22 and 25 respectively, were each given a bundle of trust by their boss at the 2006 World Cup, starting ahead of Real Madrid s Ra l in the opening game in Leipzig. After Xabi Alonso s first against Ukraine, the following three goals were scored between the two, with Villa hitting a double and Torres a single. The relationship between the future Liverpool and Chelsea striker and Aragon s was a particularly tight one, built on parallel personal experiences.
During his playing days at Atl tico, Aragon s was held in such high esteem, which only grew with every passing medal he collected. Three LaLiga titles and two Copas del Generalisimo - as the Copa del Rey was called under the dictatorship - to boot for Zapatones - big boots . That nickname didn t come about as a result of any sort of arrogance but the real thwack he could generate from a dead ball. In those three league triumphs, he was in the top two scorers, winning the Pichichi alongside Atl tico team-mate Jos Eulogio G rate and Real Madrid s Amancio in 1970. There was more success on the European stage, too.
Aragon s notched six goals in the opening two rounds of the European Cup in 1970/71, including a hat-trick in the return leg of the second round against Cagliari. Rinus Michels s Ajax were eventually too much for Los Rojiblancos in the last four. That particular hurdle was cleared three years later as Atl tico progressed past Celtic to reach their first European Cup Final against Bayern Munich in Brussels. With the game goalless in the second half of extra time, Aragon s stepped up and welled in a free kick to open the scoring and almost certainly seal the title. With the clock ticking over to 120 minutes and the red and white ribbons sitting by the cup, Katsche Schwarzenbeck rifled the ball into the bottom corner from distance to set up a replay two days later. Bayern cruised through the re