Full Magazines, Part Two

1- Magazine Name: Onze

Issue: Issue 25, January 1978

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: Onze, Issue 25, January 1978

Onze, Issue 25, January 1978

2- Magazine Name: Onze

Issue: Issue 127, July 1986

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: Onze, Issue 127, July 1986

Onze, Issue 127, July 1986

3- Magazine Name: Onze-Mondial

Issue: Issue 49, February 1993

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 49, February 1993

 Onze-Mondial, Issue 49, February 1993

4- Magazine Name: World Soccer

Issue: August 1968

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1968

World Soccer, August 1968

5- Magazine Name: World Soccer

Issue: August 1977

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: World soccer, August 1977

World soccer, August 1977

6- Magazine Name: World Soccer

Issue: November 1984

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: World Soccer, November 1984

 World Soccer, November 1984

7- Magazine Name: World Soccer

Issue: September 1993

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: World Soccer, September 1993

 World Soccer, September 1993

8- Magazine Name: Mondial

Issue: Old Series, Issue 9, October 1977

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: Mondial, Old Series, Issue 9, October 1977

Mondial, Old Series, Issue 9, October 1977

9- Magazine Name: Mondial

Issue: New series, issue 23, February 1982

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: Mondial, New series, issue 23, February 1982

Mondial, New series, issue 23, February 1982

10- Magazine Name: Fussball Magazin

Issue: November December 1983

Language/Nation: German / West Germany

Photo From: Fussball Magazin, November December 1983

Fussball Magazin, November December 1983

11- Magazine Name: Fussball Woche

Issue: Issue 43, October 18, 1976

Language/Nation: German / West Germany

Photo From: Fussball Woche, Issue 43, October 18, 1976

 Fussball Woche, Issue 43, October 18, 1976

12- Magazine Name: Voetbal International

Issue: December 17, 1983

Language/Nation: Dutch / Holland

Photo From: Voetbal International, December 17, 1983

 Voetbal International, December 17, 1983

13- Magazine Name: Foot Magazine

Issue: Issue 107, September 1990

Language/Nation: French/Belgium

Photo From: Foot Magazine, Issue 107, September 1990

Foot Magazine, Issue 107, September 1990

14- Magazine Name: Soccer International

Issue: Issue 4, April 1990

Language/Nation: English / USA

Photo From: Soccer International, Issue 4, April 1990

 Soccer International, Issue 4, April 1990

15- Magazine Name: Guerin Sportivo

Issue: April 15-21, 1987

Language/Nation: Italian / Italy

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, April 15-21, 1987

Guerin Sportivo, April 15-21, 1987

16- Magazine Name: Football Magazine

Issue: Issue 56, September 1964

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: Football Magazine, Issue 56, September 1964

Football Magazine, Issue 56, September 1964

17- Magazine Name: Goal

Issue: Issue 15, December 1996

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: Goal, Issue 15, December 1996

Goal, Issue 15, December 1996, part 1

Goal, Issue 15, December 1996, part 2

18- Magazine Name: Four Four Two

Issue: Issue 21, May 1996

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: Four Four Two, Issue 21, May 1996

 Four Four Two, Issue 21, May 1996, part 1

Four Four Two, Issue 21, May 1996, part 2

19- Magazine Name: Placar

Issue: Issue 1, 1970

Language/Nation: Portuguese / Brazil

Photo From: Placar , Issue 1, 1970

 Placar , Issue 1, 1970

20- Magazine Name: Sport Bild

Issue: February 6-10, 1999

Language/Nation: German / Germany

Photo From: Sport Bild, February 6-10, 1999

Sport Bild, February 6-10, 1999

21- Magazine Name: El Grafico

Issue: El día mas glorioso del futbol argentino n 3064, 1978

Language/Nation: Spanish / Argentina

Photo From: El Grafico - El día mas glorioso del futbol argentino n 3064, 1978

 El Grafico - El día mas glorioso del futbol argentino n 3064, 1978

22- Magazine Name: Don Balon

Issue: Issue 180, March 20-26, 1979

Language/Nation: Spanish / Spain

Photo From: Don Balon, Issue 180, March 20-26, 1979

 Don Balon, Issue 180, March 20-26, 1979

23- Magazine Name: Kicker

Issue: Kicker_WM-Sonderheft_1970

Language/Nation: German / West Germany

Photo From: Kicker_WM-Sonderheft_1970

Kicker_WM-Sonderheft_1970

24- Magazine Name: Soccer Monthly

Issue: July 1979

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: Soccer Monthly, July 1979

Soccer Monthly, July 1979

25- Magazine Name: Total Football

Issue: June  2001

Language/Nation: English/UK

Photo From: Total Football, June  2001

Total Football, June 2001

26- Magazine Name: France Football

Issue: Issue 1626, June 7, 1977

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: France Football, Issue 1626, June 7, 1977

France Football, Issue 1626, June 7, 1977

27- Magazine Name: France Football

Issue: Issue 2019, December 18, 1984

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2019, December 18, 1984

France Football, Issue 2019, December 18, 1984

28- Magazine Name: France Football

Issue: Issue 2547, January 31, 1995

Language/Nation: French/France

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2547, January 31, 1995

France Football, Issue 2547, January 31, 1995

New Addition-When Calcio Ruled the Football World-A Personal Journey-Part One (1982/83)

My introduction to the World of Soccer occurred during the 1982 World Cup.

As the months passed my interest grew stronger and stronger.

I was still unexposed to the world of club soccer, however, in the months following the World Cup and into the Fall I started paying more attention to club matches shown on Television, as well as highlights of matches shown.

More often than not these involved the English, West German, Dutch, Italian, French and Spanish Leagues.

Photo From: Guerin Sportivo, April 20-27, 1983

(Dino Zoff, April 10, 1983, Juventus 5-Ascoli 0)

I was slowly able to match the names I had learned during the World Cup with the clubs they played for.

Little by little, I noticed Bruno Conti was playing for a team called AS Roma with Brazil’s Falcao as a teammate and Giancarlo Antognoni played for a team called Fiorentina.

To my amazement I learned of a team named Juventus that not only practically contained every Italian National Team player that I had learned over the summer (Zoff, Gentile, Scirea, Cabrini, Tardelli, Rossi), but also France’s Michel Platini and Poland’s Zbigniew Boniek.

To me it seemed unreal that so many national team players were all in one club.

By springtime my interest had developed to such a point that I started buying specialized Sports magazines to follow the teams and the scores.

Photo From: Onze, Issue 82, October 1982

(Michel Platini at Juventus, 1982/83)

In the days before wall to wall Television coverage and the internet, the ritual of waiting every week in anticipation to get the latest local Sports Magazine to get the scores and news would remain with me for the decades to come passing through different countries.

Again the bulk of the coverage was on the top European Leagues and I was slowly discovering that the Italian Serie A was THE Top League with the most prestige and stars.

I became a fan of Juventus due to the fact that I actually recognized most of the players.

By the time I started actively following scores and table positions, the season was in full swing and past the halfway mark. By this point AS Roma were League leaders on their way to claim their first title since 1942.

The team behind them was a surprising newly promoted team called Verona and Alessandro Altobelli’s Internazionale Milano (In print the team was always referred as Inter Milan).

Photo From: Mondial, new series, Issue 36, March 1983

(AS Roma’s Bruno Conti)

Again I was surprised to learn that West Germany’s Hansi Muller that I had discovered during the World Cup was playing for Inter.

Juventus were a distant fourth and were by all accounts having a poor season.

However, a victory vs. League leaders AS Roma (2 to 1) changed things around and from then on Juventus started winning match after match with Platini in superb form.

They overtook Verona and Inter and established themselves in the second position, but their deficit over Roma was too great to overcome and Roma deservedly won the Serie A title.

In the years to come I would learn the names of key AS Roma players such as Roberto Pruzzo, Sebastiano Nela and Agostino di Bartolomei, but for now their names were still foreign to me as I was still familiarizing myself with this newfound interest and back in those days magazines just printed the scores and not team lineups.

Photo From: Mondial, new series, Issue 36, March 1983

(AS Roma’s Falcao)

I did not even know any coaches at the time, but soon enough the names of Nils Liedholm and Giovanni Trapattoni would be familiar.

Juventus did gain some consolation by winning the Italian Cup at the expense of Verona. But in time I would to learn the unimportance of this competition with matches played before the season had started and the Final (two legged) played after the League season had ended.

One thing was sure, Juventus was going to be my club to support in Italy and I could not wait for the following season (1983/84) to start.

New Addition: Managers and Tactics, Part one

Three Interviews and three Profiles of Italian Manager Arrigo Sacchi

(Magazine / Language : Voetbal International, June 22, 1988/ Dutch by Emile Schelvis) 

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 2390,  January 28, 1992 / French by Laurent Moisset) 

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, September 1992/ English by Mark Irwin) 

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, April 1994 / English by Paddy Agnew) 

(Magazine / Language : World Soccer, November 1996 / English by Paddy Agnew) 

(Magazine / Language : Calcio 2000, Issue 40, April 2001/ Italian By Carlo F. Chiesa) 

Photo from: Calcio 2000, Issue 40, April 2001

(Arrigo Sacchi)

Sacchi

An Article about the 4-2-4 tactical formation

(Magazine / Language : Calcio 2000, Issue 22, August 1999 / Italian By Carlo F. Chiesa)  

Photo from: Calcio 2000, Issue 22, August 1999

(Pele shaking hands with Swedish King Gustaf VI Adolf, Brazil played 4-2-4, during the 1958 World Cup, June 29, 1958, World Cup, Sweden 2-Brazil 5)

4-2-4 Tactic

New Addition: Error in Casting, Part one

They were supposed to be very good transfers or coaching appointments on paper, but somehow fared well below expectations

1- Franz Beckenbauer and Olympique Marseille, 1990

With the French League season well under way and with big spenders Olympique Marseille seemingly running away with the League title, it was a surprise when Club President Bernard Tapie coaxed the recent World Cup winning World Cup manager to replace Double title winning Manager Gerard Gili.

Tapie seemed to think Beckenbauer was the man to guide OM to European glory.

However, with Beckenbauer in charge, OM actually lost its form and started losing matches to such a point that he was nicknamed ‘Mr. 50 Percent’.

Finally, Tapie rectified the problem by moving Beckenbauer upstairs as Technical director and appointing Belgian Veteran Manager Raymond Goethals as Manager.

Photo from: Mondial, new series, issue 57, December 1985

(Franz Beckenbauer)

2- Andreas Brehme at Real Zaragoza, 1992

German defender Andreas Brehme departed Internazionale Milano after four years of good service to pre-retirement in the less pressured atmosphere of Real Zaragoza.

However, this adventure turned sour after he clashed with young Manager Victor Fernandez.

The following season he returned to his first love Kaiserslautern.

Photo from: World Soccer, August 1990

(Andreas Brehme, July 8, 1990, World Cup, West Germany 1-Argentina 0)

3- Steve Hodge and Leeds United, 1991

England National team midfielder Steve Hodge joined ambitious Leeds United in 1991 from Nottingham Forest after he had lost his place.

However, he never managed to hold a regular place and as a result was not called up by England as well.

Photo from: England, Player by Player, Author Graham Betts

(Steve Hodge)

4- Geovani and Bologna, 1989

Brazil’s captian during the 1988 Seoul Olympics, Geovani was being billed as the next Brazilian superstar.

He was transferred to Bologna in 1989, however, before his Serie A career had started, he had lost his place in Brazil’s squad midway through the 1989 Copa America.

His Serie A season was just as unsatisfactory as he lost his place there as well.

Photo from: Soccer International, Issue 4, April 1990

(A Mitre shoes advertisement featuring Geovani at Bologna)

5- Mark Hughes and Barcelona, 1986

There was much excitement when Terry Venables signed the British duo of Welshman Mark Hughes and Englishman Gary Lineker.

While Lineker slowly caught up with the Spanish game and started scoring goals, his partner Hughes struggled to such a point that he was dropped towards the end of the season and replaced in the squad by Scotsman Steve Archibald who had been put on ice.

The follwing season he was loaned to Bayern Munich, before making his way back to his original club Manchester United.

Photo from: Onze-Mondial, Issue 35, December 1991

(Mark Hughes at Barcelona, 1986/87)

Debate Topic, Part Eight

Topic

It has been said that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have both excelled beyond most people’s expectations because each one pushed the other in a positive way to achieve greater heights.

Bearing that in mind, do you believe that if Diego Maradona had a worthy adversary, would he have achieved even more and/or would he have been forced to train in a more professional and disciplined environment?

Photo From:  Mondial, new series, Issue 18, September 1981

(Diego Maradona with Boca Juniors, 1981)

Diego Maradona and Michel Platini, Part Three

Diego Maradona

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, New series, issue 16, July 1981 / French) 

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, new series, issue 18, September 1981/ French By Olivier Margot) 

(Magazine / Language : Foot Magazine, November 1981 / French By Christian Marteleur) 

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, new series, issue 24, March 1982 / French) 

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, New Series, Issue 26, May 1982 / French) 

Photo From : Foot Magazine, November 1981

(Diego Maradona, June 2, 1979, Scotland 1-Argentina 3)

Diego Maradona

Michel Platini

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 1655, December 27, 1977 / French By Phillipe Tournon) 

(Magazine / Language : France Football, Issue 1661, February 7, 1978 / French By Max Urbini)

(Magazine / Language : Onze, Issue 38, February 1979 / French By Alain Leiblang) 

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, old series, issue 27, February 1979 / French By Francois Cavil) 

(Magazine / Language : Mondial, old series, issue 28, March 1979 / French )  

Photo From : Onze, Issue 38, February 1979

(Michel Platini with Nancy, 1978/79)

Michel Platini

The uncapped, Part Three

1- Gunnar Sauer

West German Gunnar Sauer was a defender with Werder Bremen with whom  he won the Bundesliga title in 1988.

His performances that season earned him a place on West Germany’s Finals squad for the 1988 Euros at home as well as the 1988 Olympics Finals squad.

However, despite being part of both squads, he never played in either and never gained a cap.

Photo from: Fussball Magazin, January 1988

(Gunnar Sauer) 

2- Andy Linighan

Englishman Andy Linighan was a defender whose best spell was with Norwich City (1988/90).

His displays earned him selection for the England ‘B’ Team.

His transfer to Arsenal in 1990 might have opened up opportunities for the full national team, however, he was unable to break into the famous Arsenal back four defense and was mainly used as a defensive cover.

Photo from: World Soccer, January 1991

(Andy Linighan with Arsenal, 1990/91)

3- Stefano Desideri

Italian midfielder Stefano Desideri had his best years at AS Roma from the mid 80s to early 90s. His performances earned him a spot in Italy’s squad for the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, however, full international honors eluded him.

Even his transfer to Internazionale Milano in 1991 did not improve his chances and he left shortly thereafter to Udinese.

Photo from: Mondial, new series, Issue 106, January 1989

(Stefano Desideri, December 7, 1988, UEFA Cup, AS Roma 0-Dinamo Dresden 2)

4- ‘Isaias’ Marques Soares

Isaias was a Brazilian forward who made his name in Portuguese club Football. He had his best spell at giants Benfica with whom he won the League title in 1991 and 1994.

Despite his performances he was never selected ay Brazil. He later had a short spell at Coventry City before returning to Portugal.

Photo from: World Soccer, December 1991

(Isaias and Lee Dixon, November 6, 1991, Champions League, Arsenal 1-Benfica 3)

5- Henk Vos

Henk Vos was a dutch striker who played for many clubs in his career.

He most notably played in France with Metz and Sochaux and Standard Liege in Belgium.

Despite satisfactory performances away from home, he was never selected for the full national team.

Photo from: Onze-Mondial, Issue 27, April 1991

(Henk Vos with Metz, 1990/91)