very official book, with lots of dull stories, I had a feeling that a team ofPR men were censoring, From a person of Collina's level I expected much more, not a very good book, . Interesting perspective. I'm totally amazed and surprised how he used to cover all these details, even the teams tactics !! no wonder he has been chosen to manage two finals, a world cup and a champions league.
It is wondeful to know that much about refereeing from someone who is probably the best referee of all times, Also it's nice to know about his personal life, hobbies, family, the other job, the alopecia thing and etc, I just wish he have written it after ritiring because I'm sure he has more to tell about the time fromto, Okuyanların, özellikle hakemlerin, içinden kendileri için alabileceklerinin fazlasıyla olduğu bir kitap,
Hakemliği gibi yazdığı bu kitap da kusursuz, Fun and easy read.
As someone who loves and breathes football, it was interesting to see the impact and effort put behind the scenes by the referees, Their perspective on what they do and think of the game is based on biases and stereotypes, This book makes me appreciate more their work and the game,
One thing that I didn't like about this book was the pace, It seemed more like a collection of random thoughts rather than a coherent book, Still interesting, but there was not a clear path/direction, Pretty dry reading that labors through the boring stuff and skims over all the stuff you want to read about in detail, Collina barely mentions many of the great players he has shared the pitch with over the years, Boring. Not what I expected Firstpages are worth a read a few insightful anecdotes illuminate the much malligned yet fasciniating world of refeering, which adds to a wider appreciation of the game for football lovers.
However, Collina soon gets on his soap box with repetition and grandstanding, Compared to Graham Poll's book that I finished recently this book was more of a refereeing biography not a biography of a referee as the personal details were kept at a minimum than a book about refereeing.
Collina unfortunately kept the same distancerom his readership than he does from the players the ability of his that makes his such a great referee, What a pity that we lowestelague referees don't get more of an entry into his thoughts, Interesting to get the game from another perspective and it definitely gave me a new found respect for referees, It isn't an easy job as Collina illustrated in his book, A real icon, fair ref and still has the reputation of being the very best, Usually the forgotten men of the game unless they make a name for themselves due to a high profile mistake/misjudgement, It is so unusual for a ref to have a status all of his own and just goes to show how good he really was, I enjoyed getting an insight into what is involved and the finer details of the job such as fitness, referee's own superstitions and starting out in the very low levels of football.
As a person found him to be very interesting, Like to read about people and in this he comes across as a real family man, intelligent and with a deep love of the sport, Tactics, his own life and experiences are discussed and he recounts memorable matches he officiated, In his early career he talked of his first games in charge of lower league matches where the referee would often come under physical threat by fans, players and managers alike.
Easy to read and anyone who loves the game should give this one a go, Despite my respect for the refs garnered through this read, I don't think it will prevent me from swearing at the TV due to the incompentency of the likes of Mike Dean, Martin Atkinson and Phil Dowd!
Dull.
Writing was simple, the information conveyed was uninspired, and the totality of the book delivered almost nothing, A fine and quick read about one of the game's historically best referees, A humble guy and someone that truly loves the game and did not appear to do it for himself, An honest account from a person with a good heart, Recommended to anyone that enjoys the game and/or loves being a referee, Eh, it's pretty good. Easy reading. I wanted to get to know more stuff about soccer officiating, but it's mostly Collina patting himself on the back, There are a few funny tidbits, though, Excellent,enlightening recount of the preparation and perspectives needed for proper officiating in World of International soccer, I was unaware of the process of appointing officials for each match and the rigorous physical preparation, though it makes sense, given how the referee must cover and run all game for the most part, keeping eyes on the players and assistants.
Even the pitch condition is their responsibility to examine and approve, A good read of life ion and off the pitch of officials, Pierluigi küçücük bir çocuktu, yüreği futbol ateşiyle yanıyordu, Okulundan arta kalan tüm zamanını futbol oynayarak geçiriyordu, Bir gün bir yerlere gelecekti, ama şimdiden ne olacağını kestiremiyordu,
Pierluigi büyüdü ve sonunda bir arkadaşıyla kararını verdi, "Neden olmasın" O gün onun içn bir dönüm noktasıydı, Bundan sonraki hayatını tümüyle futbola adayacaktı, Karar vermişti bir kere, hakem olacaktı,
Benim Oyun Kurallarım, Pierluigi Collina'nın futbolla iç içe geçen hayatının bir özetidir, Biz başarıya giden yolun aslında ne kadar zorlu olduğunu öğrenirken onun deneyimlerinin ve aldığı kararların gerçek yaşamla nasıl benzerlik taşıdığını fark ediyoruz.
O tüm bunları anlatırken bize bir öz sunuyor ve aslında diyor ki futbol
yalnızca bir oyun değil, hayatın ta kendisidir, .