"First published as Fútbol a sol y sombra by siglo XXI editores, s.a. and Ediciones del Chanchito, c1995"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-278) and index.

Author's confession -- Soccer -- The player -- The goalkeeper -- The idol -- The fan -- The fanatic -- The goal -- The referee -- The manager -- The theater -- The specialists -- The language of soccer doctors -- Choreographed war -- The language of war -- The stadium -- The ball -- The origins -- The rules of the game -- The English invasions -- Creole soccer -- The story of Fla and Flu -- The opiate of the people? -- A rolling flag -- Blacks -- Zamora -- Samitier -- Death on the field -- Friedenreich -- From mutilation to splendor -- The second discovery of America -- Andrade -- Ringlets -- The Olympic goal -- Goal by Piendibene -- The bicycle kick -- Scarone -- Goal by Scarone -- The occult forces -- Goal by Nolo -- The 1930 World Cup -- Nasazzi -- Camus -- Juggernauts -- Turning pro -- The 1934 World Cup -- God and the devil in Rio de Janeiro -- The sources of misfortune -- Amulets and spells -- Erico -- The 1938 World Cup -- Goal by Meazza -- Leônidas -- Domingos -- Domingos and she --

Goal by Atilio -- The perfect kiss would like to be unique -- The machine -- Moreno -- Pedernera -- Goal by Severino -- Bombs -- The man who turned iron into wind -- Contact therapy -- Goal by Martino -- Goal by Heleno -- The 1950 World Cup -- Obdulio -- Barbosa -- Goal by Zarra -- Goal by Zizinho -- The fun lovers -- The 1954 World Cup -- Goal by Rahn -- Walking advertisements -- Goal by Di Stéfano -- Di Stéfano -- Goal by Garrincha -- The 1958 World Cup -- Goal by Nílton -- Garrincha -- Didi -- Didi and she -- Kopa -- Carrizo -- Shirt fever -- Goal by Puskás -- Goal by Sanfilippo -- The 1962 World Cup -- Goal by Charlton -- Yashin -- Goal by Gento -- Seeler -- Matthews -- The 1966 World Cup -- Greaves -- Goal by Beckenbauer -- Eusebio -- The curse of the posts -- Peñarol's glory years -- Goal by Rocha -- My poor beloved mother -- Tears do not flow from a handkerchief -- Goal by Pelé -- Pelé -- The 1970 World Cup --

Goal by Jairzinho -- The Fiesta -- Soccer and the generals -- Don't Blink -- Goal by Maradona -- The 1974 World Cup -- Cruyff -- Müller -- Havelange -- The owners of the ball -- Jesus -- The 1978 World Cup -- Happiness -- Goal by Gemmill -- Goal by Bettega -- Goal by Sunderland -- The 1982 World Cup -- Pears from an Elm -- Platini -- Pagan sacrifices -- The 1986 World Cup -- The telecracy -- Staid and standardized -- Running drugstores -- Chants of scorn -- Anything goes -- Indigestion -- The 1990 World Cup -- Goal by Rincón -- Hugo Sánchez -- The cricket and the ant -- Gullit -- Parricide -- Goal by Zico -- A sport of evasion -- The 1994 World Cup -- Romário -- Baggio -- A few numbers -- The duty of losing -- The sin of losing -- Maradona -- They don't count -- An export industry -- The end of the match -- Extra time: The 1998 World Cup -- The 2002 World Cup -- The 2006 World Cup -- The 2010 World Cup.

Translated from the Spanish.