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Abseits: Das letzte Geheimnis des Fußballs
Endlich: „Abseits“ – das konkurrenzlose Fußball-Buch. Mit Regelfragen, die den WM-Fußballabend noch schöner machen. Wussten Sie, das moderner Fußball ohne die Abseitsregel nicht zu verstehen ist? Dass 1863, als die Fußballregeln in England erstmals festgeschrieben wurden, Theodor Storms feinsinnige Novelle „Abseits“ erschien? Wann ein passives Abseits aktiv wird? Nein? Das lässt sich ändern, ab sofort.
„So was nennt man wohl ein Standardwerk.“ Christoph Biermann, taz
„So was nennt man wohl ein Standardwerk.“ Christoph Biermann, taz
157 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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October 17, 2017
Abseits: Das letzte Geheimnis des Fußballs (Offside: The last secret of football) is a wonderful, short book that explains how the offside rule has shaped soccer to make it the world’s most popular sport. It belongs in the library of any intense soccer fan. The offside rule is at once deceptively simple and complicated: an attacking player without possession of the ball must have two players (one is usually, but not always, the goalkeeper) from the opposing team between him/her and the goal. Offensive and defensive tactics are grounded in this rule.
Soccer was created in 1863 when the Football Association of England determined, to differentiate their game from rugby, that use of hands, with the exception of the goalkeeper, was forbidden. In its earliest incarnation, no forward passing was allowed. Like rugby, players could only pass the ball backward to other players. They had to dribble the ball to move forward. The exception was to shoot on goal. This made it an incredibly frustrating sport that focused too much on individuality when the point was the team.
In 1866, the off-side law was introduced and thus created the modern game of soccer. Passing the ball forward was now allowed, but attacking players had to have three of the opposing team’s player between them and the goal if they did not have possession of the ball. The change of the law to two defending players was not made until 1925 and it radically changed the game. More goals were scored, the game continued to thrive. Moritz’s account is filled with anecdotal examples of offside calls and non-calls which help to explain why the rule continues to be the strongest influence on the game.
Soccer was created in 1863 when the Football Association of England determined, to differentiate their game from rugby, that use of hands, with the exception of the goalkeeper, was forbidden. In its earliest incarnation, no forward passing was allowed. Like rugby, players could only pass the ball backward to other players. They had to dribble the ball to move forward. The exception was to shoot on goal. This made it an incredibly frustrating sport that focused too much on individuality when the point was the team.
In 1866, the off-side law was introduced and thus created the modern game of soccer. Passing the ball forward was now allowed, but attacking players had to have three of the opposing team’s player between them and the goal if they did not have possession of the ball. The change of the law to two defending players was not made until 1925 and it radically changed the game. More goals were scored, the game continued to thrive. Moritz’s account is filled with anecdotal examples of offside calls and non-calls which help to explain why the rule continues to be the strongest influence on the game.
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