About the book: 2011 / Players tearing tendons and contracts. Trainers who don't mind hitting the bottle. Arbitrators dancing to the tune of wealthy patrons. Functionaries for whom no business is too dirty. This book contains everything that makes football so exciting and interesting: intrigue, fouls, misses and incredible incidents on and off the field. Marcel Dreykopf, a journalist and writer, has been reporting on scandals in international football for 30 years. Critical essays and caustic comments brought him fame throughout the world. The author wrote this book under a pseudonym in order to be able to continue to freely observe the events taking place behind the scenes of big football..