From a biographical standpoint this was nothing special. From a personal standpoint I wish that I had not read this book as I now find one of my favorite football players ever a pompous asshole. One thing that I have come to notice in sporting figures, is that the "good guys" and media darlings are generally not admirable people, and the "bad boys" and "loose cannons" that the press tends to characterize are generally honest, forthright, and overall respectable human beings. Zlatan Ibrihimovic springs to mind here. This was a surprisingly entertaining and occasionally rather witty autobiography. His focus was on a personal viewpoint of the most famous moments of his life such as World Cup and Champions League finals rather than a elongated chronology of where and how he grew up. I feel this actually allowed me to get a better understanding of Andrea himself than you get from many more detailed but essentially lifeless efforts from other sportsman.I especially enjoyed his explanation for praying to God before his penalty against France in the World Cup final "I then lifted my eyes to the heaven and asked for help because if God exists, there's no way he's French." Funniest thing I've read in years.
Read the english version. Have a feeling that in the original Italian language it's much better.
—emmakc
Seriously one of the funniest biographies I have read. And occasionally so heart warming.
—rkh
I read the English Language version just published.. LOVED IT
—sarcastib15
Inaspettatamente brillante.
—tanrac08
