Nominated for the readers’ choice Skroutz Book Awards 2026.
When the World Cup began in 1930, who could have imagined that, nearly a century later, it would become the ultimate football event, or that the idea would bring so much excitement to every corner of the planet? Some read about those moments, others watched them on television, and the luckiest experienced them from the stands... The truly fortunate wrote the pages of the tournament’s history as its protagonists.
This book and its authors focus on that last group, inviting many of those who lifted the iconic World Cup trophy to open their box of memories, alongside those who tried to reach it but fell short. In all, 45 people shared their stories behind the trophy. Just as the book’s title suggests, and just as the cover photograph shows, many hands reached out to touch it. Some succeeded. Others did not. But all of them, however they experienced it and at whatever stage of life—whether as children, teenagers or adults—felt its magic.
Manufacturer
- Authors
- CHristos Sotirakopoulos, Fanis Tsokanas
- Publisher
- Topos
- Language
- Greek
- Subtitle
- Stories Behind the Trophy
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 256
- Release Date
- 01/05/2026
- Publication Date
- 2026
- Dimensions
- 23x15 cm
- Audience
- adults
- Illustrated Books
- No
- ISBN-13
- 9789604996193
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