--- product_id: 50737407 title: "The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro" brand: "joe mcginniss" price: "198.76 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/50737407-the-miracle-of-castel-di-sangro store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro **Brand:** joe mcginniss **Price:** 198.76 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro by joe mcginniss - **How much does it cost?** 198.76 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/50737407-the-miracle-of-castel-di-sangro) ## Best For - joe mcginniss enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted joe mcginniss brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro ## Images ![The Miracle Of Castel Di Sangro - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81VDr0ml4QL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ When is the film version? *by G***Y on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 April 2020* I'm a sports lover so was attracted to this book after reading reviews. I'm glad that I read it.Wonderfully written account of how a small town team hugely overachieved in winning a place in Italy's Serie B. Covering a period of 9 months, when the team played their first season after promotion into Serie B, during which the author is welcomed to intimately share their lives on and off the pitch.A roller coaster ride ensues and we never find out til near the end whether the team avoid relegation.And then a shock as we find out how Italian football, its players, managers and officials are either complicit in or at least compliant to the 'demands' of the sistema.And today, the then president of the club is currently the head of the Italian Football Association ! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ One of the best sport books ever written, a very human story against the odds *by U***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 January 2018* This book is one of the best I've ever read, and it almost transcends sports entirely.This book is a wonderful example of using sport to tell a very human story, an extraordinary skill. Get it for your football-mad teenage son/nephew/friend/etc who will only read about sport at once.The lazy town of Castel Di Sangro, population of 5,000, hosting a Serie B team was crazy enough, the fact that the story of their 96/97 season was told by an American, even crazier. Joe McGinnis, a writer who fell in love with the Sport during the '94 World Cup, follows up his obsession with Roberto Baggio and travels to Italy, discovers the story, and decides he must report on the fairy-tale. McGinniss doesn't just report on the wonderful sporting story of the minnows one promotion away from the world's best league, but instead becomes part of the family of the club, living opposite the manager, befriending the players, dining at the team restaurant, even having relationships (albeit strained) with the shady ownership.The thing that makes this book great is the human qualities and stories of the players, a remarkable collection of Italian men who despite their profession lead very different lives. If you love football, you'll love it, but the book touches on scandal, racism, communism, corruption, drugs, death, imprisonment, and that's just off the top of my head. You might improve your Italian as well.The protagonists open up to the author so much so that every goal conceded is a dagger to your heart, every point gained in the struggle to avoid relegation celebrated. Quite frankly, this review cannot do it justice. It's simply too great, and too real a story. Forza Castel Di Sangro! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A classic *by K***A on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 April 2014* Heard about this books some years ago - and only now got round to buying and reading it, as sadly the author recently passed away. A real page-turner. It tells the story of a well-known journalist of US politics, Joe McGinniss's new found passion - or more like obsession - for the "beautiful game", football aka soccer in the US. Here hears about a very small town, Castel di Sangro, having achieved the 'miracle' of reaching the second highest tier in Italian football. And so he decides to move there to spend an entire season following the team. He is sort of adopted by the team and gets to go everywhere with them. But the reality soon kicks in, and not just the fact that he can't speak Italian (which however he gradually picks up a working knowledge of); the team is owned by a shadowy godfather-like character who, it eventually emerges, was hoping to gain financially quite a lot from the presence of the "American author" - perhaps his story of the miracle would be turned into a movie, and perhaps the author himself should contribute to the cost of buying players! The book thus shows the underbelly of the apparent glamour of professional football, an underlying corruption. However, there is another side to the whole story that a fan will recognise: McGinniss was unable to realise his own feeling of self-importance and huge ego and even arrogance; why wasn't the team playing the way he thought they should, and he felt he knew more than the coach of the team. It is the latter aspects which make the book stand out from the normal ego-massaging biography of any team of individual footballer. McGinniss became part of the story itself. Sometimes it can be hard to stomach, but it's certainly well worth it in the end. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/50737407-the-miracle-of-castel-di-sangro](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/50737407-the-miracle-of-castel-di-sangro) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-04-29*