Synopsis "Sun tzu Soccer: The art of war in Soccer Language & Scenarios (in English)"
Composed sometime in the late 5th century BCE, The Art of War by Chinese general Sun Tzu is the most well known and most highly respected work on military strategy in history. Among countless admirers, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia lamented, “I wish I had read Sun Tzu before World War I”. General Douglas McArthur, Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers during World War II, and one of only five men in history to hold the rank of 5-star general in the US Army, proudly stated “I always kept a copy of The Art of War on my Desk”. Modern day military leaders have continued to sing the praises of The Art of War. General Colin Powell, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, US National Security Advisor, and US Secretary of State affirmed “I have read The Art of War by Sun Tzu. He continues to influence both soldiers & politicians.” Proving its timeless brilliance, the now 2,400-year-old text is still used in teaching philosophy and strategy at the leading military academies today. The Art of War is used as instructional material at the US Military Academy at West Point and it is also recommended reading for Royal Officer cadets at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. The genius of The Art of War is not just confined to providing ageless military theories though. What makes the work even more amazing is the strategies in-and-of themselves are timeless in applications outside the military. Type “The Art of War” into Google and pages of options will appear, including “The Art of War for Dating”, “The Art of War for the New Millennium”, and “The Art of War for Women”. The trade magazine Business Insider names The Art of War as one of the top 25 most influential books ever written. Highly respected astrophysicist and social commentator, Neil deGrasse Tyson, identifies The Art of War as one of the “seven books every intelligent person on the planet should read”. Over a two thousand year-plus time frame, across the world, and throughout every discipline, Sun Tzu and The Art of War are as highly regarded as possible.Brazilian football coach Luiz Felipe Scolari actively used The Art of War for Brazil’s successful 2002 World Cup campaign. During the tournament Scolari put passages of The Art of War underneath his players’ doors in the night. Brazil’s 2002 World Cup victory, using the Art of War as strategic guidance, undoubtedly makes Sun Tzu timeless: designing and expressing strategies for winning football matches around 2,300 years before football even became a sport. That is what you call a “visionary”.The Art of War text that Scolari used, and those that he dispensed to his players, were copies of the original book: Sun Tzu’s work that the reader would then have to interpret himself. In comparison, Sun Tzu Soccer is a translated work of The Art of War into soccer-specific language and scenarios. Sun Tzu Soccer, therefore, reads exactly as The Art of War would read, if The Art of War were written specifically for soccer. And, just as The Art of War created a baseline for military strategy and philosophy, Sun Tzu Soccer creates that same baseline for soccer. This does not mean that Sun Tzu Soccer is the last word on soccer strategy or soccer philosophy, quite the opposite: it is the first word, created by Sun Tzu 2,400 years ago.
