Kuper looks at all sorts of aspects in the world of soccer. His journey spans five continents and over twenty countries. He talks to politicians, generals, coaches, and players to get a full view of everyones perspective on the game. This perspective is added to by the breadth of teams which he involves himself with. From Barcelona, to Dynamo Kiev, to the United States National Team, Kuper goes everywhere and talks to so many players that the reader really gets a full view of what soccer is throughout the world. The only thing that eclipses Kuper’s breadth of teams, is the variety of countries he visits, including but not limited to, Russia, Croatia, South Africa, Cameroon, and Argentina. Kuper’s goal is to give perspective from throughout the world, and he succeeds in this. The few black people who featured in the first 50 years of the tournament’s history played mostly for Brazil. However, the country’s racial divides are stark, and even the Brazilians were long wary of selecting black players. When the black Brazilian keeper Barbosa blundered in the World Cup final of 1950, helping Uruguay to win, it prompted a Brazilian taboo on black goalkeepers that survived about 50 years.
库珀看各种方面的足球世界。他的旅程跨越五大洲二十多个国家。他与政治家，将军，教练和球员，得到充分考虑每个人的角度对游戏。这一观点是增加的广度，他是自己。从巴塞罗那，基辅迪纳摩，美国国家队，库珀到处和谈判，让许多玩家的读者真正得到充分考虑什么是整个世界。只有一件事，日食库珀广度的队伍，是不同国家的访问，包括但不限于，俄罗斯，克罗地亚，南非，喀麦隆，和阿根廷。库珀的目标是让全世界的视角，并且他成功在这。
一些黑色的人谁出现在第一个50年的比赛历史上扮演的大多为巴西。然而，该国的种族划分是严酷的，甚至是巴西人长谨慎选择黑人球员。当黑巴西门将巴博萨在世界杯决赛中1950，帮助乌拉圭取胜，这促使巴西忌讳黑色守门员存活约50年。
