Soccer for skeptics : the counter(s)-reformation -- Before the match : the logic of soccer numbers. Riding your luck ; The goal : soccer's rare beauty ; They should have bought Darren Bent -- On the pitch : soccer "intelligence" and why less can be more. Light and dark ; Piggy in the middle ; The deflation of the long ball ; Guerrilla soccer -- In the dugout : building teams, managing clubs. O! Why a soccer team is like the space shuttle ; How do you solve a problem like Megrelishvili? ; Stuffed teddy bears ; The young prince -- After the match is before the match. Life during the reformation.