The entry on Sindelar was brief: his 1934 Wunderteam denied its destiny, kicked bloody and controversially beaten by a technically inferior Italian side on a San Siro pitch muddied to quagmire, a semi-final remembered now only for its disgracefully corrupt Mussolini-influenced refereeing. A treasured Christmas present from my mother, a history of the World Cup the perfect gift for me, feeding my twin obsessions for the beautiful game and for books. I was fifteen when I first read about the Austrian maestro, Matthias Sindelar, one of football's early greats. Acclaimed novel Billy O'Callaghan the inspiration behind his latest novel, The Paper Man, a tale of 'of love, war, exile, faith and even a little bit of football', published this week.
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