Author: Mal Peet

Publisher: Walker Books 2006

Pages: 230

Description:

In a newspaper office, Paul Faustino, South America's top sports journalist, sits opposite the man they call El Gato the Cat the worlds greatest goalkeeper. On the table between them stands the world cup

In the hours that follow, El Gato tells his incredible life story  ho he, a poor logger's son, learns to become a world cup winning goalkeeper so good he is almost unbeatable. And the most remarkable part of the story is the man who teaches him the mysterious keeper, who haunts a football pitch at the heart of the claustrophobic forest.