This is a novel as funny as an after-dinner chat with friends, but as aggressive as a gut punch. Part of this contradiction can be found within its protagonist, Basilio, nicknamed the Hippopotamus by his enemies.

Este é um romance divertido como um jantar com amigos, mas forte como um gancho pelo fígado. Parte dessa contradição possui o protagonista, Basílio, que é apelidado de hipopótamo por seus inimigos.

Adrià ist dabei, innerhalb und außerhalb des Spiels der Gefühle verlieren zu lernen, als sich sein bester Freund in dasselbe Mädchen verliebt, Sara.

Adrià learns to lose both on and off the pitch of love when his best friend falls in love with the Sara, the same girl as him. Then he starts to write a letter to his hero, Leo Messi, which ends up becoming a book.