Angels with Dirty Faces: How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever

by Wilson, Jonathan
ISBN: 9781568585512
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Overview

The Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer

Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di St fano: in every generation Argentina has uncovered a uniquely brilliant soccer talent. Perhaps it's because the country lives and breathes the game, its theories, and its myths. Argentina's rich, volatile history--by turns sublime and ruthlessly pragmatic--is mirrored in the style and swagger of its national and club sides. In Angels with Dirty Faces, Jonathan Wilson chronicles the operatic drama of Argentinian soccer: the appropriation of the British game, the golden age of la nuestra, the exuberant style of playing that developed as Juan Per n led the country, a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-f tbol, the fusion of beauty and efficacy under C sar Luis Menotti, and the emergence of all-time greats.

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"Here, for the first time in decades, is a top-notch soccer book on how soccer is actually played on the field." --Simon Kuper

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  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Wilson, Jonathan
  • ISBN: 9781568585512
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.80 x 1.30
  • Number Of Pages: 448
  • Publication Year: 2016

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