Angels with Dirty Faces
How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever
Nonfiction, History, Americas, South America, Sports, Football (Soccer)
| Author: | Jonathan Wilson | ISBN: | 9781568585529 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs | Publication: | August 23, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Bold Type Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jonathan Wilson |
| ISBN: | 9781568585529 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs |
| Publication: | August 23, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Bold Type Books |
| Language: | English |
The Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer
Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di Stéfano: 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 Perón led the country, a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-fútbol, the fusion of beauty and efficacy under César Luis Menotti, and the emergence of all-time greats.
Praise for Inverting the Pyramid
Here, for the first time in decades, is a top-notch soccer book on how soccer is actually played on the field.” —Simon Kuper
An outstanding work. . . . The soccer book of the decade.” —Sunday Business Post
The Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer
Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di Stéfano: 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 Perón led the country, a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-fútbol, the fusion of beauty and efficacy under César Luis Menotti, and the emergence of all-time greats.
Praise for Inverting the Pyramid
Here, for the first time in decades, is a top-notch soccer book on how soccer is actually played on the field.” —Simon Kuper
An outstanding work. . . . The soccer book of the decade.” —Sunday Business Post
