angels with dirty faces the footballing history of argentina

fine-grained and often original research. 'Wilson, as you would expect from the author of several important books on football history and tactics, goes far deeper than the stereotype. Publisher: Orion Publishing Co ISBN: 9781409144434 Number of pages: 576 Weight: 920 g Dimensions: 237 x 159 x 49 mm MEDIA REVIEWS

It has even preoccupied the country's greatest writers and philosophers.Īngels with Dirty Faces is the definitive history of a great footballing nation and its many paradoxes. The subject is fiercely debated on street corners and in cafes. More than any other nation Argentina lives and breathes football, its theories and myths. Their rich, volatile history is made up of both the sublime and the ruthlessly pragmatic.Īrgentina is a nation obsessed with football, and Jonathan Wilson, having lived there on and off during the last decade, is ideally placed to chart the five phases of Argentinian football: the appropriation of the British game the golden age of la nuestra, the exuberant style of playing that developed as Juan Peron led the country into isolation a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-futbol the fusing of beauty and efficacy under Cesar Luis Menotti and the ludicrous (albeit underachieving) creative talent of recent times. Argentina is responsible for some of the greatest footballers on the planet. The definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the Pyramidĭiego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Roman Riquelme, Sergio Aguero, Lionel Messi.

Angels with dirty faces the footballing history of argentina