Angels with Dirty Faces: How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever
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 Perón led the country into isolation; a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-fútbol; the fusing 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
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Angels with Dirty Faces: How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever
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 Perón led the country into isolation; a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-fútbol; the fusing 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
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781568585512 |
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Publisher: | PublicAffairs |
Publication date: | 08/23/2016 |
Edition description: | Trade Paper Original |
Pages: | 448 |
Sales rank: | 423,365 |
Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.25(d) |
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