Angels with Dirty Faces
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Sell my copyAuthor: Jonathan Wilson
Title: Angels with Dirty Faces
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 448
Release Date: 2016-08-23
Details: 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'on led the country into isolation; a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-f'utbol; the fusing of beauty and efficacy under C'esar 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
"An outstanding work. . . . The soccer book of the decade." -- Sunday Business Post
EAN: 9781568585512
Package Dimensions: Height: 9 Inches, Length: 6 Inches, Weight: 1.15 Pounds, Width: 1.12 Inches
Languages: en
