"Here, for the first time in decades, is a top-notch soccer book on how soccer is actually played on the field. 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. Angels With Dirty Faces por Jonathan Wilson - 9781409126942 Usamos cookies para ofrecerte la mejor experiencia posible.
Argentina's rich, volatile history - by turns sublime and ruthlessly pragmatic - is mirrored in the style and swagger of its national and club sides. Angels With Dirty Faces por Jonathan Wilson, 9781409126942, disponible en Book Depository con envío gratis. Perhaps it's because the country lives and breathes the game, its theories, and its myths.
Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di St'fano: in every generation Argentina has uncovered a uniquely brilliant soccer talent. 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 Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer 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 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 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 Román Riquelme, Sergio Agüero, Lionel Messi.
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