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Angels with Dirty Faces
How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever
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| Condition | Good |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781568585512 |
| Publisher | Bold Type Books |
| Published | 2016-08-23 |
| Genre | Sport, soccer |
Description
Argentina is responsible for some of the greatest footballers on the planet. Their rich, volatile history is made up of both the sublime and the ruthlessly pragmatic. It 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 goldenage 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 underachieveing) creative talent of recent times
