Angels with Dirty Faces: How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever, Paperback

Angels with Dirty Faces: How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever, Paperback

Editura
An publicare
2016
Nr. Pagini
448
ISBN
9781568585512

Descriere

The Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di Stefano: 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 Peron led the country, a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-futbol, the fusion of beauty and efficacy under Cesar 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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