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 Per 3ed the country, a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-f , the fusion of beauty and efficacy under C'sar 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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bold Type Books
Published: 08/23/2016
ISBN: 9781568585512
Pages: 448
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.90w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2016
Library Journal 09/01/2016 pg. 114