Angels with dirty faces : the footballing history of Argentina
Wilson, Jonathan, 1976-2016
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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.
Main title:
Angels with dirty faces : the footballing history of Argentina / Jonathan Wilson.
Author:
Wilson, Jonathan, 1976-, author
Imprint:
London : Orion Books, 2016.
Collation:
xii, 559 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781409144434 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
796.334098796.334796.3340982
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1885550