Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Román Riquelme, Ser. Jonathan Wilson, having lived there on and off during the last decade, is ideally placed to chart the sport's development in a country that, perhaps more than any other, lives and breathes football, its theories and its myths.'Simultaneously epic and intimate, this is a magisterial work: not just a history of Argentinian football, but a history of Argentina' Tom Holland'People who like football like Brazil people who love it love Argentina. Read 76 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. Publication details: London Orion Books 2016 Description. But the rich, volatile history of Argentinian football is made up of both the sublime and the ruthlessly pragmatic. Angels with dirty faces : the footballing history of Argentina / Jonathan Wilson Language: English. Argentina has produced some of the greatest footballers of all time. Interviews with former players, managers, and journalists provide colorful anecdotes about famous games in Argentinian history, which football fans will find enjoyable.The definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the PyramidAlfredo Di Stéfano, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Román Riquelme, Lionel Messi. He is the author of eleven books, including 'Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics', 'Behind the Curtain: Football in Eastern Europe', 'Angels with Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina', 'The Barcelona Legacy' and 'The Names Heard Long Ago'. Wilson intertwines narratives following the history of Argentina's national team and domestic league, along with the country itself, to highlight how each relies on and informs the other. Jonathan Wilson is the editor of the Blizzard and a freelance writer for the Guardian, World Soccer and Sports Illustrated.

The author shows how politics and football have always been inextricably linked in Argentina, a country that lives and breathes the sport. Argentina are through to the WorldCup last 16, which is good timing as today we launch Angels with Dirty Faces by jonawils in audiobook for the very first. Wilson ( Inverting the Pyramid) lived in Buenos Aires next to the Estadio Tomas Adolfo Duco, the stadium of Huracán, and here describes the evolution of Argentinian football against the backdrop of the country's most turbulent political times: Peronism, the almost constant rotation of military juntas and dictators, and near economic collapse.

Lionel Messi has followed in the footsteps of other giants such as Alfredo di Stéfano Daniel Passarella Gabriel Batistuta and Diego Maradona, one of the best and most controversial footballers of all time. Argentina has been at the pinnacle of world football for decades, consistently fielding the sport's best players.

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