'ABSORBING' Guardian 'ENTHRALLING' New Statesman 'EPIC' Evening
Standard 'INESCAPABLE' The Sunday Times 'MAGISTERIAL' Irish
Examiner Fully revised and updated, the definitive history of
Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the
Pyramid Alfredo Di Stefano, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistua, Juan
Roman Riquelme, Lionel Messi... Argentina has produced some of the
greatest footballers of all time. But the rich, volatile history of
Argentinian football is made up of both the sublime and the
ruthlessly pragmatic. Jonathan Wilson, having lived there on and
off during the last two decades, 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. Fully
revised and updated, this new edition looks at the contrasting
evolution of Argentinian football over the last ten years; from the
chaos and violence of the abandoned 2018 Copa Libertadores final
between River Plate and Boca Juniors to the revitalised national
side under manager Lionel Scaloni, which triumphed at the 2019 Copa
América and the 2022 World Cup. ANGELS WITH DITY FACES is the
definitive history of a great footballing nation and its many
paradoxes.
General
Imprint: |
Seven Dials
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2023 |
Authors: |
Jonathan Wilson
|
Dimensions: |
198 x 129mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
608 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-399-62129-8 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-399-62129-7 |
Barcode: |
9781399621298 |
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