![]() ![]() 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. olatile history of Argentinian football is made up of both the sublime and the ruthlessly pragmatic. It's a history of Argentina as reflected in the sport, and how life in Argentina has been reflected in the sport. Argentina has produced some of the greatest footballers of all time. Now Wilson has turned his considerable powers to one country and its obsession with the game: ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES. The definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the PyramidAlfredo Di Stefano, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Roman Riquelme, Lionel Messi. Angels with Dirty Faces Wilson, Jonathan 4. Angels With Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina ![]()
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