"Here, for the first time in decades, is a top-notch soccer book on how soccer is actually played on the field. 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 PerA³ed the country, a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-fAº, the fusion of beauty and efficacy under C'sar Luis Menotti, and the emergence of all-time greats. Now Wilson has turned his considerable powers to one country and its obsession with the game: ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES. Argentina's rich, volatile history - by turns sublime and ruthlessly pragmatic - is mirrored in the style and swagger of its national and club sides. Jonathan Wilsons INVERTING THE PYRAMID is easily the best game about soccer Ive ever read, a treatise on tactics thats worth a hundred dismal autobiographies. Argentina 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. Perhaps it's because the country lives and breathes the game, its theories, and its myths. Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di St'fano: in every generation Argentina has uncovered a uniquely brilliant soccer talent. A history of football in Argentina from award-winning author Jonathan Wilson which looks at what he sees as the five phases of the game in that country: the. His book, Angels with Dirty Faces won Best Football Book and Best. The Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer Jonathan Mark Wilson (born 9 July 1976) is a British sports journalist and author who writes.
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