World Football Commentaries comprehensive, but immensely readable and wonderfully-researched history of a nation and its long-term love for the beautiful game. His latest work is an integral read for those love the Argentinean style of play, its rich history and why football is the true soul of Argentina. Few writers in his genre are on the same literary pitch. Wilson is the Lionel Messi of world football writing. He finds that the countrys most celebrated moments and players are never as great as they seem. What sets Wilsons book apart is the depth to which he goes to show how soccer weaves through Argentinas political and economic turmoil. Sunday Business Post Review Quotes Argentinas narrative is complicated, and Jonathan Wilson mines all of it ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES. Praise for Inverting the Pyramid 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 Pern led the country into isolation a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-ftbol the fusing of beauty and efficacy under Csar Luis Menotti, and the emergence of all-time greats. Argentinas rich, volatile history - by turns sublime and ruthlessly pragmatic - is mirrored in the style and swagger of its national and club sides. Perhaps its because the country lives and breathes the game, its theories, and its myths. Book Synopsis The Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di Stfano: in every generation Argentina has uncovered a uniquely brilliant soccer talent. Here, he chronicles the evolution of Argentinian soccer: the appropriation of the British game, the golden age of la nuestra, the exuberant style of playing that developed as Juan Peraon led the country into isolation, a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-fabol, the fusing of beauty and efficacy under Casar Luis Menotti, and the emergence of all-time greats in Maradona and Messi against a backdrop of economic turbulence. Like his apartment, Angels with Dirty Faces lies at the intersection of politics, literature, and sport. Jonathan Wilson lived in Buenos Aires, in an apartment between La Recoleta Cemetery-where the countrys leading poets and politicians are buried-and the Huracaan stadium. A nation obsessed with soccer, Argentina lives and breathes the game, its theories, and its myths. The countrys rich, volatile history is by turns sublime and ruthlessly pragmatic. About the Book Argentina has produced Alfredo Di Stefano, Diego Maradona, and Lionel Messi-some of the greatest soccer players of all time.
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