Angels with Dirty Faces

The Footballing History of Argentina

De: Jonathan Wilson

Narrado por: John Sackville

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 in Buenos Aires, 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 DIRTY FACES is the definitive history of a great footballing nation and its many paradoxes.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Jonathan Wilson (P)2022 Orion Publishing Group

Reseñas de la Crítica

"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. This is essential, enthralling reading about the world's most intriguing, most important football culture." (Rory Smith)

Vamos!

Absolutely loved it. First found it in an airport in Johannesburg years ago, and when I saw there was an audiobook i immediately had to have it. What’s great is that, the physical books ends in 2016, this one goes all the way to to 2021 with material I’d never heard before. Highly highly highly recommend!