![]() ![]() densely detailed but absorbing book' - Richard Williams * GUARDIAN * ![]() as a writer who knows and appreciates Argentina, he is prepared to take on the more demanding task of telling the story in parallel with that of the country's turbulent political and social evolution. fine-grained and often original research. 'Wilson, as you would expect from the author of several important books on football history and tactics, goes far deeper than the stereotype. Publisher: Orion Publishing Co ISBN: 9781409126942 Number of pages: 576 Weight: 420 g Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 37 mm MEDIA REVIEWS This is essential, enthralling reading about the world's most intriguing, most important football culture' Rory Smith 'People who like football like Brazil people who love it love Argentina. 'Simultaneously epic and intimate, this is a magisterial work: not just a history of Argentinian football, but a history of Argentina' Tom Holland 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. But the rich, volatile history of Argentinian football is made up of both the sublime and the ruthlessly pragmatic. Argentina has produced some of the greatest footballers of all time. ![]() ![]() The definitive history of Argentinian football from the award-winning author of Inverting the PyramidĪlfredo Di Stefano, Diego Maradona, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Roman Riquelme, Lionel Messi. ![]()
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