Ronnie Simpson, the Scottish goalkeeper, was hit by a missile and put out of the second leg in Buenos Aires before it had even started. There had been a warning a year earlier when Celtic faced another Argentinian team, Racing Club, in the same competition. It was the beginning of a long mutual misunderstanding, confirmed in the minds of the average English fan two years later when Manchester United met Estudiantes de la Plata in the two-leg final of the Intercontinental Cup. “On this occasion he seems to have been relatively restrained.” But those English fans who were watching, either in the stadium or on television, will remember the sense of disbelief that a sportsman could bring a match to a standstill by refusing to accept the rule of authority. comprehensive, but immensely readable and wonderfully-researched history of a nation and its long-term love for the beautiful game After reading this excellent history, you'll be as convinced as Argentina's football-loving population that it won't be long before the Carasucias add to their two World Cup titles.“Rattín was, without question, one of the great moaners of the 60s, forever pleading with referees,” Jonathan Wilson writes in Angels with Dirty Faces, his new history of Argentinian football. 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.” World Football Commentaries Few writers in his genre are on the same literary pitch.
Wilson is the Lionel Messi of world football writing. He finds that the country's most celebrated moments and players are never as great as they seem.” Bloomberg Businessweek What sets Wilson's book apart is the depth to which he goes to show how soccer weaves through Argentina's political and economic turmoil. ∺rgentina's narrative is complicated, and Jonathan Wilson mines all of it ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES. The soccer book of the decade." - Sunday Business Post "Here, for the first time in decades, is a top-notch soccer book on how soccer is actually played on the field." - Simon Kuper 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 Peróed the country, a hardening into the brutal methods of anti-fú, the fusion of beauty and efficacy under C'sar Luis Menotti, and the emergence of all-time greats. Argentina's rich, volatile history - by turns sublime and ruthlessly pragmatic - is mirrored in the style and swagger of its national and club sides. 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. The Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer
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