There was no literature into the relationship between Argentinian football and the national psyche. I even met an Aston Villa fan or, as he said in his thick porteño accent, “A’to Bee-jah”. Out of this sea of concrete rose the distinctive bowl of La Bombonera, home of Boca Juniors.Īlas, the Xeneizes were not playing at home in the short time I was there, but everyone wanted to talk football with me. From the freeway, the city’s suburbs struck me as rigid, seemingly infinite juts of concrete, like a Georges Braque piece dressed in orange neon. I remember my one trip to Buenos Aires in late 2000. “Angels with Dirty Faces” by Jonathan Wilson is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the mercurial genius, often intertwined with the violence, of the Argentinian game. The story of football in Argentina has finally been told. Angels with Dirty Faces by Jonathan Wilson
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