Melodrama, mistresses, machismo, Maradona and Messi
Sport: Angels With Dirty Faces, By Jonathan Wilson, Orion Books, €13.50
In July 2010, my wife and I holidayed in Buenos Aires, just as the World Cup in South Africa was reaching a climax. We ’d wanted to go there for a while anyway, but our timing was deliberate. If Argentina did well and reached the last four, we surmised, we would have ringside seats as the entire country went insane.
While unpacking in our San Telmo hotel, we turned on the TV. Over ...
