The obvious solution was a shared sense of national identity. But what was Argentina?

[of_doom]

So basically what I plan to do over the next few weeks is extract all of the Argentina-related snippets from The Ball Is Round and type them up, so we'd ostensibly end up with a detailed yet condensed history of Argie football.

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[standstraight]

It perhaps lacks effectiveness due to the individual actions of our great players, but the football that the Argentinians, and by extension the Uruguayans, play is more beautiful, more artistic, more precise because eapproach work to the opposition penalty area is done not through long passes up field, which are over in an instant, but through a series of short, precise and collective actions; skilful dribbling and very delicate passes.

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I have been searching high and low for this book at the local library. I hope I find it. Meanwhile, thank you for taking time out to type this up. I know I can always count on you for knowledge on everything Argentina :D Also, I love all the parts you bolded.

[of_doom]

My hand hurts like a bitch,but I'm glad at least one person is reading this!

[applegnat]

Magnificent writing! Thank you so much for doing this - I'm really looking forward to more, even though I'm thinking in horror of your fingers as you type this up. This was brilliant.

[of_doom]

typing massive amounts of text without having to think about what i'm producing? TOTALLY THERAPEUTIC. i'm glad you like it so far!!